Weekender XLBS: Win 4Ground’s Fyrburgh Fort & Dungeon Delving In Torchbearer
May 21, 2017 by dignity
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Happy Sunday
Good morning 🙂
Happy Sunday afternoon from here in Oz
Happy Sunday!
Ideas for 4Ground? 1. I’m still looking for some good generic market place stalls that’ll fit into almost any setting; dark ages, medieval, middle east, fantasy etc. Somewhere between buildings and scatter terrain… 2. Modular religious and other buildings: Many long standing significant religious and municipal buildings are not built using one period or style of architecture. My challenge to 4Ground is a range of buildings that can be placed on the table in a modular fashion, with the ability to include periods/style that fit on that table’s setting, leaving out those that don’t. This could even include magnetised facades… Read more »
For 4Ground – I’ve an interest in civilian structures that could be fought around at the moment so perhaps a watermill would be great and give an opportunity something that could be completed with some on the interior detail that these commonly have. A bakery would be good idea was well, but a brewery would be something that could be gone to town with, there could be loads of barrels, and a dwarven feel to the building. A warehouse might also be cool – bigger doors on the front so that a wagon could go through, and a spot for… Read more »
Haha love this one guys. I’ve got a drinking horn as well and I’ve drunk many a drink out of it. Don’t fill it up and carry it in your strap on because you’ll spill it. Just some soap snd water then fill it up with mead and you’re set. A lot of reenactors don’t do the miltary side. Actually most reenactors at these events are either store owners or doing stuff like cooking or crafting. A friend of mine is a leather crafter and while he does have armour and fight, most of his time there was spent crafting.… Read more »
@warzan check out the “Ars Magica” RPG for an excellent spell creation system similar to the one you are describing. Best magic system in any RPG i have played or seen.
I will!
Lets hope it has the ability to cast MOLTEN BALL!!!!!! 😉
Even in AD&D you could create your own spells. A lot of the named spells were created by player characters from when the game started. Things like Tensers floating disc was created a player with a mage called Tenser. It just took a lot of character and player time and character money to create them
Mage: the Ascension from White Wolf uses a similar system also, which shouldn’t a surprise given Ars Magica was by proto-White Wolf and initially was part of the World of Darkness setting.
Molten Ball – you just know it’s going to be a thing now! 😀
Or old school Rune Quest, Sorcery let you manipulate the spells
You’re right. I downloaded that from (somewhere!) years ago. I think there is lots of potential here. I really don’t think it would slow down things at all. Basically You have a quick description of what you will do and roll the dice to see if you succeed. I don’t think Justine is right here. He is being too blinkered.
But as Warren says, each to his/her own.
Good discussion
For those interested here is the link to the 4th edition. I think it’s now at 5/6th edition though.
https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/user/dcltdw/ars-magica-4th-ed.pdf
Happy Sunday!
Love all the fabled realms stuff.. definitely need to get involved as my terrain options are practically non existent at home.. would love to see 4ground do some evil faction settlements.. orcs or the like.. others on the market are always too spikey or made out of skulls..
A 4Ground Roman Fort/ mile castle would be what I’d like to see one day.
This looks sweet as well tho!
@warzan I´m a german LARP player, sometimes our LARP is going the Living History way. This is me as a Spanish Musketeer and a Viking Priest, both are characters for typical “german LARP”. We don´t recreate pre existing persons, we create own characters for propper roleplaying. Also I have a Wizard character and a Pirat. In germany we have a lot of LARP players who do also Living History and Reenactment with the same Kit. Also popular is a Variation we call “ReenLARPment”, these are LARPs who are settled in an historic event and the players take the roles of… Read more »
Hm, no pictures here?
Check the pictures here:
http://noclear-studio.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_3506_Kopie.jpg
http://noclear-studio.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/diego.jpg
I love these!
Happy sunday! A sassy comment on a sunday morning, that’s like asking a whale to fly faster. Although, if the whale is plunging down to the surface of a planet, it is a different matter I suppose… but I digress. So where are we heading in terms of terrain, what is the next trend? Looking at the Age of Sigmars latest release, the Kharadron Overlords, skies the limit – quite literally. New factions of skyraiding pirates, Elves, menacing Goblins and Skaven will probably follow. Flying ships and fiends a plenty, yet they fight on the ground most of the time.… Read more »
For 4Ground, what about Stalingrad during WWII, or perhaps a fantastical (and smaller) version of La Sagrada Familia?
The splatter romper has already sold out so I reckon blue for Justin. Do we need to put the call out for three ‘Romp-turians’ to take out annual backstage passes?…
I think such a ‘camp’paign would be well warranted! 😉
maybe a light brown coloured romphim suit would match the comic strips from @Caesar ‘s channel.
If @warzan and @dignity wear those at UKGE we are getting shirts that say “We are their American Cousins and we don’t understand them either”. With a finger pointing to the side.
If by ‘shirts’ you mean ‘rompers’ then that can be arranged…
@warzan it sounds like Justin would prefer a indie for UK Expo and that’s only fair so here’s a link to a lovely one that will make him look fabulous. I hope you can do some Photoshop magic to show just how good it would look hehe.
https://www.angelsbuy.com/products/men-pvc-leather-zip-tightfit-clubwear-bodysuit-jumpsuit-onesies.html?setCurrencyId=2&gclid=Cj0KEQjw9YTJBRD0vKClruOsuOwBEiQAGkQjP382NfvjREr2P4wzfZvELSNueX7FWDRWbLcicu6kQSQaAuM
Onesie not indie, stupid spell correct
I think he’ll go for this 😉
@warzan I thought so too. But I think he needs a hat to go with it. I am sure you could find something suitable.
Warzan – A coupe sites for you today.
Polish site that make historical shields
https://www.facebook.com/Scutum.Rekonstrukcje/
You Tuber than evaluates armor including viking, knight, and samurai
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIjGKyrdT4Gja0VLO40RlOw
In terms of 4Ground terrain my attention is very much turning to the release of Fallout:Wasteland Warfare later this year. I’m thinking about getting on the front foot with gaming tables (as are many folks following the F:WW news. I’d love to see 4Ground build on perhaps their Homeland Apocalypse range – to complement the diner perhaps. A saloon, general store, old school wind turbines, graveyard. Anything 50s style post apoc (or wasteland style that would fit the theme) would be awesome!
The Fort of Fryburg is the missing part in my collection. I like it.
Winter is Coming… 4 Ground terrain for
Harrenhal.
Dragonstone (castle)
Winterfell.
Casterly Rock.
Riverrun.
The Dreadfort.
The Eyrie.
Moat Cailin.
I second the Fallout terrain!
What I’d like from 4Ground are walls of Daldorr. A mix of ruined and intact, with gatehouses, corner towers, etc. Take my money! 🙂
Woo. Having spent several hours catching up I can now watch xlbs on the right day! Here we go…
@warzan I feel you, growing a bead is out of reach for me tok – way too patchy. Let 4ground build you a viking beard kit ;-)..
Why does @warzan need a leather strap-on if he has the horn? Also it’s always a little disappointing when your horn is not for blowing.
Deffo on the romphim at least we would not have to view the epic crack of doom…
Loving the talk on RPG magic, years ago some friends and I played a friends adaptation of Ars Magical, in this game you have fields of magic on one side you have various techniques create, destroy, manipulate, understand and mutate and on the other side you have various forms- fire earth, water, air, animal, plants, illusion, body/flesh and mind. To caste spells you combine a technique with a form to cast the spell you are describing, it was a great system and has led to some of the most memorable games I have played, allowing you complete control of what… Read more »
On to “motlen ball”, I agree with @dignity. Do it in the housekeeping period. Otherwise it overemphasises the role of the spellcaster. E.g.
GM: “some monster appears”
Wizard: spends 20 minutes designing a spell and negotiating its casting cost
Fighter: “I clobber it with my axe”
Fighter: is disappointed in this game
tl;dr detail is great but spells need to be as fast as clobbering things with axes.