Author: Gerard Snow

So I was thinking about class design and archtypes and it dawned on me that Clerics are a good idea poorly executed.

I think the biggest problem is the fluff and how they’re poorly integrated in setting. They are part priest, warrior, mage, with a mix of convoluted religious elements and tropes. They’re everything and not anything at the same time. They also have nearly no equivalents in pre DND myth/literature/TV. Here are my ideas to fix clerics across any game system.

-Make healing spells a part of normal spell list and let spellcasters learn them. (Like FF white mage)

-Create detailed setting which explains why temples are full of healing magic men and how they fit in society and why.

-Create a wizard/fighter hybrid minus religious elements for those who want it.

-make holy man compendium class with specific niche abilities for those who want it.

Make clerics descendants or children of God’s, or the highly favored of gods (so extra exceptional or quite rare.)

-Give cleric types abilities that expand and improve upon their abilities. Don’t limit them to being undead killers and party healer/buffer. Allow them to work on their own. Same goes for Bards.

Any other ideas, thoughts, or opinions? I’m happy to hear.

I think this is a great Article about settings. I reccomend this article to anyone who wants to create a good setting.

http://www.thefreerpgblog.com/2009/12/how-to-turn-your-stock-fantasy-rpg-into.html?m=1

http://www.thefreerpgblog.com/2009/12/how-to-turn-your-stock-fantasy-rpg-into.html?m=1

So I thought of this Dungeon/Maze/Forest labrynth idea but I’m sure it needs improvement.

Basically, The party goes into this enormous dungeon nobody knows the size of and tries to map it all out or claim some lost treasure. The plot twist is that it’s basically infinite and the only way to get out is for all but one of the party members to die.

I thought I might create some riddle or puzzle to solve that would break this curse and give the players a chance. Or it could be game about everybody working together but every man for himself last man/woman standing wins. What do you think? Do you like it,? How would you alter it?

Here’s an interesting game. It’s an apocalypse powered simple rpg without a gamemaster or hitpoints. It’s got lots of good racial abilities and rule mechanics, but only two classes archtypes, Arcanist and Nomad.

The rules are easy to bend or switch out and are great for people who like 2d6+stat gameplay. Just needs some more beefing up.

(It’s says 24 pages but only 9.5 have writing do it’s pretty small.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwF75bfO6_4LRm1pUTdMZ2V4YTg/view

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwF75bfO6_4LRm1pUTdMZ2V4YTg/view

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Just out of curiosity, what is the tone of your DW or WOD campaigns? Is it more zany and over the top like a MCU movie or is it more historicaly/ realistically grounded? are your worlds and characters more like Frodo of the Shire or Conan the Cimmerian? Do you regularly play your favorite style?

For my part, I like to strike a balance between the mundane and the magical, where there are fantastic elements like low or minor magic and legendary feats of strength, but not techno/steampunk like WoW or discworld or more recent Final fantasy games. I like sci Fi and modern and futuristic settings but I like to keep them separate.

Examples would include Tolkien (High Fantasy, low magic). William Morris (Saxon Saga type fantasy). And various myths/pulp fantasy. Though I like usually to use a homebrew setting.

I’ve dreamed of building an 80s pop culture mash up setting where you play in a world where your favorite 80s movie and game motifs and tropes are real and classes include rockstar, karate guy, and nerd.