What have you been working on lately, Campaign Design or Literature Related and what are your near term and long term goals?
To get the ball rolling...
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1. Dreaming of the Opium Drip (http://www.thecbg.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?76452)
-Pulp Adventure in three eras, facilitating three distinct gameplay styles (Pulp, Dreamland, & Techno-Psionic-TimeTravel)
Current Status
-Playable.
Near Term Goals
-Finish encounters and Monsters
-Finish Stories to Tell (Groups/Organizations, Sample Adventures)
-Finish Character Creation (50% complete currently)
Long Term Goals
-Make sure the card system actually works.[/ic]
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2. Space RPG
-Like no other space game you have seen! More like a computer game or board game in RPG form. Absolutely no RPG analogue for what I am doing here.
Current Status
-100 page system document skeleton finished. Four playtests completed. Synthesizing notes and reworking Trade and Exploration systems.
Near Term Goals
-Finish Trade and Exploration Systems.
-Clear up a smattering of inconsistencies.
Long Term Goals
-Balancing and Playtest.
-$$ales (?)[/ic]
I've been working on the species writeups for Mare Eternus with a short term goal of getting them done and a long term goal of using them to run a no stats theater.
i've been working on
1. fleshing out my rogue trader campaign and customizing some of the background
- finalising warp paths/jump point map
- putting some actual consept behind the weird hints i've been dropping
2. doing some concept writeups for an eventual after-the-end weird science fantasy campaign
1. Revamping Messalan
My old setting (it has 8 years now) was to naïve when it first started and it had no originality (was the typical D&D setting). Many more mature, ingenious and conflicting ideas came over the years, so now I had to stop and see which things to keep and which not.
CURRENT STATE
Messy. Trying to make things plausible and coherent -accepting that magic and other fantastical things exist-
NEAR TERM GOALS
Define how magic works and the "perspectives" (how reality behaves based on what you believe) system.
LONG TERM GOALS
Have an interesting world, that is consistent and (oh my!) fun :D
Oh, let me see...
I of course have my Broken Verge setting which is my main project. I'm currently just adding content to it in no particular order, although I'll probably start out with most of the countries. The long-term goal is to make a complete setting which I can be more or less proud of to have made. :)
Besides that I might look into making something more out of my old Ecumenopolis setting. But that was mostly just a vent for some of the ideas I couldn't fit in elsewhere.
Literary-wise I'm considering writing some short stories or perhaps some amateur philosophy, while constructing an idea for what could one day become the plot of a novel. Sadly, I'm not blessed with the greatest sense of perspective so might take a while for it to take form.
In the gaming branch I'm still contemplating the basic mechanics of a possible system and on the side I'm considering putting together a cardgame just for the hell of it.
Nomadic- about how long till that no stats theatre, do you think?
Crow- Fantasy novel, or something else?
Quote from: Light DragonNomadic- about how long till that no stats theatre, do you think?
How ever long it takes me to finish the species write ups. I'm currently working the equivalent of 3 jobs so free time is largely limited. However I've decided to do at least one thing a week so it shouldn't just languish.
Light Dragon - The novel would probably be set in the Broken Verge universe, but the short stories might be a bit more mix-and-match.
3 MAIN THRUSTS RIGHT NOW---
a) Ongoing work keeping up with the players in three areas (Miston, Igbar, and the ever-lovin' Steel Isle). This includes ongoing plot, town detail, and minutia. I enjoy the little stuff, creating named NPCs and Encounters.
b) Finishing the skill list and then starting the heavy lifting---the writeups of the skills. I might have to continue leaning on LLum and Nom to help me out here.
c) Continue work on the Cults of Celtricia, within and without the normal church structure.
CCrow- Really... I must say I am curious to see a short story set among Broken Verge's polluted coalfields. Will the stories be in English?
Quote from: LordVreegb) Finishing the skill list and then starting the heavy lifting---the writeups of the skills. I might have to continue leaning on LLum and Nom to help me out here.
Vreeg, honest offer here. Would you like me to set up a PHP/MySQL database to manage and maintain your crunch stuff (skills, spells, guilds, charsheets, etc)?
I'll probably wait with writing any Broken Verge-related fiction until I get the basics about the setting down on paper :)
Not that I don't have a picture in my mind, but it helps to turn that vague idea into something more solid.
I forgot to mention that I run some games as well. I run a game on an unexplored continent where the players follow the trail to an ancient superweapon. But half the players have run off to the US and England, so I'll be wanting to conclude that soon. Besides that some of my friends who have never played roleplaying games wanted me to run something for them.
CJ Short Term:Keep working on the wiki such that my
progress page (http://www.thecbg.org/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Polycarp) doesn't have too many glaring gaps in it.*Schedule a no-stats theater game. I'm really been ready to do it for months, I just keep putting it off. One of these days...*Do the super-short stories on a more regular basis, maybe around every two weeks or something. Though it's hard to push that kind of thing - I either think of something or I don't.[/list]
CJ Long Term:Run a serious battery of tests on Synergy (right now, the crunch counterpart of CJ). Maybe enlist some help for this once I establish it as not completely broken (just
mostly broken).*Once that is done, begin actually applying crunch to fluff and vice versa. Integration of the setting as something technically playable.*Make a regional map that isn't horrible. A VERY long term goal. A "heat death of the universe" kind of goal.[/list]
Also, I harbor a burning desire to launch another forum game. Like the no stats game, I'm just waiting until the time is right (translation: procrastinating).
Polycarp, I'm interested to participate in CJ-based No-Stats Theatre, or in whatever game mechanics proofreading/playtesting you need done. The more I read of your setting, the more fascinated I become; seriously you've got more mojo in the Gheen/Ishkite/Tahro/Umbril pages than in tons of entire settings I've seen, including my own. So I'm taking notes.
[ooc]My computer died this week, so it's in the shop for repairs. Hopefully soon I can resurrect it and post soon from a zombie laptop, but until then I am posting from whenever/whatever I can.
Basically, this is going to delay some of my projects, and may convince me to hurry up and implement some "group participation" projects to compensate. Interest pending, of course.[/ooc]Pretty much everything I work on either starts as Jade Stage stuff, morphs into Jade Stage stuff, or dies off. [ic=Jade FATE]I'm making good progress on the FATE-based game mechanics for Jade Stage games. It's playable in its current state! I just need to make a few minor changes (http://www.thecbg.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Jade_FATE), mostly to clean it up, add examples, and make things easier to navigate and find. Primarily,
- aspect examples
- sample characters, and a walkthrough of character creation with a sample character
- missing flavor quotes for stunts[/ic][ic=Jade Stage]A lot of the fluff has been back-burnered until I can get the crunch under control. I still have to go in and fill out some basic pages: races, nations, all that sort of thing. Much of it is written down elsewhere, and just needs to be transcribed.
I really need to eventually do some fancy stuff, like draw and upload some maps, and some sketches of people and places, that sort of thing.[/ic][ic=Crowd Participation]I have some tentative plans to open up some of the Jade FATE process to you guys, if you're at all interested. This would involve some trial-run character generation, having you guys build some Jade FATE characters. Particularly awesome example characters and example aspects get added to the wiki, and hopefully the process will help get some more eyes on the mechanics to spot any potential problems.
Participants get familiarized with FATE and with the Jade Stage, so they're a step ahead when I finally get around to running a game. These would (probably?) lead in directly to eventual Jade Stage games run over IRC or maybe by post. (And hey, I know a lot of people just love building characters. I do.)
I was planning to delay this until I got some more work done with the setting and the mechanics, but I may start it sooner. I figure this might be a good way to keep momentum up while I don't have a computer of my own-- getting you fine folks involved.
If you think you might be interested in this, let me know and I'll set something up with instructions and examples. (Mainly I just don't want to post a big thread and get no response but the lonely sound of crickets.)[/ic][ic=Running Some Games]Of course, I eventually want to run some games! I would like to run a No-Stats Theatre game at some point, and I am also writing up some example FATE one-session games, which should be a great way to try out a variety of in-world venues and all sorts of different characters, as well as giving people a chance to try out the setting without having to make a regular, weekly committment to IRC.
My super-long-term plan involves running a regular, weekly Jade FATE IRC game: the kind with long plot arcs, character advancement, and a lot of juicy RP. But that's a long-term goal.
Hopefully when the time comes, you folks will join me for some of these games. I'll keep you posted on the details.[/ic]
I haven't touched my stuff in a while, and don't plan to for however it long it takes out to sort some things in real life.
Abandonment/Forsaken: Plan for that is just to get all of what I have into my head onto the wiki before I forget most of it. Once that is done I want to rethink what I want to do with the setting. It was originally meant to be a rather generic setting for use with D&D, meaning no big crunch changes or anything, but I'm thinking of ditching that goal and just doing what I want with it.
Semi-long term, I want to flesh out the existing continent a bit more and finalize a history for every major country so that I can actually run a game in this setting.
Periri: I lost a ton of links to random generators I was planning on using for this when I formatted (forgot to back up my bookmarks), and haven't put in the effort to finding them again. Aside from that I also need to clean up the borders on the map, which I'm not too sure how to do, actually. Aside from those two, I just need to sit down and generate a country.
[ic]1. Three Worlds Campaign Setting (Fluff)
- My fantasy setting for both my literature and my home games
Current Status
- "Playable" and "Writable"; creation is still ongoing
Near Term Goals
- Writing race writeups
Long Term Goals
- Everything![/ic]
[ic]2. Outcasts
- My first novel in my setting, following a shadow war between humans and sidhe
Current Status
- 6.6k words in
Near Term Goals
- Editing what I have for factual changes to the setting
Long Term Goals
- Writing the rest dammit[/ic]
[ic]3. Xev20 Game System
- A system designed primarily for my setting, but with modability to be used as any other system; largely a M&M alteration
Current Status
- Exists right now as a set of M&M house rules
Near Term Goals
- Balancing the 8 ability scores
Long Term Goals
- Power System[/ic]
[ic]4. jasongraybill.com
- My website, to host my blog, my setting, my gaming houserules and system, and my maille and crafts store
Current Status
- I own the domain and have hosting, that's it
Near Term Goals
- Getting the site up
Long Term Goals
- Filling out the site[/ic]
@LC - pretty clever to have others make what would essentially be your character creation examples :)
Quote from: Cataclysmic Crow@LC - pretty clever to have others make what would essentially be your character creation examples :)
Our IRC has the most rabid, sreious, experimental character creation team in the known universe. For those who did not know.
Quote from: LordVreegQuote from: Cataclysmic Crow@LC - pretty clever to have others make what would essentially be your character creation examples :)
Our IRC has the most rabid, sreious, experimental character creation team in the known universe. For those who did not know.
That's pretty much my reasoning: if I didn't think people would be doing it anyway, I wouldn't make it a thing.
And I'll be doing at least two or three examples of my own, regardless. :yumm:
Almost the entirety of my system is in my notes somewhere. I'm working on consolidating it and working up a playtest document, between bouts of procrastination and schoolwork and what have you.
The setting is starting to really form in my mind. I already had a vague cosmology and a big top-down political situation, but that stuff isn't hugely useful or interesting to me... I'm getting into the stuff I like, mainly NPCs and organizations.
Quote from: LordVreegQuote from: Cataclysmic Crow@LC - pretty clever to have others make what would essentially be your character creation examples :)
Our IRC has the most rabid, sreious, experimental character creation team in the known universe. For those who did not know.
so you refuse to respond to my offer? :(
[ic=My Broken-Ass Computer]Current status: Broken-ass
Short Term Goals: Get it working again
Long Term Goals: Forget this incident ever happened[/ic]
[ic=Crystalstar Setting]Current status: Lots of fluff, no crunch to speak of. It's good for writing and freeform playing, but there could always be more.
Short Term Goals: Get all of my random musings and scattered notes into an organized fashion on the wiki and/or forum, write some more short stories in the setting, run another/some more informal IRC (or whatever) games
Long Term Goals: Run an actual campaign[/ic]
[ic=Some Random Thing]Current status: It's kind of taking Crystalstar's demons and succubi and running with it, resulting in something resembling a cross between Maid RPG and the World of Darkness
Short Term Goals: Figure out if this is sane
Long Term Goals: Realize that it is not[/ic]
Quote from: Some Random ThingCurrent status: It's kind of taking Crystalstar's demons and succubi and running with it, resulting in something resembling a cross between Maid RPG and the World of Darkness
Short Term Goals: Figure out if this is sane
Long Term Goals: Realize that it is not[/ic]
Real Long Term Goals: Realize that you are ok with that...
Quote from: sparkletwist[ic=My Broken-Ass Computer]Current status: Broken-ass
Short Term Goals: Get it working again
Long Term Goals: Forget this incident ever happened[/ic]
Solidarity. :yumm:
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Dystopia. Dystopia. Dystopia. Technically I've posted a few settings over the last three years but they're all just reflections of the everystate, and if you know what the hell that means you know too much about Dystopia anyway.
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1. Firefly One-Shot (http://www.thecbg.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?76102.post)
Current Status: Tinkering still, but I have most of the character sheets finished, and I think I have the basics of the plot arc planned.
Short Term Goals: Get this thing finished and played.
Long Term Goals: Look back and say, "Wow. That was fun."[/ic]
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2. Avayevnon (http://www.thecbg.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?76712.post)
Current Status: In the midst of an update on the whole setting and a system shift.
Short Term Goals: Get the other races up, and finish breaking classes down into their basic abilities which are purchasable as traits.
Long Term Goals: Eventually get everything together into a nice shiny finished product that may or may not get published.[/ic]
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Basically I've been doing the usual, letting my interests churn out a variety of settings then mill them down and start over. Currently I've got two major settings made from bits and pieces that are comming together. They are the "Essence of Llum" setting and the "Setting made out stuff rejected from the Essence of Llum setting, that should be kept around". Most of it fits. I doubt these are final incarnations. I've also got another idea, a world with magic that eventually reaches a modern-like state. Just working out how magic works to start building it up, Polycarp is owed a lot on this one, really great discussion about magic in mIRC helped a ton. mIRC is pretty neat, people should check it out ~~
Essence of Llum Setting
Current Status: A pretty decent amount done in this one. Probably a bit less than Divergence, but more than most other settings.
Short Term Goal: Iron out some of the kinks bugging me.
Long Term Goal: Probably revise or maybe even milled down to be used for the next generation of settings.
Other Essence of Llum Setting
Current Status: Not much done, a bit of pre-history, some basics on cosmology, races and other junk.
Short Term Goal: Get more done, decide if I want to flesh out more than one huge city.
Long Term Goal: Probably revise or maybe even milled down to be used for the next generation of settings.
Modern Magic Setting
Current Status: Concept work, that's about it.
Short Term Goal: More work done, finalize magic, start on history and tech evolution.
Long Term Goal: Post on the CBG most likely, I don't see this one getting milled down. It's too different and non-compatible with my favored tech-level (This will be closer to modern, I prefer somewhere between 17th and pre-Assembly Line/Mass Production)
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Nom, let me send you a copy of the current database, and then we'll talk.
Imma Necromancy these thread, because it's a cool idea.
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Current Status: Coming along nicely - faster than anything I've ever worked on before, truth be told.
Short Term Goal: Get all the basics set up, then start finally going into depth on various topics as opposed to overviews.
Long Term Goal: Hammer out the system...and actually finish a setting for once.[/ic]
[ic=Short Complete Settings]
Current Status: Digging through my old notes to see if I have any of these completed.
Short Term Goal: Make a bunch of random, short settings that are "as is" runnable, nothing too detailed but enough to hopefully be interesting.
Long Term Goal: Take those settings and mash them into Terra Macabre or one of my other two projects.[/ic]
[ic=Unnamed Fantasy Setting]
Current Status: Brewing in the back of my head.
Short Term Goal: Go through all my old settings, find what I haven't cannibalized for Terra Macabre I could still use, and begin cannibalizing.
Long Term Goal: Get it fleshed out and bring the mashed-in elements together. Oh, and make it largely compatible, mechanically, with Terra Macabre's FATE variant.[/ic]
[ic=Shades and Dust]
Current Status: Hiatus while Terra Macabre keeps my interest.
Short Term Goal: Again, go through old post-apocalyptic settings and find what's there that's mashable to squeeze in here. And, as is going to be my MO, post a Brainstorming thread to get even more mashable materials.
Long Term Goal: Flesh this setting out into something workable...and seeing if I can do it in a way that'll be compatible with my FATE variant, because I love FATE.[/ic]
How about you guys, now that so much time has passed since this thread was last posted in?
Quote from: sparkletwist[ic=Some Random Thing]Current status: It's kind of taking Crystalstar's demons and succubi and running with it, resulting in something resembling a cross between Maid RPG and the World of Darkness
Short Term Goals: Figure out if this is sane
Long Term Goals: Realize that it is not[/ic]
This is what eventually became Asura... :D
(I think I accomplished my long-term goal!)
Yes, you did. And as Nomadic pointed out...
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Real Long Term Goals: Realize that you are ok with that...
Yes, yes you were. :P
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Currently working on: System
What I should be working on: Fluff! :)
Super short term: come up with a name for my setting.
Short term: Trying to finish the history write up. I started it a week ago, but every time I sit to work on it, I just can't focus.
Long term: Finish the history section, then a working outline of the current state of the world (factions and nations), and finally a rough work up of the game system.
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Sorry to hear you've been having the problems with history - any particular area you're stuck on?
Oh why don't i contribute?
Okay So...
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My Setting: Dynama
Long Term Goals:
-First, I'd like to create a system that works to my tastes. I really like E6 d20, but i also really like FATE (People who have made there own systems, please help me).
Short Term Goals:
-Make the world of Dynama smaller. I think my root problem is I tried to make a big huge world at war. What i like about the Dark Sun setting is, is that when you think about it, it's not a big huge world, but a land with several city states. And since Dynama is essentially a world where all the nations are divided by political ideology, i could just create a land that acts as a "battlefield of ideas" :P.
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I've got more than this i just need to go do stuff at the moment.
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Sorry to hear you've been having the problems with history - any particular area you're stuck on?
no, there is no real problem. I just write something, don't like it then rewrite it, still don't like. Then when I get something that I like, I reword it to make it sound like it wasn't written by a two year old. so it is just a lot of rewriting.