09-04-2018, 03:42 AM | #1 |
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Lifepaths in Faaantasy!!!
So ... has anyone actually created a fRPG with a lifepath generation system? The nearest I have encountered so far is Harnmaster, which settles for a very detailed background, including generating how well you get on with the head of the extended family.
Lifepath seems to be a Sci-fi system so far ... but I'm a long way from having read every RPG out there... |
09-04-2018, 06:12 AM | #2 |
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Re: Lifepaths in Faaantasy!!!
Does Nobilis count as fantasy? How about Fate -- in particular, the old Dresden Files RPG is keen on defining aspects in terms of backstory events. Ars Magica also had a "significant milestones in the character's history" system during character generation, as I recall.
Burning Wheel is supposed to have a lifepath system, but I've never read or played it. In the obscure category, I remember there was a fantasy hack for the Traveller rules, but that's literally all I know about that one. |
09-04-2018, 07:16 AM | #3 |
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Re: Lifepaths in Faaantasy!!!
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.
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09-04-2018, 07:39 AM | #4 |
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Re: Lifepaths in Faaantasy!!!
The appendices to RuneQuest II contained a system for taking your character from their original rolls social class/cultural background to what they were after a few years experience. That was sort of a lifepath system.
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09-04-2018, 08:48 AM | #5 |
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Re: Lifepaths in Faaantasy!!!
Was that the Avalon Hill RuneQuest? I can never figure the editions...
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09-04-2018, 10:05 AM | #6 | |
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09-04-2018, 10:49 AM | #7 |
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Re: Lifepaths in Faaantasy!!!
Ditto. Twas a great setting (well resourced) as well as a good rule set. Praise be to Orlanth!
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09-04-2018, 11:19 AM | #8 | |
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... not really a lifepath system, but I do love it. |
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09-04-2018, 11:27 AM | #10 | |
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