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Author Topic: (LoO) Is it possible to play Lords of Olympus with one player and one GM?  (Read 976 times)

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If so how do I go about it?
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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2018, 10:31:50 PM »
Lots or most legendary heroes' stories are solo adventures. Look at them for inspiration or to file off the serial numbers.

For Ability Classes how about a choice of one First Class and three Low Numbered Class, two High Numbered and two Low, or one High and three Low? Plus as many points for powers and extras as you're comfortable with -- more points with the 1 High 3 Low choice.

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Is it possible to play Lords of Olympus with one player and one GM?
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2018, 11:55:31 PM »
Thank you, dude. I really appreciate the help. :)
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Is it possible to play Lords of Olympus with one player and one GM?
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2018, 12:32:25 AM »
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Look at them for inspiration or to file off the serial numbers.

It's Lords of Olympus. Why file the serial numbers off of Hercules's Labors when you can actually play Hercules going through the GM's version of them?
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« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2018, 07:46:06 AM »
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It's Lords of Olympus. Why file the serial numbers off of Hercules's Labors when you can actually play Hercules going through the GM's version of them?

Herc, sure, but there are Beowulf, Siegfried, Kintaro, Gilgamesh, various Arthurians & Orlando Furiosi, thousands of moderns...

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« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2018, 05:25:52 PM »
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Herc, sure, but there are Beowulf, Siegfried, Kintaro, Gilgamesh, various Arthurians & Orlando Furiosi, thousands of moderns...

My point was you don't have to go a generic route for a game whose point is actually playing Gods. Gilgamesh could be an interesting one for sure.
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« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2018, 07:36:54 PM »
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My point was you don't have to go a generic route for a game whose point is actually playing Gods. Gilgamesh could be an interesting one for sure.

The point of some games, yes. Others may be about being epic heroes who sometimes have to deal with capricious, occasionally kind, sometimes monstrous, rarely moral gods. Or about people with great personal power pretending to be gods.

Re: Gilgamesh. Not filing off the serial numbers would mean importing the whole Akkadian pantheon and bestiary. Cool if you want to do it that way.