02-11-2021, 09:17 PM | #11 |
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Re: The World of Solem
One problem I see, and this may be purely due to my experiences.
Your Church of the Silver Flame looks really good for a book, but I see some some major problems with it as a role-playing device. In a book you need such organizations to provide danger to the protagonists. In an rpg you have many other ways of providing danger. I just have a suspicion that the players may feel personally attacked when the Church of the Silver Flame attacks them. To be perfectly honest, it's much too powerful.
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02-11-2021, 11:24 PM | #12 | |
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Re: The World of Solem
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As for the players I am going to try to make it complex enough that the church is possibly able to be reformed and certainly the leadership will have a range of individuals good, bad and neutral. There will be many other threats in the campaign to them, this is just one I have got to so far. A much stronger threat than the Church will be Darkfriends within the Church (and all organisations of the setting) manipulating it for its own ends. Lastly, in the campaign really as always the players will dictate what they find interesting and want to combat and what setting elements will be less important to them. I am going to provide enough interlocking elements that hopefully they will be interested to learn more, and they could always start with a character template of the church! I am now working on a template of a Knight of the Church next. Thank you for your feedback keep it coming please. |
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02-12-2021, 07:24 AM | #13 |
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Re: The World of Solem
Rules - Template Occupation.
[B]Knight of the Silver Flame 125 points/B] Attributes ST 10 (0), DEX 11 (20), IQ 10 (0), HT 10 (0) Secondary Characteristics Damage 1d-1/1d +1 Bl 24 ibs HP 11 (0) WILL 10 (0) PER 10 (0) FP 11 (0) Base Speed 5.5 (0) Base Move 5 (0) Advantages Fit (5) Patron (Church of the Silver Flame) foa 9 or less, Equipment (weapons, armor, horse), Special Abilities. (75) Rank 1 (5) (Squire) Status 3 (15) Then 15 points from Charisma (5 per level) Combat Reflexes (15) Fearlessness (2 per level) High Pain Threshold (10) Higher Purpose (defeat all Darkfriends) (5) Legal Enforcement Powers (10) Increase Fit (5) to Very Fit (15) Disadvantages Duty (fairly often 9 or less, Extremely Hazardous) (-10) then -25 points from Bad Temper (-10) Blood lust (-10) Bully (-10) Callous (-5) Code of Honor (chivalry) (-15) Fanaticism (-15) Honesty (-10) Intolerance (non-believers) (-5) Obsession (slay Darkfriends) (-5) Overconfidence (-5) Selfishness (-5) Primary Skills Either Axe/Mace or Broadsword A DEX +1 (4) 12 Riding (Horse) A DEX +1 (4) 12 Shield E DEX +1(2) 12 Theology (Church of the Silver Flame) H IQ (4) 10 Secondary Skills Spend 7 points from Intimidation, Knife, Leadership, Savoir faire, Tactics. Background Skills Spend 3 points from Diplomacy, Heraldry, Interrogation, Politics, Religious Ritual (Church of the Silver Flame) Notes If a Player wants to he or she can purchase more ranks at character generation up to 3 levels. the Knight of the Silver Flame Ranks are, 1 - Squire 2 - Cavalryman 3 - Knight 4 - Sergeant 5 - Captain 6 - Commander 7 - Lord Commander. I will do a follow up post on the setting info of the Knights of the Silver Flame. Behind the curtain So these are the extreme knightly religious order of the setting, I purposely did not give them much in the way of attributes as i seem them being all physical shapes and sizes, rather then there physical attributes, there are accepted into their order due to their religious zeal. as they are not particularly popular in many parts of the setting, they cant be fussy with recruits. I will do a more heroic fantasy knight order with perhaps better stats at a later stage. I should also mention that only the race of Men can be part of the Church of the Silver Flame, so no magical Elves and Dwarves allowed thank you! Last edited by deanjday; 05-31-2021 at 01:02 AM. |
02-12-2021, 07:44 AM | #14 |
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Re: The World of Solem
Most templates are influenced by GURPS pentaphilia.
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02-12-2021, 08:11 AM | #15 |
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Re: The World of Solem
So wait, some but not all Knights of the Silver Flame have far-reaching Legal Enforcement Powers within their jurisdiction, which is not tied to Rank? I'm having trouble visualizing how this works.
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02-12-2021, 11:15 AM | #16 | |
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I was not sure how I should process that in a template, could I have done it better? Also if taken by a PC as it stands they only have rank 1 which is Squire, who as a trainee Knight would not have nay legal powers, should I link it to that they have to take rank 3 Knight before they can take legal enforcement powers? |
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02-12-2021, 11:16 AM | #17 |
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02-12-2021, 12:55 PM | #19 |
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Re: The World of Solem
DangerousThing is referring to the fact that your template comes out to 122 points rather than 125, a multiple of 5. Multiples of 5 are preferred because Advantages and Disadvantages typically have values that are multiples of 5. To get there, you need to spend 3 more points elsewhere on this template.
Formatting wise, this is a good start. A minor nitpick is that character points for individual traits are usually enclosed in [] rather than (). That could cause confusion on templates that contain Innate Attacks, since armor divisors are enclosed in (). Your Advantages and Disadvantages would be easier to parse if each trait were put onto a separate line. This would be especially helpful for the Patron (Church of the Silver Flame) advantage, because it is hard to tell where that trait ends. If you do keep them in list form, please use semicolons to separate traits to make it easier to separate them out. I'd recommend using a consistent phrasing for the menus that enable player choice. You are dealing with new players, so your menu needs to make it clear to your player what they need to do. Your "spend [X] points from" wording from the Secondary and Background skill section is clearer than "then [X] points from" the Advantages section. For the Secondary and Background skills, you may want to explicitly state that players may invest more than 1 point if that is an option. Regarding the actual traits on the sheet, most of it looks good but I do have a few critiques. For one thing, the highest skill level on the sheet is a 12. Is that indicative of PC skill levels? I also share Mailanka's opinion that the Vow disadvantage is easier to roleplay than Code of Honor. Vow should at least be an option on the disadvantages list. Last edited by Emerald Cat; 02-12-2021 at 12:56 PM. Reason: Didn't want to repost the entire template |
02-12-2021, 05:15 PM | #20 |
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Re: The World of Solem
Sorry. I have to nitpick. Gaius was apparently a masculine name in Roman times, so it looks a bit odd to me to have it as the name of the mother. Perhaps you'd want to consider using the feminine form of that name instead, Gaia?
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