Diceless Patronage Project with DbD

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A group of gamers have approached Diceless By Design (the company that currently owns the rights to Erick's ADRP) and are trying to create a game which is compatible with ADRP, even if it won't use the Amber setting.

There is quite a bit of chatter about this project and I thought I would post some highlights in this thread.

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Here's the initial proposal to DbD, posted on March 6th:

Greetings,

My name is Steven Russell. I run Rite Publishing. We have created patronage projects using both Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved Limited License and the Pathfinder compatibility license. One patronage project that our patrons have expressed interest in is one for Amber DRPG. I looked over the potential licencing issues for Amber and made a suggestion for a new setting that uses the underling mechanics but would not require the use of the Amber setting and hence its potential underlying licencing issue. I am curious about whether you would be interested in licensing your Diceless system?

I have included a complimentary copy of one of our patronage projects, if you would like to see additional samples please contact me at your earliest convenience..

Thank you for your time. I hope to hear from you at your convenience.
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Steve "Qwilion" Russell
Rite Publishing

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Here is the reply from DBD, also posted March 6th:

Steve,

Thank you for thinking of the Amber Diceless RPG system. We are interested in licensing the Amber Diceless RPG system: over the years we both attended scores of Ambercons and Gencons and have it seen used for a staggeringly large range of settings outside of Amber.

We're looking forward to hearing more!

Regards,

Edwin Voskamp

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By March 21, Amber veteran Jason Durall was on board:

Just thought I would let you folks know.

Jason Durall (Shadow Knight, Game of Thrones Rpg), has agreed to work as the Lead Designer on a potential Diceless Patronage Project for Rite Publishing

Talks are proceeding with Diceless by Design, we have had a half dozen emails right now, all of which have been very positive.

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April 8th update -- DbD likes it!

Without going into exhaustive details I have put forward a framework for the proposed "Powered by Erick Wujcik's Diceless Rpg" licence, i let them know it would want it to be signed by April 31st and asked them if they would like me to present a licence proposal.

here is a bit of what I said in those email coverasations.

"The setting would be Jason Durall's domain to develop, based on the input of patrons. I give our freelancers as much free range as the budget allows. It will also be influenced by the patrons and senior patrons on the project something Jason and I have discussed in detail, which can best be described as play-testing while still developing the setting and gaining instant feedback from your fanbase as you discuss each section.

On the expansion, I expect that to be Jason's vision of a 2nd edition of the rules set, but presented in the take-it-or-leave-it format that Shadow Knight was presented in. Since the fundamental design philosophy of amber tends to be trust in the GM, I would like to retain that feel in our Diceless Project.

For a GM this can be a new Shadow or a new Pattern, or a shdow of the Courts of Chaos or Corwin's New Pattern version of Rebma, Tir-na Nog’th, or perhaps even the reflection in Chaos of Corwin's new pattern. With the shadows of Amber the possibilities are endless. Again we leave it up the GM as we will not be using any Amber IP

My fundamental idea is to look at the underlying tropes of Amber, and playing with those tropes, along with making use of things like Shakespeare, Tarot, amid looking at what influenced Zelazny's writings, like his acknowledged inspirations, The World of Tiers and Kuttner’s “The Dark World.”

Steve Russell
Rite Publishing

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Jason Durall adds his two cents:

Here's what I can say so far:

- definitely not generic
- probably no toolkits
- new powers and a different cosmology
- new cast of significant characters
- direct compatibility with ADRPG's rules
- as compatible with ADRPG's setting as any particular GM decides

More to come after I submit the initial writeup to Rite Publishing.

It will not be an Amber supplement. It will be a new game using the ADRPG rules, probably including them in summary for people who haven't played (or don't have access to a copy of) Amber Diceless Roleplaying.

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To get us finally up to date, this was posted only yesterday!

Jason Durall is the Lead Designer, we will talk about all he has done on monday :0

Perry Grosshans will edit, Ran the same Amber Diceless Roleplaying campaign for 10 years. He is a Winnipeg based writer, editor and game designer. His degrees in History, Classics and Anthropology are completely useless in his real-life job as General Manager of the Winnipeg International Writers Festival, but are quite useful for his gaming projects. He has done editing for Pencil Pusher Publishing and for the work League of Inspired Being (E.N. Publishing, 2006), and is currently working with Rite Publishing as the lead editor on The Rituals of Choice Adventure Path.

Jason Rainville will be our Artist. He is the Lead artist on our Coliseum Morpehueon Project and has done covers for both that project and Race for the Crystal Fold you can find his portfollio HERE

Cover layout, stationary and logo by Claudia "Darkhanna" Burgos, she did the same for Heroes of the Jade Oath, Coliseum Morpheuon and Race for the Crystal Fold. You can check out some of her work on Deviant Art HERE

Oh and Jonathan Roberts is our cartographer. His maps have appeared in Kobold Quarterly, Open Design and for us. you can check out his stuff at HERE

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Very nice. I like to see that this project is taking off.