I decided to run an Arcanum: Steamworks and Magicka Obsura style rpg for my group and had been searching for a good d20 steampunk book to use for mechanics and someone mentioned this book. I was pleased to find you had a review of it! Do you feel this would mash up well with say pathfinder rules?
@TheSeventhZombie I think is is doable but it might take some work. You best bet might be to use the Pathfinder system and this book as an add-on. Giving it a read will help you judge that for sure.
@swinebread Sorcery & Steam, OGL Steampunk, Iron Kingdoms, GURPS Steampunk, Deadlands Reloaded, Victoriana. Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
What, no comments here? Your videos deserve a lot more attention...
Pretty interesting book, I like steampunk settings a lot. Generally I tend to gather ideas and inspiration from different systems and make custom settings and (mostly quite minimalistic) rules.
I decided to run an Arcanum: Steamworks and Magicka Obsura style rpg for my group and had been searching for a good d20 steampunk book to use for mechanics and someone mentioned this book. I was pleased to find you had a review of it! Do you feel this would mash up well with say pathfinder rules?
TheSeventhZombie 1 month ago
@TheSeventhZombie I think is is doable but it might take some work. You best bet might be to use the Pathfinder system and this book as an add-on. Giving it a read will help you judge that for sure.
tetsubo57 1 month ago
what are all of the different Steampunk games you own?
swinebread 9 months ago
@swinebread Sorcery & Steam, OGL Steampunk, Iron Kingdoms, GURPS Steampunk, Deadlands Reloaded, Victoriana. Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
tetsubo57 9 months ago
@tetsubo57 A compare and contrast between these books would be great...
...when you have lots of time that is. ;)
I like Sorcery & Steam quite a bit myself but OGL steampunk sounds rather fun
swinebread 9 months ago
I think this game was under rated, it got lost in the pile of D20 stuff that came out.
I like it, but it seems slightly more complicated than a typical D20 set.
Could be because of the new Psychic rules, spell creation and invention.
Steep learning curve with careful DM guidance.
I would love to see it streamlined or adapted to Pathfinder.
Or I could use the ideas for a simpler game like BESM or D6 Adventure/Fantasy.
RealNemo235 1 year ago
@RealNemo235 I think you could do a credible version with Savage World. There may even already be a steampunk SW setting.
tetsubo57 1 year ago
What, no comments here? Your videos deserve a lot more attention...
Pretty interesting book, I like steampunk settings a lot. Generally I tend to gather ideas and inspiration from different systems and make custom settings and (mostly quite minimalistic) rules.
SkallagrimNilsson 2 years ago
I just make the videos, it is for others to comment. :)
Yeah, I mine all sorts of things for ideas.
tetsubo57 2 years ago