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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 6668209" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p>These are probably not going to work</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Flashing Blades - FGU, early 80's, long out of print. Not rules light.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Swashbuckling Adventures - AEG.... but that's really just 7th sea with the d20 engine. (Théah is the world from Seventh Sea.)</li> </ul><p></p><p>Ones that may work:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><u>Pirates of the Spanish Main</u> - PEG. Standalone book, using the Savage Worlds engine.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><u>All For One: Regime Diabolique</u> - Triple Ace Games. Setting book for Savage Worlds. Haven't actually looked at it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><u>Lace & Steel</u> - Fantasy elements added. Uses custom card decks for some elements. Excellent, if odd. Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Centaurs.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><u>Arrowflight 2E</u> - Deep 7 games - Fantasy swashbuckling is the whole point. Use the 1E rolling instead of 2E, and characters are much more capable. Great setting. About rules-medium.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><u>Honor and Intrigue</u> - can't get much lighter than BoL and still have a mechanics-matter game.</li> </ul><p></p><p>Note that the top universal engines all have enough to do it and do it well... if you can stand the core mechanics:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">GURPS - Several relevant worldbooks, including <u>G: Swashbucklers</u>, <u>G: Scarlet Pimpernel</u>, and <u>G: Age of Napoleon</u>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hero System - The best worldbook is long OOP: <u>Campaign Classics: Pirates</u> (for 3e/4e). Still, using the Martial Arts book for a more current edition will generate the same feel. In play, it's rules medium to rules medium-light, most of the rules crunch is in character generation and in powers, which, for a swashbuckling version, aren't used much.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Savage Worlds - both a standalone and a worldbook are available. The standalone is PEG's. See above.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fate Core - take some care, and it can be done unmodified. I'm not aware of a swashbuckling setting book for it.</li> </ul><p></p><p>I'll note that GURPS, Hero, and SW all have excellent vehicle rules, too. So does Arrowflight (in the Island Nations book).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 6668209, member: 6779310"] These are probably not going to work [list][*]Flashing Blades - FGU, early 80's, long out of print. Not rules light. [*]Swashbuckling Adventures - AEG.... but that's really just 7th sea with the d20 engine. (Théah is the world from Seventh Sea.) [/list] Ones that may work: [list][*][U]Pirates of the Spanish Main[/U] - PEG. Standalone book, using the Savage Worlds engine. [*][U]All For One: Regime Diabolique[/U] - Triple Ace Games. Setting book for Savage Worlds. Haven't actually looked at it. [*][U]Lace & Steel[/U] - Fantasy elements added. Uses custom card decks for some elements. Excellent, if odd. Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Centaurs. [*][U]Arrowflight 2E[/U] - Deep 7 games - Fantasy swashbuckling is the whole point. Use the 1E rolling instead of 2E, and characters are much more capable. Great setting. About rules-medium. [*][U]Honor and Intrigue[/U] - can't get much lighter than BoL and still have a mechanics-matter game. [/list] Note that the top universal engines all have enough to do it and do it well... if you can stand the core mechanics: [list][*]GURPS - Several relevant worldbooks, including [U]G: Swashbucklers[/U], [U]G: Scarlet Pimpernel[/U], and [U]G: Age of Napoleon[/U]. [*]Hero System - The best worldbook is long OOP: [U]Campaign Classics: Pirates[/U] (for 3e/4e). Still, using the Martial Arts book for a more current edition will generate the same feel. In play, it's rules medium to rules medium-light, most of the rules crunch is in character generation and in powers, which, for a swashbuckling version, aren't used much. [*]Savage Worlds - both a standalone and a worldbook are available. The standalone is PEG's. See above. [*]Fate Core - take some care, and it can be done unmodified. I'm not aware of a swashbuckling setting book for it.[/list] I'll note that GURPS, Hero, and SW all have excellent vehicle rules, too. So does Arrowflight (in the Island Nations book). [/QUOTE]
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