tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302649155952832527.post332319763008865190..comments2023-08-06T07:41:24.114-05:00Comments on Southern Style GURPS: Magnificent Samurai: Session 0Chris Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01771166560218927280noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302649155952832527.post-27018659469512315442016-05-06T12:49:07.414-05:002016-05-06T12:49:07.414-05:00Yeah, that's one of my least favorite bits abo...Yeah, that's one of my least favorite bits about new (to the group) players. It's why I tend to be super conservative about who I let in; had my share of Half-Dragon Sorcerers in my supposedly Migration-Period Low Fantasy settings.<br /><br />I remember a former player of mine talking about a d20 game he tried to run set somewhere in Fantasy Holy Roman Empire, and his one target player handed over a Samurai Cat-Fox Hybrid.<br /><br />Chris seems to have done a good job pre-empting these by having a more open world map. I'd expect 250 point types to get around more than my usual target of 50-100 point people, anyways!MEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08086901374821838288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302649155952832527.post-37238653336053144782016-05-06T10:28:28.710-05:002016-05-06T10:28:28.710-05:00Oh, yeah, I'm used to it. I just think it'...Oh, yeah, I'm used to it. I just think it's funny, especially here since the players are the ones who wanted a game in the East in the first place. I have limited origins more in some campaigns but that's rare. I like seeing how the wackadoodle PCs will fit in with each other and the place they happen to occupy.Chris Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771166560218927280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302649155952832527.post-80038834803786413682016-05-06T10:03:36.088-05:002016-05-06T10:03:36.088-05:00That's how it goes.
"Let's play a ga...That's how it goes.<br /><br />"Let's play a game about European knights!"<br />"Great! I'm a viking berserker!"<br />"And I'll be a Russian peasant woman who does magic."<br />"I'm a ninja who fled to Europe from Japan. Also, he's half Mongolian and a pagan."<br />"And I'll actually be a knight - but it's actually a satanist woman in disguise as a knight who is a double agent for the pope and who dual-wields rapiers a few hundred years early and hates wearing armor and isn't noble at all."<br /><br />The only time I had a "let's play a game about X" game have mostly X was a pirate game - and because I strictly enforced a pick-list of backgrounds that fit the setting. You could go off-list a little, for one character (they had a few each), tops, and even then needed a good excuse.<br /><br />It's almost better to say, "Let's play a game where you go to a place with X, and mostly encounter X" and then just let the gonzo renegade half-Mongolian ninja chips fall where they may. Then you don't get your hopes up about the PCs fitting in.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302649155952832527.post-80629694171263320262016-05-05T22:04:26.174-05:002016-05-05T22:04:26.174-05:00I have actually run a campaign in the REH Hyborian...I have actually run a campaign in the REH Hyborian Age setting. Was quite into it for a while some years back, though I've not done anything with it for a few years now.MEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08086901374821838288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302649155952832527.post-67740376315689170642016-05-05T19:33:56.776-05:002016-05-05T19:33:56.776-05:00I tend to take my inspiration in world-building fr...I tend to take my inspiration in world-building from Robert E. Howard more than anything else, plus the gameworld is inherited from my 1st Edition AD&D DM days so there's quite a bit of magic no matter where you are on it. I'm hoping the game will be pretty fun, and all the players have bought into it with little groaning so that's half the battle right there.Chris Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771166560218927280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302649155952832527.post-35399668132382619652016-05-05T14:34:51.361-05:002016-05-05T14:34:51.361-05:00Neat stuff! I had some design work for a short se...Neat stuff! I had some design work for a short setting based in Japan, and a different one set in China, but I haven't come back to them in a while. Your China setting seems like it has a similar inspiration to mine (warring states period), though mine was a much lower fantasy level. Might have to return to those projects sometime in the future. Best of luck on the game!MEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08086901374821838288noreply@blogger.com