Swashbucklers of the Seven Skies?

RPGPundit · April 03, 2009, 07:23:08 PM

Some do, some don't. Quite a few of my players didn't want to play in the Robotech campaign because it meant that they'd be playing in a military context, and follow orders.

And yet strangely, they like Pendragon, where they're playing in a military context and have to follow orders, even more absolutely. But I guess its a question of the cultural framework.

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King of Old School · April 03, 2009, 07:27:23 PM

There's also the obvious solution of making some or all of the PCs passengers of a skyship, rather than crew. That nicely gets around any issues with authority, and passengers can still get into hijinks in port or even participate in skyship battles (as the brief fiction in the intro PDF demonstrates nicely).

KoOS

Ghost Whistler · April 04, 2009, 07:03:25 AM

So what do you play in this game? What character classes are there other than don't-call-me-a-wizard wizard and giant parrot?

Premier · April 04, 2009, 07:29:46 AM

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;293913it's not keeping players working together that's the issue. It's the fact that, on a pirate ship or sky galleon or whatever, there is some form of hierarchy. Ie someone has to be captain presumably, making the decison as to where to fly and what to loot me hearties.

Kind of OT, but:

Funnily enough, historically this wasn't necessarily the case. On many pirate ships, the captain enjoyed much less power and decision-making freedom than on any other ship. In some cases, the captain's authority only extended to commanding the battle, and everything else was voted on by by the crew - including the commisioning of a new captain.

Zachary The First · April 05, 2009, 08:40:24 AM

I'm excited about S7S. I've loved Chad's previous games (Truth & Justice), and the PDQ Sharp tweaks are interesting.

And I just entered their logo remix contest.

Lawbag · April 05, 2009, 10:38:24 AM

Sounds like an earth bound Spelljammer rpg.

King of Old School · April 06, 2009, 04:07:42 PM

Quote from: Lawbag;294254Sounds like an earth bound Spelljammer rpg.

Not a completely baseless comparison, although there's no "earth" as such (the world is a giant rotating snowglobe full of floating islands, with a pillar of fire running up the central axis and an ocean of gooey blue quintessence at the base). But yeah, I expect that actual play might resemble Spelljammer (which I've read but never played).

KoOS

Chronaltap · July 30, 2009, 04:48:34 PM

The PDQ system doesn't have any kind of traditional Character classes. Your character is a set of motivations, history, skills, descriptions, and foibles. The game is first and foremost about the PROSE... which means less fiddling with statistics and optimizations, and more creation of fun and interesting stories. I just picked up the game myself, and the design is fun and simple... looks like it'll make a lot of great games once it catches on.