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Have you run anything with Amber that wasn't Amber?

Started by RPGPundit, September 27, 2007, 06:07:21 PM

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gabriel_ss4u

Quote from: RPGPunditNot just an alternate, some totally different game?

What was it? Fantasy? Sci-fi? Modern? superheros?

RPGPundit


Yes, the 1st that comes to mind was this...
I was a die-hard Champions 2nd ed. player - while I was intro'd to ADRP.
Well, we had our Amber GM living in a different state (and a lot of the players too as it started in the military) so we continued w/Champions, and hungered for Amber.
I created a kewl villian for my players based on Deathstroke the Terminator from DC, combined w/ the Taskmaster from Marvel, one nasty villian that had the possibility of unbalancing a campaign in the hands of lesser GMs. Well, one day my co-GM (teacher of GMing) asked me to grab my books and dice.. and asked me to get one of my main villains; Deathstoke, and proceeded to have me play the NPC-villain in this wonderfully spun adventure, (dice not with-standing).
And it all culminated to a point where I was thrown for a loop as the villain I was playing, (Deathstoke),  suddenly (in the scenario) 'woke -up' in mid-action, so to speak, in mid-battle, to be flooded (ie;Butterfly effect movie) with the memories and sudden knowledge that he was my Amber character in a deeep cover operation on a primal shadow realm (this Champions world) (and has been there since the beginning I made him), and the shock nearly threw me, (the player), for a loop. But then we continued gaming that Champions scenario via Amber style, (diceless and ranked). We played Champions for so many yrs. that truly dice were not needed as all the ranked power-levels were of some set understanding to us. To this day it is one of the most memorable Champions scenarios I've enjoyed playing, and I've played a lot.

(I'm getting tired, hope this wasn't too confusing, LOL)
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Simon W

Since Philip Jose Farmer's World of Tiers series was at least a partial influence on Amber, has anyone thought of using ADRPG to run a World of Tiers game?

Sargon

I tried, i really did.  I made a WODesque sorta game but with other suepraturals too ( like highlander immortals).  somehow I jsut couldnt help myself and i tarted commign up with amberite parentages for he PCs and... a plotline... and it's now my newest amber chronicle. :>

the mechanics worked great for it, though.
"Uncle Sargon, how can I traverse shadow the "royal way?"
"It's easy, instead of riding your usual mount you ride Flora.  Just remember that others have been there first, lots of others...."

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I had at one point planned to run a D&D Immortals (Mystara) game using the Amber rules. It hasn't happened; yet.

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