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Tephra Reviews?

Started by Tod13, April 15, 2016, 10:10:27 PM

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Tod13

Anyone play Tephra and able to comment on it? I like how the preview and art looks, but the reviews online are pretty lacking beyond 1d12 plus attribute and that character creation is flexible and a mix of simple and complicated.

How does the magic/steampunk system, if any, work?

Thanks!

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Dunno, but it's included in one of the $25.00 DTRPG bundles raising money for RAINN.
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Tod13

Quote from: CRKrueger;892104Dunno, but it's included in one of the $25.00 DTRPG bundles raising money for RAINN.

That's how I found it. I don't really want anything else in the bundle, but Tephra looked interesting. I guess I'll get the base PDF and read it.

Tod13

Interesting system. A lot, a whole lot, of fiddly bits to the system. Everything is based on skills an specialties (particular actions you can take related to a skill) powering the character's attributes.

There's no real magic system. A lot of the specialties let you do magic-like things. Being steampunk, the emphasis is on science, which has several categories (Alchemy, Armsmith, Automata, Bio-Flux, Engineer, and Gadgetry).

The system mechanisms are simple (opposed D12 plus attribute). But there are a lot of moving parts around that mechanism.

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What the fuck is a tephra?!
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Tod13

Quote from: RPGPundit;892567What the fuck is a tephra?!

Wikipedia says it's a kind of volcanic rock--fragmented material from a volcanic eruption.

Here's their website http://tephrarpg.com/