Jorune: WTF is this shit??

mysterycycle · November 22, 2006, 05:37:12 PM

Quote from: David ROkay. Here's the thing. When I say some settings do wierd well, Jorune is the perfect example of this. I mean it's puply foundation - men with ray guns, struggling in a hostile world filled with aliens - is to my mind extremely easy to relate to.

And here's the thing it does "meat and potatoes" adventuring so well. Firstly the default assumption that most pcs would want to achieve citizenship - drenn status - is an easy way to begin adventuring - or in Jorune speak they become tauther - . Okay what are the benefits of citizenship? Prestige, influence , the use of enegy weapons etc.

So, it's a convenient method to start a campaign. The fact that they have to get other drenn to inscribe their Chalisk (sp) - a kind of disc - to satisfy some bureaucratic requirement, is just a convenient excuse to go out and carry out missions for disparate folks. Does this sound familiar ? Yeah, because thats what happens in most D&D campaigns. Only here there is a setting consistensy and logic behind the whole thing.

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Sorry for the thread necromancy, but I just wanted to mention that this thread - and this post in specific - has made a convert. I know nothing about the system (and from the sound of things, I'm not really interested in trying to find it) but this description of the setting sounded so cool that I began Googling up websites devoted to Jorune. Now I've got a fair amount of background/setting information, all ready to be used in an offbeat fantasy game.

Awesome.

Settembrini · November 22, 2006, 05:50:54 PM

That´s my story too. Those WTF threads really work well.

Ian Absentia · November 22, 2006, 06:58:28 PM

Quote from: SettembriniThose WTF threads really work well.

You know, I thought so, too. Though voiced aggressively as a challenge at the outset, they were also an open invitation for people who really know and like a game or setting to explain what's good about it. Hell, Pundit was even civil when having the settings of Glorantha and Tékumel explained to him. Pity the same tack wasn't taken with a certain other game.

!i!

David R · November 22, 2006, 07:00:19 PM

Quote from: mysterycycleSorry for the thread necromancy, but I just wanted to mention that this thread - and this post in specific - has made a convert. I know nothing about the system (and from the sound of things, I'm not really interested in trying to find it) but this description of the setting sounded so cool that I began Googling up websites devoted to Jorune. Now I've got a fair amount of background/setting information, all ready to be used in an offbeat fantasy game.

Awesome.

I'm glad, you like it. At last I can say, I had a smallish part in intoducing someone to my favourite setting

Regards,
David R

Divine Hammer · November 22, 2006, 11:11:32 PM

The game was born, bred, and published in Berkeley. I reckon that covers it.

Yamo · November 22, 2006, 11:27:40 PM

Just an experiment, I guess. "How weird can you get?

Mystery Man · November 23, 2006, 08:33:06 AM

Quote from: RPGPunditJesus fuck, were "Andrew and Amy Leker" injecting cocaine directly into their tear ducts while had a three way BDSM-session with "Miles Teves"? Was Jorune the product of drug-addled fever-dreams, or just a metaphor for having someone anally violate you while they whip you and make you call them mommy?

Cocaine...tear ducts...stop!! :killingme:

arminius · November 23, 2006, 10:16:58 PM

Quote from: Divine HammerThe game was born, bred, and published in Berkeley. I reckon that covers it.

Eh, so was Runequest and most of the rest of Chaosium's stuff, as well as R. Talsorian games prior to 1997.

Settembrini · November 24, 2006, 06:52:38 AM

QuoteEh, so was Runequest

Only after a favourable draw of the tarot cards. I kid you not!

RPGPundit · November 24, 2006, 10:19:10 AM

Quote from: Ian AbsentiaYou know, I thought so, too. Though voiced aggressively as a challenge at the outset, they were also an open invitation for people who really know and like a game or setting to explain what's good about it. Hell, Pundit was even civil when having the settings of Glorantha and Tékumel explained to him. Pity the same tack wasn't taken with a certain other game.

!i!

The thing is, these are all settings, all "too wierd to live settings"; tend to be settings I would LIKE to like. There's nothing pretentious about them, just flat-out bizzare. Unlike certain other games.

So that was precisely the intent of the WTF threads, was to get people on here talking about these game settings, and finding out what made them tick and why they'd be appealing to those they appeal to.

RPGPundit

RPGPundit · November 24, 2006, 10:19:29 AM

Quote from: SettembriniOnly after a favourable draw of the tarot cards. I kid you not!

Fucking hippies.

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arminius · November 24, 2006, 04:43:03 PM

Sett--save me some googling, tell me WTF you're talking about!

jrients · November 24, 2006, 04:58:21 PM

As I recall, Chaosium was founded only after a Tarot reading by Stafford was judged to be favorable to such an undertaking. Where did I read that? Here, maybe?