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Skryim Draugr for BFRPG

Started by danbuter, January 04, 2012, 03:17:47 PM

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Pseudoephedrine

#30
January 08, 2012, 12:02:15 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;501810So is fucking everyone talking about Skyrim because its just what's hip for the next month, or is it somehow genre-changing or industry-changing?

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The Elder Scrolls as a whole have been a very influential series on video gaming and to a lesser extent on tabletop. In the former because of various technical details of the game (it sets the standard for first-person skill-based rpgs) and in the latter because of the depth of the world-building, which is miles ahead of most settings.

It's actually somewhat surprising that the setting has never been licensed for a RPG. A BRP-like system is a natural fit, and most of the details are already written out.
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Silverlion

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January 08, 2012, 06:05:23 PM
Quote from: Pseudoephedrine;501833It's actually somewhat surprising that the setting has never been licensed for a RPG. A BRP-like system is a natural fit, and most of the details are already written out.


Very much so.

The whole game series has been popular to some degree, not just what is new and shiny, bit a lineage of popularity, while containing to test the game play a bit to make it exciting. Plus the storylines grow more complex as well. Skyrim has political decisions in all the running around and dungeon delving, Saving the world is a part of the game, but so to is changing the landscape of the world a bit. (Not exactly ongoing though sadly.)  Skyrim also posits a really solid AI system for foes, unlike some CRPGs.
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#32
January 09, 2012, 10:48:57 AM
I'm not upset at all. I just hear everyone and their cousin name-dropping skyrim, and wanted to know what the big deal was about.  Now I get it, its a video game that came out recently, not WoW-style, heavy on setting.

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January 09, 2012, 12:59:41 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;502218I'm not upset at all. I just hear everyone and their cousin name-dropping skyrim, and wanted to know what the big deal was about.  Now I get it, its a video game that came out recently, not WoW-style, heavy on setting.

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You might as well read the wiki about it. It has made such an impact I think it will change how gamers naturally think about dragons and sandbox settings, forever.

I have three players in my current game who have never played sandbox before, but this is the second one I've run and they are very comfortable with it because of Skyrim.

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January 09, 2012, 01:12:21 PM
Skyrim Spoiler:







Pundit, the basic story is that the ancients couldn't beat the worst dragon, so you have to deal with him now. They invented magic words to fight him, so your character plans to use a magic item to look back and time and learn them. If you can sit through it, I feel like this video is the linch pin from the main story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZFeZWvkXIA

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#35
January 09, 2012, 08:56:00 PM
I see, well thanks guys for all the clarification.

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