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== Open Game Content == | == Open Game Content == | ||
The rules for Adventure Band are free to use, modify, republish, and sell under the [[Open Game License]] version 1.0a. The Drintera setting is Product Identity owned by Shewstone Publishing LLC. | The rules for Adventure Band are free to use, modify, republish, and sell under the [[Open Game License]] version 1.0a. The Drintera™ setting is Product Identity owned by Shewstone Publishing LLC. | ||
== Setting == | == Setting == | ||
The setting for Adventure Band is an original fantasy world called [https://www.worldanvil.com/w/drintera-shewstone-publishing Drintera]. It's a world where adventurers explore lost cities, perform secret missions for lords and monarchs, and eventually become champions of the gods themselves. | The setting for Adventure Band is an original fantasy world called [https://www.worldanvil.com/w/drintera-shewstone-publishing Drintera]™. It's a world where adventurers explore lost cities, perform secret missions for lords and monarchs, and eventually become champions of the gods themselves. | ||
= | == Rules Engine == | ||
Update June 2022: Adventure Band is based on the ''[https://fate-srd.com/fate-condensed Fate Condensed]'' rules engine. We settled on this instead of a D20-based engine, because there are plenty of good D20-based dungeon crawling games out there already. Fate™ is better aligned to our design goals (see below). | |||
== Design Goals == | |||
* Easy to learn | * Easy to learn | ||
* Easy to GM | * Easy to GM | ||
* | * Everyone has something cool to do every turn | ||
* Encourage creative gameplay | |||
* Emphasize teamwork and provide mechanical support for teamwork | * Emphasize teamwork and provide mechanical support for teamwork | ||
* Playable with or without electronic tabletop | * Playable with or without electronic tabletop | ||
* Supports plugging into a homebrew or published setting. Setting is not baked into the rules. | * Supports plugging into a homebrew or published setting. Setting is not baked into the rules. | ||
= Rules = | = Rules = | ||
* [[Character creation]] | |||
* [[:Category:Ancestry]] | * [[:Category:Ancestry]] | ||
* [[Character Aspects]] | * [[Character Aspects]] | ||
Revision as of 04:50, 19 June 2022
Adventure Band is the working title of a fantasy RPG from Shewstone Publishing. It is currently under early development.
Open Game Content
The rules for Adventure Band are free to use, modify, republish, and sell under the Open Game License version 1.0a. The Drintera™ setting is Product Identity owned by Shewstone Publishing LLC.
Setting
The setting for Adventure Band is an original fantasy world called Drintera™. It's a world where adventurers explore lost cities, perform secret missions for lords and monarchs, and eventually become champions of the gods themselves.
Rules Engine
Update June 2022: Adventure Band is based on the Fate Condensed rules engine. We settled on this instead of a D20-based engine, because there are plenty of good D20-based dungeon crawling games out there already. Fate™ is better aligned to our design goals (see below).
Design Goals
- Easy to learn
- Easy to GM
- Everyone has something cool to do every turn
- Encourage creative gameplay
- Emphasize teamwork and provide mechanical support for teamwork
- Playable with or without electronic tabletop
- Supports plugging into a homebrew or published setting. Setting is not baked into the rules.
