Hello RPGSite.com,

A quick message from Omnifray creator Matt West:-

Work is now starting on Omnifray Lite - a game inspired by Omnifray and seeking to achieve a similarly authentic feel, but much simplified.

The number of attributes will be reduced to 8 main stats and (possibly by way of optional advanced rules) 4 minor stats. Skills will be harmonised but will now be ranked as Rudimentary, Solid, Expert or Master level; some traits will operate outside this system but for basic play this number will be very limited (Literacy being a major example). Provisionally, CharGen will be available both as points-buy as per the original game and as random CharGen with a fixed points value.

Only one dice type will be used (d12).

The Omnifray speed of action system will be carried over in much simplified form - it is currently envisaged that speed modifiers will not change due to using different weapons or being injured.

Combat will typically be reduced to two rolls per attack:- a speed of action roll and an attack roll. There might be a fallout roll as well for some characters. For player characters there will only be 5 levels of injury:- uninjured, injured, seriously injured, mortally injured and dead.

The magic/fate/feats system will be rewritten from the ground up (inspired by the original but probably tied into the core stats system and in any event much simpler) and a stances system incorporated. Tendencies will now be a core part of the game. xp will be directly spendable on stats. Spiritual alignments will be retained as they stand but renamed, provisionally Primordial, Fallen, Redeemed and Alien to emphasise delinkage with behavioural tendencies.

It is a principal design goal to achieve a similar level of simplicity to the more popular commercial games.

There will be an assumed non-specific setting type, the principal assumption being that magic is hidden from the common folk and that technology is limited to full plate armour and arbalests (no firearms), other assumptions being that there is a spectral realm, a ghost realm and probably a seelie realm and an unseelie realm (rather than a single fey realm).

I hope to produce a 200 page fully illustrated softback - we shall see. Due to pirating problems affecting downloadable copies of the original Omnifray books, it is unlikely that the full version will be made available to download.

Any and all feedback on what you like or dislike about the Omnifray system or setting would be most welcome at this time. I can be contacted via PM on this site or via the feedback section at:- http://www.omnifray.com --- I will also check this thread to see if anyone has posted public feedback.

I really would be very grateful for any and all feedback! If public, please not too offensive!!

Cheers

Matt