Quote from: Dr Rotwang!I'd rather do the former, because I think your system has merit.

If you want, come up with a specific skill for the crafting ability to inflict different types of fatigue/injury and post it on the collaborative.

I don't know too much about IG...is it a "generic" fantasy setting, or is there some sort of setting implicit to the rules? What are its influences? For some reason, I have this weird urge to associate it with manga/anime...I must be getting it confused with something.
Anyone written a decent review that could give me the gist of the system?

Quote from: mattormegI don't know too much about IG...is it a "generic" fantasy setting, or is there some sort of setting implicit to the rules? What are its influences? For some reason, I have this weird urge to associate it with manga/anime...I must be getting it confused with something.
Anyone written a decent review that could give me the gist of the system?

    Generic from what I read.   The assumed setting and tech level is your standard High Middle Ages fantasy with elves, dwarves, halflings, orclins (half-orc types) and PC goblins.  Throw in the various magic skills, and you have your wizards and clerics and shamans and (with essence magic) monk/jedi/kewl ninjas.   No guns as written, and armour up to full plate.  It uses a 5-position health track for differing types of damage--non-lethal and lethal--with armour absorbing damage per point with a successful die roll.  Weapons damage is fixed rather than a die roll within a range.

    The anime bit might an IG-compatible setting called Steampunk Musha, also published by the worthy folks at PiG.  It's apparently a genre cross of Victorian steampunk and Asian fantasy, and reportedly teh awesome by at least one reviewer.  I think there's one on the reviews section of this site.

Andrew

IG is generic, but there's a published setting -- Amherth, a fairly standard FRPG setting that keeps metaplot and history to a bare minimum, so as to allow individual GMs the room to customize.  It's delightful, loaded with some great ideas (the "Interesting Sites" section is very inspirational and fun) and open to GM addition.  If you get the Iron Gauntlets Expanded Edition, "The Chronicles of Amherth" comes bundled in.

Steampunk Musha, on the other hand, is a setting, and it's one of the best ones I've ever read.  I don't hand out praise like that very freely.  It's interesting, it's exciting, it's fresh, it's multi-faceted and it just plain rocks.  I was literally reading through it thinking, "This thing gets better by the page".  Steam-powered war machines in search of their own kind of individuality and humanity?  Nothing new, but oh so very captivating.

Quote from: pigames.netI think the game is now grabbing the attention of people were were devout d20 players and MUST have individual spells in their diets to do anything. I emplore you... shake the monkey you call spells.

Never!  You can have my Sleep spell when you pry it out of my cold, dead spellbook.  I'm calling the National Spell Association and reporting your ass!

Seriously, though.  I don't own nor have read Iron Gauntlets, but the only folks I hear talking it up are all completely awesome people.

QuoteThe anime bit might an IG-compatible setting called Steampunk Musha

Well, i wouldn't call it manga/anime at all, atleast I never had either really in mind while creating it. Of course, I thank you for remembering SM, and i'm sure you could run it as such if wanting.

QuoteSteampunk Musha, on the other hand, is a setting, and it's one of the best ones I've ever read. I don't hand out praise like that very freely. It's interesting, it's exciting, it's fresh, it's multi-faceted and it just plain rocks. I was literally reading through it thinking, "This thing gets better by the page". Steam-powered war machines in search of their own kind of individuality and humanity? Nothing new, but oh so very captivating.

If this is the only thing anyone ever said about Steampunk Musha, it would be enough for me. . . thanks so much.

Nothing to see here.  My mistake.