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A Setting for Gaming in at Least Two Systems

Started by WillInNewHaven, October 17, 2019, 05:03:47 PM

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WillInNewHaven

October 17, 2019, 05:03:47 PM
Here is a setting that any GM can use, the Black Mountain District. It has NPCs in two flavors, White Box D20/OSR and Glory Road Roleplay, dragons also in both flavors, lots of geography, some history, a faction struggle in dwarf society, lousy maps and a document with an overall view.
it will soon have wildlife, monsters and other features. I am going to be publishing adventures in both OSR and GRR versions but go ahead and create your own.

https://sites.google.com/site/grreference/home/05-the-black-mountain

Omega

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October 17, 2019, 05:11:06 PM
Quote from: WillInNewHaven;1110320Here is a setting that any GM can use, the Black Mountain District. It has NPCs in two flavors, White Box D20/OSR and Glory Road Roleplay, dragons also in both flavors, lots of geography, some history, a faction struggle in dwarf society, lousy maps and a document with an overall view.
it will soon have wildlife, monsters and other features. I am going to be publishing adventures in both OSR and GRR versions but go ahead and create your own.

https://sites.google.com/site/grreference/home/05-the-black-mountain

erm... ??? ... You are aware there are setting books out there that are meant to be used with any system right?
Flying Buffalo has the whole Citybook series.
I believe Harn is the other prominent one?

Dual or multi-system settings have been tried before with varying success. Varying moreso because some publishers will go after you if you do. I was playtested and artist for a Star Fronters/Other Suns cross-compatible setting and the designer of Other Suns threatened the developer.

S'mon

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October 17, 2019, 05:17:23 PM
Quote from: Omega;1110326erm... ??? ... You are aware there are setting books out there that are meant to be used with any system right?
Flying Buffalo has the whole Citybook series.
I believe Harn is the other prominent one?

Dual or multi-system settings have been tried before with varying success. Varying moreso because some publishers will go after you if you do. I was playtested and artist for a Star Fronters/Other Suns cross-compatible setting and the designer of Other Suns threatened the developer.

I think he just wanted to offer you a nice thing!
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WillInNewHaven

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October 18, 2019, 02:30:14 PM
Quote from: S'mon;1110333I think he just wanted to offer you a nice thing!

I wonder if he clicked on the link. It's not a setting book; it's a website or part of one.

Trinculoisdead

#4
October 19, 2019, 02:30:36 PM
"The Black Mountain is not as ominous as it sounds."
Well there goes my interest!

I kid, mostly, thanks for the setting info.

RPGPundit

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October 28, 2019, 06:36:27 PM
The "black" is actually mostly from frostbite.
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October 29, 2019, 04:54:59 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;1112219The "black" is actually mostly from frostbite.

Well, it's not tropical. The mountains are bad but the rest is like Minnienoplace.

remial

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October 30, 2019, 06:03:15 AM
Quote from: WillInNewHaven;1112374Well, it's not tropical. The mountains are bad but the rest is like Minnienoplace.

so it IS frostbite.  good to know.

Shadis Magazine at one point for one of the October issues had a trilogy of adventures that were sequential.  each one used a different game system.  Nexus the Invisible City had stats for several different systems, as did Primal Order.
Ken Hite has strongly implied, if not outright said, that Nights Black Agents and Vampire the Masquerade are set in the same setting.

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November 07, 2019, 08:40:45 PM
Quote from: remial;1112453so it IS frostbite.  good to know.

Um, no. I should note, that's a joke. I was not actually claiming that's really true.
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December 06, 2019, 02:56:00 PM
Quote from: S'mon;1110333I think he just wanted to offer you a nice thing!

I get that. It just came across as a little odd after dealing with some designers at the time who were just not getting that their "new" idea was anything but.

Omega

#10
December 06, 2019, 02:58:35 PM
Quote from: WillInNewHaven;1112374Well, it's not tropical. The mountains are bad but the rest is like Minnienoplace.

I lived in MN for years. It is the US equivalent of Siberia. Only flatter. :D

remial

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December 07, 2019, 08:46:08 AM
Quote from: Omega;1115832I lived in MN for years. It is the US equivalent of Siberia. Only flatter. :D

Siberia also didn't have hostile natives trying to kill you while it was being settled

WillInNewHaven

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December 07, 2019, 09:00:55 AM
Quote from: Omega;1115832I lived in MN for years. It is the US equivalent of Siberia. Only flatter. :D

I have friends in the Iron Range who call Minnienoplace "Miami."
The late Joel Rosenberg, Guardians of the Flame author, was originally from Manitoba and his relatives ribbed him when he was living in Minnesota about his tropical climate. They did it when he lived in Connecticut also but with, I guess, more justification.

WillInNewHaven

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December 07, 2019, 09:01:27 AM
Quote from: remial;1115903Siberia also didn't have hostile natives trying to kill you while it was being settled

It wasn't uninhabited and there was conflict.
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