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Old 09-04-2018, 11:27 AM   #10
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Default Re: Lifepaths in Faaantasy!!!

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Originally Posted by ericthered View Post
I think I've got about 90% of a system worked out:


Roll 1d10.


1-9: you are a peasant farmer. You may legally forbidden from leaving the land you work, you may be an outright slave, or you may rent the land you work, leaving little money left over. You have several obligations to the local noble.
10: work in progress.
Yet another reason why I say "realism" has little if any place in FRPGs. (I mean, aside from the fact that they take place in worlds where someone with the correct training can twiddle their fingers and mutter something, and the room down the hall will suddenly erupt into flame...)
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