Hi all, I've been lurking around this great community for a while and was hoping to get some input. I'm in the mood for some Hyborian Age adventure. Antagonizing the Zamoran underworld, fighting giant snakes, running afoul of the odd sorcerer or priest of Set. You know, the usual.
I've done a solo Barbarians of Lemuria and it was fun but not quite fiddly enough. I think Fate hits that for me; I really like the idea of creating advantages. But I love the BoL careers.
I know Jadepunk does professions--the same six for everyone--and Hunters of Alexandria has a larger list with 7 points to put into what you want. I'll probably hew pretty close to the latter, but I'm wondering if anything breaks were I to do kind of a free form profession list.
I figure since it's only me playing, I put the ones I want on my characters and don't worry about the rest. The HoA list is pretty workable--I might reskin one or two--but some PCs and NPCs might need something not on that list.
Do you guys think that's generally doable? Thanks!
I'm not super familiar with the system, but in general, you can freeform as much as you want soloing. Only have to please yourself. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of bonuses to the BoL careers give? Could you mock that up in FATE in some way? No reason at all you couldn't experiment, too, and just change things if they don't work the way you expect.
When I run NPCs I always eyeball them, to be honest. An NPC who is an expert at something rolls at +3. If they're just familiar, +1, otherwise, 0. On a +3 to -1 scale, as an example. You can always convert them to full PCs later if you decide to keep them around, after all!
I haven't played HoA or Jadepunk I'm afraid, but I do know if you're looking for a system to do swords and sorcery solo, you could do a heck of a lot worse than Sine Nomine's Scarlet Heroes which is built from the ground up for 1 player.
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