Sike! Lets go System Agnostic (or with OSE)
Last week, I stated that I had decided to take The Tsardoms of River and Weed, and turn it from a System-Agnostic Setting to Rules + Setting. I have decided this wasn't the best course. WHY? Well I reflected on what It was I wanted from the Tsardoms. Like, what do I need for it to be (at a bare minimum) in order to get to play around with it? What I came up with proved one thing to me, the Tsardoms would be best produced as a Setting. Not a system. Here, exactly what I figured out I needed: 1. A 1;1 time calander that could incoperate seasons, maybe weather, the Lunar Cycle, a planetary cycle, day in which monsters are weaker or stronger or more or less active. 2. Yoon Suin Style Social circles and settlement generating tables. 3. Seasonal Encounter tables to pair with the calander. 4. Setting Specific Treasure Tables and Treasure Types. 5. A setting Specific Beastiary of monsters, entries could include: monster names, behaviors, omens, treasures, rumors, adventure ho...