http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/ Literary RPG Society of Westchester Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:56:37 GMT vbwyrde http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2824 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2824 As a follow up I submit this for your consideration: -- Start Quote: Originally Posted by LordVreeg Much as our online communities have exponentially Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:31:57 GMT vbwyrde http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2823 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2823 Hi Reis, That's a great start. I like the idea of using a calendar that is unique to your World. Having your own world calendar gives you some unique Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:35:04 GMT Reis Hansen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2822 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2822 I wanted to share the calendar of my world. I'm using a pretty wide pantheon with the gods in the PHB being the central gods in the world, but pulling gods Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:28:01 GMT Tim Jensen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2821 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2821 ... What if you used Elvish instead of Latin words? ... I'm guessing...laziness? Or using writers without enough experience with Ars Magica's troupe style Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:01:43 GMT vbwyrde http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2820 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2820 Ok I guess that will have to do as a starting point. I read the Ars_Magia reference. Interesting. I'm not quite sure how it applies to the topic of making Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:02:36 GMT Tim Jensen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2819 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2819 I haven't got time to post at length right now, but you might find these Wikipedia articles interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars_Magica Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:47:23 GMT vbwyrde http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2818 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2818 I think I would also appreciate hearing more of an explaination about how you see the alternative systems fitting in to the general discussion as well, Tim. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:35:35 GMT Reis Hansen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2817 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2817 I'm not calling you a whelp I'm saying "whelp" as in "oh well." To clarify. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:35:09 GMT Reis Hansen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2816 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2816 Instead of saying "look at this" and leaving it at that you should explain what you see in those systems that would be worth looking at, but you continue to Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:10:43 GMT Tim Jensen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2815 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2815 ... I'm not trying to come off as abrasive, but when I suggested you look at a couple of other fantasy RPGs that use non-Vancian magic systems, I was told that Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:36:27 GMT vbwyrde http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2814 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2814 Well, perhaps I didn't state it that way explicitly but somehow in my mind the "computer game magic"ishness is in some way tied to the overt magic systems that Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:56:19 GMT Reis Hansen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2813 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2813 Mark, I don't think that's really the discussion we had at all. We did discuss Tolkien magic but I don't really remember doing it in an effort to avoid Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:01:54 GMT vbwyrde http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2812 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2812 Super. Welcome aboard the good ship LRPGSW. Good to hear from you. Thanks for the links. I'm going to go ahead and check them out. You might want to browse Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:48:06 GMT joetheattorney http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2811 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2811 Thx for the invite Mark, I've oined the group. Looking forward to some interesting discussions. Interestingly enough, Rob Kuntz responded by way of comment to Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:23:10 GMT vbwyrde http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2810 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LRPGSW/message/2810 Good point. Tell you what. I'm almost ready to actually get the Elthos system online - shouldn't be long. And then when I'm quite ready I do plan to kick off