Comments on: If a Persona's Despair ever reaches (or rises above) 75 , he suffers from a sudden fit of angst...

If a Persona's Despair ever reaches (or rises above) 75 , he suffers from a sudden fit of angst...

grabbingsand — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 06:33:04 -0800

Byronic Roleplaying?

Lord Vincent Smallpees (R51 D58 O21) wants to seduce Lady Margaret Whateley (R45 D55 O23), the wife of his best friend Alfred Thompson. He choses to tell her he's been loving her for such a long time, that his heart will shatter if she ever refuses to be kind, or something like that. His Actor choses to roll below Vincent's Despair ; he rolls: it's a 11, which is a Success. Cowabunga!

Welcome to Wuthering Heights: The Roleplaying Game. (More here.)

By: jearbear

jearbear — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 08:52:16 -0800

I've played some steampunk rpgs, and the appeal is always the society, never the magik/techno trappings. I think this would be a hoot, and find myself strangely tempted...

By: briank

briank — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:37:07 -0800

As someone who loved the idea of RPGs, but never was very interested in the whole "wizards and monsters" aesthetic of the D&D world, I've always been a little surprised and disappointed that there were not more thematic variations like this.

By: MattM

MattM — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 10:26:40 -0800

For those who are interested, I understand that a more in depth (commercial PDF) version of the game is in preparation.

By: thanotopsis

thanotopsis — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 10:35:56 -0800

The Problems Table is a laugh riot. I'm particularly amused at how being Irish is somehow in between being mute and fat.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 10:38:09 -0800

< pendantic> Bronte-esqe maybe...but never Byronic. < /pendantic>

By: lumpley

lumpley — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 10:41:15 -0800

Briank! Check out Nicotine Girls, Bedlam, Shadows, Everyone is John, Dead Meat (gotta hit that zombies meme), Wriaths, Criminal Element (worth the .zip hassle), and (humbly, my own) Matchmaker. Lots of us want to break roleplaying out of its little ghetto. That means changing not only the subject matter, but also the way the games work, structurally and socially. Conventional RPGs aren't inviting, they set a bar. (Those are all free games, for good and bad. Here are some games you can buy, and well worth it: My Life with Master, Soap, Dust Devils , InSpectres, and Universalis.)

By: Hogshead

Hogshead — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 12:23:03 -0800

Lumpley? Dude!

By: lumpley

lumpley — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 12:31:22 -0800

Oops, I guess I forgot to mention the Adventures of Baron Munchausen and De Profundis. Hey Hogshead!

By: MattM

MattM — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:57:18 -0800

Cheers for the Bedlam plug, Lumpley!

By: crazy finger

crazy finger — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:09:29 -0800

REPOST

By: Hildago

Hildago — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 18:14:48 -0800

If they added a decent Psionics system, this game would have some potential.

By: maurice

maurice — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 06:24:53 -0800

Somebody needs to mention Lumpley's kill puppies for satan. Okay, it's not exactly Wuthering Heights, but it's a damn good game.