[Churchofgaming] Lev's away, what to play?

[Jay Superfluous]

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Carl Brown <catodon at whale-mail.com> wrote:
> Here is a little blurb about golems (Unborn) I wrote for my world.
>
> Unborn, Walking Idols
> The unborn are statues given life. The presence of walking idols in temples
> and city streets is a reminder that the gods are active in the world. Given
> the divine spark of life by the gods the intention is that the unborn serves
> a temple. Stone and bronze endure though and over long decades many unborn
> develop motivations beyond service; time is a riddle the gods cannot solve.
> Some players might imagine intricate clockwork or other mechanisms but these
> do not exist in these Ancient times. The unborn of the mythic age rely on
> magic alone for movement. The most common golem in this Ancient age is not
> the steel golem. An unborn without a species feat is a bronze golem. Note
> being made of bronze they are immune to rusting.
> Special Construction Clockwork is not allowed in this world.
> While Unborn do not age they do gain from experience and experience wear and
> tear and erosion.
>
> <-----Original Message----->
>>From: Jay Superfluous [superfluos at gmail.com]
>>Sent: 6/22/2011 8:50:01 AM
>>To: churchofgaming at rpgreview.net
>>Subject: Re: [Churchofgaming] Lev's away, what to play?
>>
>>On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Liz Bowman <eyebowman at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Ah, screw it. I meant Fantasycraft, not Runequest. Fantasy, runes, runes,
>>> fantasy...
>>>
>>> Leave me alone to write my thesis and kill myself with cheese overdose...
>>>
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>>> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:26:31 +1000
>>> Subject: Re: [Churchofgaming] Lev's away, what to play?
>>>
>>> Always with the freaking whales and ravens...
>>>
>>> Anyway, yep Runequest sounds good. I'll play whatever.
>>>
>>> Liz
>>>
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>>> Subject: Re: [Churchofgaming] Lev's away, what to play?
>>>
>>> Or a dog with bees in its mouth!
>>>
>>> Species
>>> All can be PCs all have sub-species, some odd, and your culture is
>>> important
>>> too:
>>>
>>> Drake/Dragon
>>> Dwarf
>>> Elf/Godling
>>> Giant
>>> Goblin/Boggle
>>> Human
>>> Ogre/Troll/Oni
>>> Orc
>>> Pech (Halfling/Gnome etc.)
>>> Walking Tree
>>> Raven (it&#8217s me after all)
>>> Golems
>>> Lizard Folk
>>> And Undead
>>> OK undead isn&#8217t a technically a species so if I want I can add
>>> whales or
>>> whatever later
>>> Also lone oddities are sometimes made by meddling gods but these are
>>> treated
>>> with suspicion at best.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Sounds interesting, I'm up for it. 12 different species, eh? I want to
>>>>play a swarm of bees!
>>>>
>>>>Jay
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>>Okay, Carl, generate me a Golem. I'm feeling rather mechanical today.
>>
>>Jay
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Okay, a bronze golem is fine. Perhaps one who has had a crisis of
faith due to its temple being destroyed. PTSD
(post-temple-separation-disorder).

Jay