[Recruiting]Gauging interest in True20 "Northern Crown" game

[Branding Opportunity]

So my first PbP game is well underway now and I'd like to start a second one that's completely different.

I'm interested in starting a game using Doug Anderson's amazing "Northern Crown" setting published a few years ago by Atlas Games. For those of you who are not familiar, this is set in a fictionalized version of North America in the mid-seventeenth century. Specifically I'd like to start the game in the town of New Amsterdam in the year 1666. I would heavily de-emphasize combat and focus instead in working together to breathe life into this worthy campaign world. Not that there won't be the occasional clash of steel and rattle of distant cannon-fire, mind you.

Did you love Neal Stephenson's recent trilogy? Then this is right up your ally. Ever wanted to play within Orson Scott Card's "Alvin Maker" series? I'd like to include plenty of supernatural stuff as well.

Even though Mr. Anderson spent tons of time coming up with the d20 mechanics for his universe, I've decided to run this using Green Ronin's OGL True20 system. The reason is that I want something a bit less structured and a bit less wedded to the battlemat. I'm also curious to find out if I like True20 better for PbP games.

So is there anyone out there who might be interested in starting a PbP game in this lesser-known campaign setting using alternate rules? Let me know.

Thanks,

BrOp
Director General of the Northern Crown Company

CHARACTER CREATION GUIDELINES

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I have the two Northern Crown books. I agree, they are universally cool. If I had True20, I'd be all over this like white on rice.

 

[Halford]

Well Reiveille they do have a free pdf which might have enough information for a player http://true20.com/files/True20_quickstart.pdf.

I am interested myself, but probably not willing to purchase anything. So I suppose my question is do you think its viable to play without the material - other than the free thingmy?

 

[Relique du Madde]

I'd love to play in a true20 game... Just one question, is there any more information available on Northern Crown?

 

[Branding Opportunity]

I'd love to play in a true20 game... Just one question, is there any more information available on Northern Crown?

There's actually quite a bit of information (including a pdf with the first 12 pages of the book) on the Atlas Games website I link to above. Other than that there really isn't a huge amount, but you may be able to pick up a bit more using a decent search engine.

In a perfect world I'd love for folks to be very familiar with both the True20 rules and the Northern Crown setting, but if I had to pick one over the other, I'd say having a decent knowledge and interest in colonial America is more important to me. The rules you can pick up on the way, especially if you know D&D 3.X well.

 

[Azor Grimcleaver]

I am more familiar with True20 (have Core Rulebook and Companion), not so much with Northern Crown. However, having been born and raised in the Commonwealth of the Old Dominion (Virginia, for those who haven't heard it called that before), I do know enough early Colonial history to get by.

Even though you mentioned not alot of combat, I would like to run a retired Soldier, perhaps fresh from the wars in Europe.

Consider me interested, then.

 

[Ludo007]

Howdy,

I actually have PDFs for the main Northern Crown book and the True20 rules. I'd be willing to share them with anyone serious about joining the game.

Of course, doing so will probably put my soul into some sort of Publisher-run bolgia of hell, but it's all in the name of a good game, no? (NO?)

 

[Branding Opportunity]

Howdy,

I actually have PDFs for the main Northern Crown book and the True20 rules. I'd be willing to share them with anyone serious about joining the game.

Of course, doing so will probably put my soul into some sort of Publisher-run bolgia of hell, but it's all in the name of a good game, no? (NO?)

Yeah, especially since the author of the books, Doug Anderson, has an ENWorld account and might see this

 

[Ludo007]

In that case, I'll offer the PDF of the True20 rules and pretend I never wrote the above... Oh... wait...

It's probably too late to do that, no? Alas, well, whatareyagonnado? The Ludo Lending Library is open to those committed to joining the game.

 

[Branding Opportunity]

Character Creation Guidelines

Now that I see that there is indeed some interest for a True20 Northern Crown game, here is some information on creating characters. I will create a link to this post at the beginning of the thread, just in case you need to find it again. I will continue to update this post as I do more planning.



CHARACTER CREATION GUIDELINES

Standard ability score generation (6 pts divided among 6 abilities)
Starting Level: 5th
Available books: True20 Adventure Roleplaying, True20 Companions, Expert's Handbook, Adept's Handbook, True20 Freeport Companions
Starting Year: 1666


AVAILABLE RACES/CULTURES

In Northern Crown, humans are the only available PC race, but are broken down into many different cultures. These cultures fall into two groups: Uropans and First Ones.
Uropans are originally from the Uropan continent across the ocean, and as emigration to Northern Crown is still a fairly recent thing (with very few exceptions) most are not native-born. Thus they still carry quite a bit of the "Old World" with them in their mannerisms, styles of dress and other preferences.
First Ones are the descendants of peoples who migrated here tens of thousands of years ago. I'm sure you understand their real-world analogues.


FIRST ONES CULTURES:

Cherokee
Mohawk
Ojibwa
Shawnee


UROPAN CULTURES:

Albians
Buccaneers
Carolingians
Cimarrons
Commonwealthers
Coureurs
Espaniards
Francais
Kelts
Nederlanders
Sophians
Vinlanders
Witchlings

If you have questions about any of this, please ask. I'd post more about individual cultures, but there is just so much in these books, it's hard to cull.

BrOp
Director General of the Northern Crown Company