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[BESM] Uresia fun!

Started by RedFox, December 03, 2006, 04:38:56 PM

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RedFox

December 03, 2006, 04:38:56 PM
The last time I tried running a game was my abortive attempt at Star Wars D20, running a light-hearted jawas-only group as "Grand Theft Speeder: Mos Eisley," having stolen the idea shamelessly from Doc Rot.

Of course, it crashed and burned due to a lack of reliable players.

Well, yesterday (Saturday, Dec 2nd 2006) I up and grabbed my Uresia and BESM books and headed over to my old friend Midknight's house deciding I'd run a game entirely off-the-cuff because I was just plain sick of not gaming.

I only had two players, but it was a blast.  BESM character creation is the most time-consuming part of the game, and while one player's character did take awhile (he wanted to play a half-dragon emerald knight, which we didn't have a racial template for), Midknight's character took about ten minutes to throw together (as a siamese Creesh sporting chef).

Both players came up with short, sweet characters with fun plot hooks.  The Creesh is obsessed with making the perfect dish and is wandering the world looking to seek it.  He also has a hate-on for Dreed sporting chefs.  The half-dragon knight, meanwhile, hates his racial "deformity" and is searching for a way to become wholly human, mainly for his childhood sweetheart who actually doesn't care what he looks like.

I started them off in the royal court of Angel's Ford, where the king had brought in a Dreed chef to cook a feast in commemoration of the first ever Chef's Day.  That quickly devolved into a challenge and then a cook-off between Midknight's character and the Dreed chef in which Midknight's character thoroughly schooled him.  Much hilarity was had by all.

Asking what the players were interested in, I learned that they'd like to explore one of the floating islands that orbit the world of Uresia.  So I'm planning on having them go on a quest to one on behalf of the King, throwing in personal reasons for both of them (a lead to the "Land of Dragons" where the knight may find his cure, and "Star Lily nectar" as a special ingredient the chef can go looking for).

I've not been this pleased with gaming in a long time, and I'm looking forward to next Saturday.  :)
 

jrients

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December 03, 2006, 07:29:39 PM
Awesome!  Uresia is chock full of silly fun, ain't it?  You should hop on the Uresia mailing list and post that.
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