[Repost] Perilous Ages: Men at Arms and Ordinary Folks

Here's the list of all NPCs that will be included in the Perilous Ages book. Writing their stat blocks is really, really boring and I'm unable to make more than 3-4 of them per day, so it will take a while to complete the game.

Alchemist / astrologer
Archer, common
Archer, elite
Assassin
Bandit, brigand
Bandit, common
Bandit, leader
Beggar
Caravan guard
Caravan master
Cat burglar
Craftsman
Crossbowman
Entertainer
Executioner
Flagellant
Grave digger
Guardsman, city guard
Guardsman, gatekeeper
Guardsman, jailor
Guardsman, lookout
Hermit
Innkeeper
Knight, mercenary
Knight, Raubritter
Knight, templar
Knight, typical
Laborer
Merchant, major
Merchant, peddler
Monk, ordinary
Monk, prior
Noble, petty
Noble, prince or duke
Noble, royalty
Peasant, ordinary
Peasant, rebel / enlisted
Pickpocket
Priest, bishop
Priest, ordinary
Priest, village
Prostitute
Sailor
Seer
Servant
Slave
Slaver
Soldier, captain
Soldier, common
Soldier, spearman
Soldier, veteran
Student
Tax collector
Teacher
Thug
Wench

Well, contents of this list caused the huge delay with completing the game. Creating stat blocks is a really tedious task... Now I'm forcing myself to finish it but there are still about 40 entries to make...

[Repost] Example of a random table from the Perilous Ages

Another repost from the past. This time - a random table, one from many tables I want to include in the Perilous Ages booklet. Of course this table may be useful in many different games, so feel free to steal it if you want!

One of the random tables from the Perilous Ages - nature of the holy relics. Roll d100:

01- evil / blasphemous relic
02-05 - pagan / cursed relic
06-13 - desecrated relic
14-37 - false relic
38-97 - "ordinary" relic
98-00 - one of the holiest, most important relics known

[Repost] List of random tables for Perilous Ages

With some help (thanks, guys!) I managed to expand the list of random tables that will appear in the Perilous Ages rulebook. The list is not final - actually, I hope that I'll be able to add even more tables. In alphabetical order:

• Assassination attempts
• Bandits
• Bizarre deaths
• Bribery complications
• Brothel "adventures" and mishaps
• Carousing (will try to not steal ideas from Jeff's version!)
• City scum
• Effects of the "magical" potions and elixirs
• Embezzlement complications
• Epidemics, plagues and disasters
• Execution methods
• Execution mishaps
• Heretical thoughts
• Mercenary complications
• Mutilations
• Peddlers
• Prisons
• Relics
• Relics - their nature
• Religious visions
• Strange ideas
• Veterans
• Why they abandoned it?

Plus - of course - several tables of rumors and random encounters (I love making them so expect lots of entries!).

[Repost] Introducing Perilous Ages

This post was originally posted on August 8 2013 on nuked Perilous Path blog. I decided to repost it to give you more info about my Medieval Fantasy Non-D&D Simulacrum.

Well, this time everything started with a... cover image! Last week I saw this amazing piece of art in the art gallery in Cracow and immediately I thought "damn, I need to make a new game, just to use this on the cover!" So I decided to mix the ideas from the Perilous Path (game mechanics) with the form of my Towers of Krshal (almost pure content, lots of random tables, no bullshit). Also, I'll try to add some commentaries about using this or that but I'm not sure if it's good idea (I love when people interpret things in many different ways and such commentaries can ruin that "open end" of the game).

Things I want to add to the game:

• Rough sketch of medieval-ish setting (or maybe only a map, without any background);
• Lots of rumors, helpful in creating an adventure / world backgrounds. Probably they will be divided into several groups;
• Almost no magic nor mythical creatures;
• Lots of random tables (mercenary creation, mutilation, random treasures, assassination attempts, false relics, execution mishaps and much more);
• Social Status as an important factor during both character creation and the game;
• Only three main character classes but lots and lots of occupations;
• Rules for oppressing the peasants!

I don't know how long will it take me to complete the work (I can't tell anything about it, as time needed to complete my already done projects varies from 3 days to ten or more years) but if you're interested I will post here any updates.