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Post by The Evil DM on Nov 8, 2008 2:22:45 GMT -5
Okay, we know that ZeFRS is a great system for Sword & Sorcery (it was the engine for the original Conan RPG by TSR). But what else can it do? What other genres do you think ZeFRS can handle either as written or with a few "tweaks" (like firearm rules). Could it do Old West? Space opera? Post apocalyptic? Victorian age (Steampunk)? Has anyone tried any of these genres or others with ZeFRS?
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Post by markkrawec on Nov 17, 2008 14:16:46 GMT -5
Been thinking about this for a few days now & the one notion that's taken firm root is something like "Chronicles of Ridthingy". Lots of planets, easy interplanetary travel & communication, but no multi-planetary government; high-tech personal gear & powerful energy weapons, but real hardcases settle their differences with poleaxes & knives; the planets are inhabited by humans of every description, the monsters are really just dangerous animals, but there are individuals with superhuman abilities (representatives of magical races or people who have undergone some sort of radical transformation).
And so on.
Edit - I couldn't enter the name of Vin Diesel's character. The bulletin board system didn't like the last four letters of the word. No joke.
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Post by The Evil DM on Nov 21, 2008 19:47:30 GMT -5
Been thinking about this for a few days now & the one notion that's taken firm root is something like "Chronicles of Ridthingy". Lots of planets, easy interplanetary travel & communication, but no multi-planetary government; high-tech personal gear & powerful energy weapons, but real hardcases settle their differences with poleaxes & knives; the planets are inhabited by humans of every description, the monsters are really just dangerous animals, but there are individuals with superhuman abilities (representatives of magical races or people who have undergone some sort of radical transformation). And so on. Edit - I couldn't enter the name of Vin Diesel's character. The bulletin board system didn't like the last four letters of the word. No joke. In Simon Green's Deathstalker series they have energy weapons but they get one shot and then take a couple of minutes to recharge. which means you carry a brace of them AND a sword. |
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Post by markkrawec on Nov 24, 2008 19:45:32 GMT -5
Sort of a flintlock laser idea, then? I can see that.
I think the essence of the rules out of the box is that the action revolves around people who may have extremely high levels of skill, but in purely natural areas: fighting, acrobatics, persuasion, whatever. Supernatural abilities in humans are rare and suspect. Monstrous creatures are out there, but more often than not your foes are other men. So maybe:
- something like Aliens, where the players are Marine badasses who usually fight other humans but sometimes deploy against monsters from space
- the Old West, maybe with some Native American medicine & Taoist geomancy thrown in. The PCs can shoot the legs off a fly in flight one at a time, but they still don't cross the shaman if they know what's good for them
More as I think of them.
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