[freeroleplay] Yags update

[Samuel Penn]

On Thursday 18 May 2006 17:44, Ricardo Gladwell wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 19:17 +0100, Samuel Penn wrote:
> > It's been a while since I've had time to say much on the list, but
> > the workload and stress is dropping off now, so it's probably about
> > time for me to give a quick update on what I've been doing as far
> > as free gaming is concerned.
>
> If you'd like me to publish a press release for your Yags updates on the
> FRPGC web site please let me know.

Feel free. The site has recently had a style update as well (so hopefully
it looks a bit prettier - though Konqueror/Safari are about the only
browsers which support all the changes).

> > Anyway, there's now some genre specific rules for Bushido and Modern
> > settings.
>
> Nice addition. I especially like the Bushido martial arts stuff. BTW,
> what is Bushido exactly?

It's the Samurai code of honour. It's the best term I could come up
with to sum up the genre.

>
> > I've also added the concept of Traits, which represent aspects of a
> > character's personality (bravery, greed etc), and which are campaign
> > specific (e.g., a Bushido campaign might use Honour and Duty, whilst
> > a horror setting might have Insanity, Curiosity and Bravery).
>
> Good idea: are you working on a way of letting Traits work the same
> across all genres?

The mechanic will work the same - all traits range from 0 to 5, and
will often have a negative version (e.g., Bravery and Cowardice), so
that '0' is always the norm. They add/subtract to Will for purposes of
Will checks, though some may have special uses in some settings.
A high 'Honour' might give a Samurai bonuses in a setting where
Bushido is important for example. In other settings, 'Honour' may have
no special meaning so there's no point keeping track of it with
mechanics (though that doesn't prevent players roleplaying honour
of course).

Habisfern uses 'Luck' to allow re-rolls and avoidance of death. A less
heroic setting might not want to allow that safety net.

> > Finally, I've been playing a bit with a computer game implementation
> > of Yags. The basic skill and combat resolution stuff is there and
> > working, and the idea is to use it in a web based adventure game
> > called Kingdoms.
>
> This sounds really exciting. Please let us know if you need any help
> with this project.

Once the Core bits of code have settled down, and I've got logins
working and security tied down, I'll open it up. The code will of
course be GPL'd.

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