Playing THIS with THAT. . .

[Alas]

The Shadow of Eberron

I ran a one-off adventure in the 3.5 Eberron setting using the rules for The Shadow of Yesterday. The conceit for the session was that while our regular cast of characters were off adventuring in the jungles of Xen'drik, a party of changelings had been hired to impersonate them and provide a cover story back in the city of Sharn. The players really exploited (in a good way) the control a TSOY character has over the story's direction-- they ended up in parts of the city I never anticipated, and kept me on my toes writing in new NPCs. I'd definitely do it again, and I think the players would, too.

 

[Scurvy_Platypus]

I'm in the middle of moving to New Zealand, but once we get settled...

I really want to try and get a game of Hellas going. If you're not familiar with it, it uses the Omni system (derived from the Talislanta system) and then tweaks it to further fit its needs. And what does it need to do?

Ass-kicking in space, strongly influenced and inspired by greek myth.

Did you just picture a Spartan with a jetpack? You should have.

Hellas: Worlds of Sun and Stone

Anyway, I want to do a game of Hellas and get people grooving on it. And once they're hooked I want to do a supers game using Hellas. Herakles for The Incredible Hulk, "Argonaut" for Iron Man, and so forth. Maybe use some of Astro City and Tom Strong to help set the look (or take the easy way out and use M&M Freedom City) and name the city New Athens.