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The Riddle of Midnight Dark, brutal fantasy, Tolkien meets Martin using the award winning indie RPG sensation, The Riddle of Steel with Fantasy Flight Game's award winning Midnight setting. Two gritty tastes that taste great together. 99 years ago the finest army the Dwarves, the Elves and...

I know of Birthright and have heard great things from a good and trusted gaming friend who was in a campaign that he regards highly. I think an important part of the process for me, though, would be the creation of each player's nation or city-state. Still, right on, Birthright would be a good...

Nice to see someone else who actually knows what the Riddle of Steel is. Thanks for reading, Harri and thanks for posting your compliments. It is appreciated. Midnight is a well-written world and the main book and accompanying supplements are well worth picking up. I generally hate published...

Dark Tower's Shadow II - The Riddle of Midnight Post 2 Varduk's Revenge I am Varduk, Orc of the Bitter Mother tribe. One day ago I challenged my chief, whose name I refuse to utter until his last breath says mine. The chief took my sword arm and locked me in a cage on the side of the road, a...

Emiricol, you are a mad, mad pimp. Thanks. Glad to help turn another to the Shadow.

We need to get something out of the way. I say - Midnight ROCKS. You SUCK. You say - Midnight Sucks and so do you for thinking it rocks when X rocks so much harder. I say - Obviously you are disturbed because of Point A and Point B of your former post. You say - Explative YOU! I say -...

Those of you who are DMing or playing in a Midnight campaign, have you found the magic system to work well? I only played one game using the D&D magic system with a Channeler in the party. It seemed to work well. Have you found that a Channeller has been able to keep up with the other...

Analyzing and dissecting the very lingo that we are supposed to be talking about is what this thread is all about. Rock on.

Thanks for the thought.

Absolutely the land takes ill. Some more thoughts: Questing would be a very ritualized thing and much of the divine right of kings and rulers would be based on it. Also part of the King's duties might be assigning quests to his vassals if troupe play was of interest. I'd begin the game at a...

All of the players are the rulers of their country, from 1st level on. Preludes at the table are their coronations, in order to set the tone of their country and the trials of their rulership. Receiving crowns are the beginnings of the characters. Hit Points are a representation of a PC's...

Rob, I guess my problem with meta-plots comes down to a question of energy. If a game puts alot of creative and textual energy and time into creating stories that don't put stories on my gaming table or put plots into my player's laps, I don't want to pay for it nor do I want to own it. I...

Fair enough, but I would like this to be a discussion rather than a kvetch-fest.

That said, I would really like to hear some more pro-meta-plot points of view. I feel like those who are against it are weighing in and while I don't want a flame war, I would like to hear what people do like about it. Thanks.

Thanks, Dragonlancer, for weighing in on the pro-meta-plot side of things. Appreciated. I had a long and involved debate with a buddy of mine over IM and that conversation, coupled with the Pros and Cons of a setting thread made me want to post this. Thanks.

LightPhoenix, I understand that no one has a gun to my head, forcing me to take into account what every book says has happened to X setting. I am a big proponent of taking a published setting and making it your own. However, when a setting has a certain ethos behind it, it is a bother to work...

Zombie, A new group is a whole different ball of wax. I've read that the first session of a game isn't about setting up adventure or story or feel but what it really should be about is setting up trust. It sounds like the group is operating on assumptions they've garnered from past DM's...

Zombie-a-GoGo, you gave us a great start. Thanks. I would take out the last sentence, as many people enjoy meta-plot and I don't want to paint it as negative in the very definition just because that is my personal opinion. Let me offer a re-write and we'll all nitpick this definition to death...

I don't see Midnight as a meta-plot at all. It has a flavor and a direction intended into the game as all games really should but once you are off in that direction it is up to your group. Furthermore, there aren't big heroes out there to steal the thunder from your PC's. There aren't enough...

Midnight - Well written world, well wrought rules changes, just enough support. Arcana Unearthed - Wow, so, this is what a d20 game can be. A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe - Probably the only sourcebook on the market with no feats or PrC's, just smart background and interesting...