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Started by kpike69, March 25, 2003, 03:59:28 PM

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kpike69

March 25, 2003, 03:59:28 PM
Im wondering if there will be any further information on the world for riddle of steel?. if so when and if not why?

Jake Norwood

#1
March 25, 2003, 05:36:58 PM
Well...sort of.

The most immediate answer is that in Of Beasts and Men you'll get critters and stories for Weyrth, but--as always--usable elsewhere. The Flower of Battle will cover armies of Weyrth a little, and Sorcery and the Fey will discuss the magic of Weyrth a bit more. One of these days I'd love to do a "Holy Wars" supplement detailing the religious strife all over the world. What you're not going to ever find is metaplot, or and official advancement of the timeline. We'll fill in the history and detail the present, but I really did turn the world over to you guys when the book was published.

Jake
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -R.E. Howard The Tower of the Elephant
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kpike69

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March 25, 2003, 06:13:40 PM
Well im looking forward to the future books to be published. I am currently working on a web page detailing my current campaign which detail Farrenshire of course this will be my vison of how it should be. but I think people will find the information helpful.

Jake Norwood

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March 25, 2003, 07:10:19 PM
Sounds great. Send the link over when it's ready.

Jake
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -R.E. Howard The Tower of the Elephant
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Tywin Lannister

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March 26, 2003, 04:14:08 PM
Will you be publishing any adventures?
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Jake Norwood

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March 26, 2003, 04:34:55 PM
We have a few PDF adventures in the works by outside parties on the "mini supplement" program. 3, last I heard. People have a tendency not to finish, though (Clinton--get your buddy to finish!). Because of SAs it's difficult to write traditional module-style adventures for TROS...the game just doesn't do well when railroaded.

Jake
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -R.E. Howard The Tower of the Elephant
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Tywin Lannister

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March 26, 2003, 04:56:26 PM
QuoteWe have a few PDF adventures in the works by outside parties on the "mini supplement" program. 3, last I heard. People have a tendency not to finish, though (Clinton--get your buddy to finish!). Because of SAs it's difficult to write traditional module-style adventures for TROS...the game just doesn't do well when railroaded.

I can understand that difficulty :-) I love creating stories for RPGs and am writing my first story with the TROS system in mind. I "solved" the problem by pre-generating certain aspects of the players' characters. I noticed a submission link on the website; can I submit the story for your perusal?
The trees bend their boughs towards the earth and nighttime birds float as black faces.

Jake Norwood

#7
March 26, 2003, 08:09:03 PM
please do.

Jake
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -R.E. Howard The Tower of the Elephant
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arxhon

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March 28, 2003, 12:43:16 AM
Quotebut I really did turn the world over to you guys when the book was published

And that's what i like the most.

Metaplots bug me, and so does "advancing the story line". Nothing can screw up a well established game quicker than advancing th storyline. Metaplots, well, they remind me of White Wolf games and the railroading that sometimes happens there. The players will buy books to figure out what's going on because they want to know.

Brian Leybourne

#9
March 28, 2003, 12:50:13 AM
Quote from: arxhonMetaplots bug me, and so does "advancing the story line". Nothing can screw up a well established game quicker than advancing th storyline. Metaplots, well, they remind me of White Wolf games and the railroading that sometimes happens there. The players will buy books to figure out what's going on because they want to know.

You think WW are bad? Try 7th Sea or Deadlands. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy both games (and Shane Hensley of Deadlands fame is a hell of a great guy) but Yee Gods, if you don't play their metaplot you're made to feel that you're somehow doing it all wrong and you're the worst kind of prairie tick if you don't buy ALL the books.

Having said that, you're all scum if you don't buy OBAM... :-)

Yes, that was a joke.

Brian.
Brian Leybourne
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RPG Books: Of Beasts and Men, The Flower of Battle, The TROS Companion

Nick the Nevermet

#10
March 30, 2003, 10:00:21 PM
I'm surprised you didn't mention Brave New World for metaplot goodness
;)

As for things I woudl love to see fleshed out for the setting are both Thayrism and ancient Wyerth (i.e., when Xanar comes a-marching).  I'd like to write something... but i'm an unreliable bastard (sorry to several people present...)

Brian Leybourne

#11
March 30, 2003, 10:13:39 PM
Quote from: Nick Pagnuccobut i'm an unreliable bastard (sorry to several people present...)

Yeah, I noticed...

Still waiting for that spreadsheet...

:-)

Brian.
Brian Leybourne
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RPG Books: Of Beasts and Men, The Flower of Battle, The TROS Companion

Nick the Nevermet

#12
March 30, 2003, 10:18:16 PM
*smirk*

well, ya know...
see above 'bastard' reference.

*cough, shuffle feet, find interesting spot on wall to look at*
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