tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post4784400989728389754..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: Stone Age LotFPJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-36254277176874053832012-03-16T06:38:32.030-05:002012-03-16T06:38:32.030-05:00The exploration xp could be cool, as could getting...The exploration xp could be cool, as could getting xp for monsters, but only if you find out they taste good.<br /><br />You could also have a list of things that have been invented yet, but you can only invent something if you hit a problem that would need it. Fail a tinkering roll and you still haven't invented it, try and invent something else (or give someone else a turn), xp if you succeed and survive to take the story back to camp.Josh Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-22135694645800990192012-03-15T18:59:28.677-05:002012-03-15T18:59:28.677-05:00"I had an idea this morning for a short RPG c..."I had an idea this morning for a short RPG campaign where the PCs are survivors of a stone age tribe broken up by some sort of disaster, like a bigass storm wrecking their camp and scattering the clan."<br /><br />Tornadoes gettin' you down Jeff?Timrod https://www.blogger.com/profile/15308269015770538709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-22449030972376452862012-03-15T16:40:53.442-05:002012-03-15T16:40:53.442-05:00I played the Land Of Ogg RPG once. It was good sma...I played the Land Of Ogg RPG once. It was good smart/dumb Ringo Starr caveman fun.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-92018345691500029132012-03-15T16:26:22.644-05:002012-03-15T16:26:22.644-05:00Atook aloonda Flame Princess!Atook aloonda Flame Princess!migellitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106614212764056058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-68697562374565959452012-03-15T16:10:53.625-05:002012-03-15T16:10:53.625-05:00There was an article in Dragon magazine back in th...There was an article in Dragon magazine back in the 80's that discussed a Stone Age D&D game.<br /><br />I say throw in the Monolith from 2001 Space Odyssey as the first "god" the primitive PCs encounter.Greg Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11309648175626829683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-37132494511557815912012-03-15T15:02:23.330-05:002012-03-15T15:02:23.330-05:00Homo Erectus overlapped with Homo Sapiens, if not ...Homo Erectus overlapped with Homo Sapiens, if not actually anywhere near Cro-Magnon times, and were stronger, dumber, and supposedly more likely to kill and eat you than be your friend. Having the "Other" race be a closely related but inferior species that you've ousted and displaced is interesting; it gives them a bit more pathos than usual.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090296806321882601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-40862983849057731432012-03-15T12:52:32.556-05:002012-03-15T12:52:32.556-05:00I've been working on a game like this on and o...I've been working on a game like this on and off for the last few months, mostly doing research on the subject of early human societies. I want it it have a fairly authentic feel, because I think that will heighten the tension when really strange stuff starts to happen. I wanted to call the game "Cavemen and Cthulhu", but that kind of gives away the surprise.Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00908708023237168012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-55067694798282064382012-03-15T12:23:49.107-05:002012-03-15T12:23:49.107-05:00this is one case where I'd guess survival skil...this is one case where I'd guess survival skills would be so important that they might be worth splitting up further: herbalism, animal handling (domesticated dogs may go way way back), fire lore. Architecture touches a lot of human activity - could be a stand-in for camp defense, finding or placing dwelling/ritual sites, even politics (understanding how placement of signs shows you who's in charge).<br /><br />I guess you're going for really really primal - a world with few pre-existing moving parts. This is the mythology of the architect, as revealed in Harold and the Purple Crayon. But maybe that's a post for another forum.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-49562449437437482562012-03-15T12:23:27.508-05:002012-03-15T12:23:27.508-05:00Very sweet.
The way they're discovering new c...Very sweet.<br /><br />The way they're discovering new contemporaries of Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals, (i.e., Denisovans and Red Deer People) you may have your demi-human situation covered. Also, Hobbits in Indonesia.<br /><br />Heck, you could even have remnant Australopithecines stand in for Ogres and Goblins--or at least, that would be the likely caveperson attitude.Jaysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652611193354218021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-14710546118009869792012-03-15T11:57:39.533-05:002012-03-15T11:57:39.533-05:00Clerics = shamans - spiritual guides for a group.
...Clerics = shamans - spiritual guides for a group.<br />Magic users = witch doctors/sorcerers - plumbing the secret world for their own purposes.<br /><br />Both use similar techniques (rattles, bones, shrooms, etc.). But shamans can just chat up the local spirits for power, while witch doctors have to be sneaky and steal, trick, bribe, etc. others for power. But once the witch doctor gets a power they can bind it into their fetish item and use it to cast spells without further spirit negotiation. Of coufse steal the fetish and you steal the power.Peter K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17181421723646836427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-31843807090550050802012-03-15T11:57:18.478-05:002012-03-15T11:57:18.478-05:00Aw shucks, Jeff.Aw shucks, Jeff.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00862556389958594140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-44931892703674122592012-03-15T11:49:28.373-05:002012-03-15T11:49:28.373-05:00No way dude! I just got done reading your post. ...No way dude! I just got done reading your post. I thought it was pretty dang neat.Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-64686723369305553022012-03-15T11:48:29.257-05:002012-03-15T11:48:29.257-05:00If there is some text-form online campaign of Lame...If there is some text-form online campaign of Lamentations of the Stone Age Princess, I am in.Evlyn Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01033845413251039537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-31988422363211603072012-03-15T11:47:22.368-05:002012-03-15T11:47:22.368-05:00Jeff. Weird dude. I literally just posted somethin...Jeff. Weird dude. I literally just posted something about this. Had I read your post first I would've just linked made a link because yours makes better sense.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00862556389958594140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-17613537997175603132012-03-15T11:39:01.745-05:002012-03-15T11:39:01.745-05:00Um, this is awesome, and relevant:
http://www.ama...Um, this is awesome, and relevant:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Hok-Mighty-Manly-Wade-Wellman/dp/1440451990<br /><br />Who doesn't want to play a cro-magnon riding a shark while brandishing a sword??kesherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494262159858200847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-44723006057550789092012-03-15T10:50:49.636-05:002012-03-15T10:50:49.636-05:00Way cool.Way cool.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090296806321882601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-40565983121489501972012-03-15T10:38:57.802-05:002012-03-15T10:38:57.802-05:00I would play! :DI would play! :DEvlyn Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01033845413251039537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-59869374125367071462012-03-15T10:20:02.099-05:002012-03-15T10:20:02.099-05:00"entheogens"... RPGs just taught me anot..."entheogens"... RPGs just taught me another new word!<br /><br />The whole "entities whose definition in the world hinges on how the PCs deal with it." thing is awesome.kesherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494262159858200847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-20775262660562457142012-03-15T10:06:59.848-05:002012-03-15T10:06:59.848-05:00I'd have the MU from somewhere else where they...I'd have the MU from somewhere else where they are maybe already into the neolithic, like a proto-Egypt.Aoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145284080419502886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-10041526632843389042012-03-15T10:03:29.986-05:002012-03-15T10:03:29.986-05:00"The MU would need to be modded to lose the b..."The MU would need to be modded to lose the books and lab. "<br />Replace with fetishes and entheogens.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-36307473694526807962012-03-15T09:58:33.240-05:002012-03-15T09:58:33.240-05:00Mythic cavepeople is definitely the angle I had in...Mythic cavepeople is definitely the angle I had in mind. The world would be full of creatures, entities whose definition in the world hinges on how the PCs deal with it. Did they slay it? Then it is some sort of monster. Avoid it but now it is hostile? That's a demon. Befriend it? That's a friendly spirit or fairy. Make some sort of pact with it? That's a god.Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-38744793097457660582012-03-15T09:49:52.205-05:002012-03-15T09:49:52.205-05:00What do you picture the fantasy elements of the ga...What do you picture the fantasy elements of the game being like? "Caveman RPG" alone falls a little flat for me, but I've always liked the idea of <i>mythic</i> cavemen, acting out the proto-kernels of later legends. Or cavemen vs. Lovecraftian prehumans. Or cavemen on spirit quests. Anything that adds a little zest.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090296806321882601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-11006500562468892992012-03-15T09:33:53.330-05:002012-03-15T09:33:53.330-05:00This would be a fascinating twist on the more usua...This would be a fascinating twist on the more usual campaign. I'd probably cast the magic users and/or clerics in a shamanistic light, and have the study and lore book replaced with fasting, taking hallucinogenic mushrooms and vision quests.<br /><br />Like you, I would split the bushcraft into hunting and gathering, but I'd probably recast Tinker as Craft and roll Architecture into Hunting, as reading the lie of the land, setting traps and so on.mylescorcoranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03521174819196050522noreply@blogger.com