I figure posting here can be like Spouting Lore, and as I don’t have much experience, in this case, I need all the Lore I can get.
I’m thinking about expanding on a setting idea for a mildly hacked version of DW in which all of the characters play (Gnome7’s latest version of) The Mage playbook. Rather than limiting character class by playbooks, the limiting factor would be one Mage of each Spell Focus and each Focus has it’s own House.
My initial idea for the setting is that the Mages start in the capital city of a Magocracy, in which all the Houses are represented and all members contribute to a ritual that counteracts or somehow monitors magic use in the city in an effort to maintain the peace. However, I’d be interested in what you and my players have to say.
Characters would probably have lots of hirelings (grogs, anyone?!).
It could include some PvP depending on if the players choose to oppose each other or cooperate. So, I’d need to establish how to handle that. The medium (for me, anyway) would be PbP, so keeping things separate between factions wouldn’t be a problem if the game went that way.
I think this could be interesting, because there is lots of room for intrigue, in-fighting, competitive treasure hunts, and who knows, eventually, all out warfare.
So, in addition to any ideas about PvP and the setting, and actually more importantly, does this sound interesting and worth exploring?
Dungeon World might not be the best base for a intrigue heavy game…
Intrigue lite, maybe. Or, what would you suggest?
Hack the attributes and get a hold of monsterhearts and its strings mechanics.
Hey, that’s a good idea! I just need to learn the string mechanics better and do that.
There is a game of thrones hack as well, that can give you some insight on a more intrigue driven game. Think it is on the apocalypse world forums.
i think Andrew Medeiros worked on that?
I did in fact. The game still needs a re-haul but as it stands it’s initial draft is more than playable and is a unashamed melding of Apocalypse World and Monsterhearts. I claim no originality there. 🙂
Here’s the link in case you want to check it out. Other than the Mystic playbook and some of the playbook names, it could be an easy shoe-in for generic political fantasy.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gyijiqc0pykexn1/The%20Playbooks.pdf
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hdg3l0byhh8yb90/The%20Moves.pdf
Let me know what you think! 🙂
I’ve read it, Andrew, good stuff. I really look forward to your re-haul. Yeah, I’ll probably take a look at it again to get a better feel for strings.
You know, Rich, when you first pitched this idea to me – I thought about the GoT hack too.
Good to meet the creator of that lovely hack, too! Definitely looking forward to the re-haul as well. I wanted to play test it on our PbP site, but no one seemed interested enough.
I never played Monsterhearts before, but the string mechanics seemed really intriguing.