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He can't be one of the mundane Runelords, since there are already seven: Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs, Mike McArtor, Erik Mona, F. Wesley Schneider, James Lafond Sutter, and Jeremy Walker. He is the penultimate Runelord...
... Though, we have no idea what that one is.
In any case, what are the others the Runelords of? I suggested that Mike McArtor is the Runelord of Lust.
In the unheralded world of gamer designers you either promote your own work loud so the cheap seats can hear you, or you convert yourself using the oblivion template.
In the unheralded world of gamer designers you either promote your own work loud so the cheap seats can hear you, or you convert yourself using the oblivion template.
--Runelord of Sarcasm
In the unheralded world of gamer designers you either promote your own work loud so the cheap seats can hear you, or you convert yourself using the oblivion template.--Runelord of Sarcasm
Hey, congratulations, David! That looks sounds intriguing. The premise looks fun. Tell me a little bit about Etherscope? It looks Steampunk.
Tell me a little bit about Etherscope? It looks Steampunk.
Yes, tell us.
*slides a soapbox for Hill Giant to stand on**sits down with a pitcher of iced tea and a plate of lemon cookies*
Haha! I steal your thunder, Nic Logue!
*Ahem*
Etherscope is Victoriana-Cyberpunk-Horror. What if 1880's scientists had discovered the Ether is actually a portal to a 1980's futurist's vision of the internet but accessing it might have awakened some great old ones. What I really like about the setting is that you've got some leeway with how much of any element exists in your game. You can play it as an upperclass drama, where the supernatural is a party game, and cybernaughtics are something for the working class. Or you could play elite hackers in the Scope who unlock Secrets Man Was Not Meant to Know. Or cyborg-soldiers and neo-cowboys in war torn South America. And so on.
The outline for Cinnamon Rose was written by Ben Redmonds (one of the creators of the Etherscope) for Gen Con '06, so it has a little of everything. Unfortunately, Ben wasn't able to make it to GenCon, so I had the honor of running it there, and also of writing it up for publication. If I were pitching it I'd say: '24-Hour Party People' meets 'The Matrix'.
Haha! I steal your thunder, Nic Logue!
Sounds very cool. Which sourcebooks would I have to buy to be able to run Etherscope?
Sounds very cool. Which sourcebooks would I have to buy to be able to run Etherscope?
Just the core rulebook. Which conveniently includes 'Cinnamon Rose'. :-)
Just the core rulebook. Which conveniently includes 'Cinnamon Rose'. :-)
*temples her fingers together*
Excellent...
Haha! I steal your thunder, Nic Logue!
Bastard!!! NOOOOoooooOOOOOoooooOOOOooooo
Etherscope is Victoriana-Cyberpunk-Horror...<MUCH COOLENSS>
::Nick puts this on list of soon to be purchased!::
::Nick puts this on list of soon to be purchased!::
Wow, I should threadjack more often. ;-)
--Runelord of Spam
I wonder why the PDF is two dollars more than the softcover? That seems counter intuitive. As a wide-eyed student of RPG publishing... what am I missing?
I've been thinking about picking up Etherscope for quite some time now.....
I've been thinking about picking up Etherscope for quite some time now.....
Is your avatar vomiting a tapeworm's ghost?
I've been thinking about picking up Etherscope for quite some time now.....
Do it! Do it, NOW!
*wonders whether his blatant pandering has gone too far.*
No... that level of pandering feels juuuuuuuust right.
Anyone wanna weigh in or PDFs being two dollars more than softcover copies? I didn't understand the reasoning behind that. (Although I'd prefer softcover and will gladly take a lower price)