The angel did not descend as a golden hawk burning with glory. Its voice did not sound from the hallow depths of the world. The angel did not come. Only the musk of the incense and the echoes of unanswered prayers. The man rose slowly. He had abased himself three times a day for sixteen […]
My Demons of Light Fate Core RPG is starting to come together at last. I have 40 classes so far, most of which are fully written. I’m still working on nailing everything down. Right now I’m designing a very detailed healing and herbalism system based on medieval misconceptions about medicine. You’re just as likely to […]
You can smell holiness and your knives are always sharp. You hunt saint corpses to chop them up and sell the sacred relics to the highest bidder. When you can’t find any dead saints, you track down living ones and help them along until they’re holy enough to slaughter or steal ancient relics from temples […]
I’ve been writing like crazy the last few months. I decided to convert my Demons of Light RPG from my own system to Fate Core. I’d considered using regular Fate a few years ago, but it just didn’t fit somehow. I really like the redesign for the new edition. I’m around 9/28th of the way […]
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So I’m finally running a Nobilis game (via Skype). Gave them the equivalent of a zero-level start, everyone had to play a mortal character for the first mission and earn their deification in play. I ran them through the Stygian Library which was a lot of fun. Had a Excrucian Deceiver Shard as the dungeon […]
I’ve been working on the most involved and difficult part of Demons of Light’s spell system for a couple of months now. I’m sick of D&D Vancian magic. It does the job, but almost every RPG uses it. Plus, the underlying logic of locking spell energy into your brain to release later is weirdly specific […]
Lots of progress on Demons of Light. Just finished the medical, blacksmithing, and swordplay skills and got the basic combat mechanic sorted out. I’m saving classes for later. I learned on my last attempt to write this RPG that it’s very hard to design classes if any other part of the game system is still […]
Here are the next two sections of the magic system I’m working on for the Demons of Light RPG (see this post for the intro). No mechanics yet, just pure world building fluff and nonsense that will inform the rules. I’ve written it for a modern setting, but will probably change it later. The Bornless […]
Working on a new RPG project. I don’t know yet if it’s a full game or a system neutral magic system or if it should use an existing game as a base. Maybe LotFP or DCC? Though it does have more of a modern feel. I’d go with Unknown Armies in a heart beat but […]
