Thought I had for D&D 3.5e:
Take the Action Point option. Add two Aspects, a la' Fate, with a generally alignment-like/passion/ethos spin to it (Vigilant Liberator, Loyal to the Crown, Loving Father, Too Feisty to Die, Vanquisher of Undeath ( Read more... )

So, on this rpg.net thread I've been hammering out and getting ideas for a 'light' Fate version that focuses on the elements I like -- Aspects.

Loosely, 'Will Timmins' Fate' -- or WTFate. ;)

Current version is, more or less (quoting from above link):
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Hmm. I find SotC, Dresden Files, and most other incarnations of Fate a little on the complex side for my tastes.
But then I find Wheel of Fate and F# and similar too simple or dropping a lot of the stuff I find cool in (say) Evil Hat's stuff.

... I suspect if I want something in between I'll have to do it myself. :/

Poking around at various Lovecraftian stuff, I was struck by this piece.


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Reading DFRPG some more and thinking, alternately, of adapting it to traditional fantasy or Lovecraftian game. For traditional fantasy, I'm stuck contemplating how the whole Laws of Magic could/should be translated. Obviously, it's there to support the elements of Dresden Files in particular ( Read more... )

One game setting idea I've had for years now ( Read more... )

Discussing my 'book purge' with a friend over FB, he recapitulated it thusly:

'So you're an aging Book Dragon who's going digital because hauling your hoard to each new cave is increasingly difficult.'

Heh.

Apparently Torg is being sold! Which is awesome news... since I am very negative about the current holder of the license.

Granted, the next owner might not be better, but at least it's another roll of the die...

Ah, here we go:

My Amazon storefront

But hopefully mad loot ( Read more... )