On Monday 21/04 we visited
with Omniscient & Omnivorous the Kaissacafe to play our first
official session in Ennead.
Well...it wasn't that bad!
:P
First of all I have to
admit that after two glasses of sweet red wine, everything seems much
better but still I must say I am quite hyped. The game went well,
even though we had some complications that made us cut the session
short.
Anyway... lets roll! ( pun
intended :P )
For this first attempt we
decided to try something generic enough so that we could try a
multitude of different situations in the game. Omnivorous was the
Narrator, me and Omniscient the players.
The plot revolved around
an attempt to enter the Empire of Mithirriyal incognito. I was
playing Seimon of Dragon's Perch, a Sjorlat Inquisitor of the Empire
that had decided to preach Aethermarj's faith outside the Empire in
order to redeem himself for the cruelties of the Inquisition, while
Omniscient was playing Elyssa Anott , an Iset Dvetto, member of a
trading caravan that had recently learned that her brother was
captured by the Inquisition being accused of heresy.
In my case, I just want to
return home while Elyssa wants to save her brother, however anyone
entering the Empire through the wildlands has to either pass through
the gate where Inquisitors interrogate anyone entering or leaving, or
find a way to bypass the wall that isolated the Empire of Mithirriyal
from the rest of the world. Elyssa for obvious reasons would not be
allowed entrance, while Seimon wants to avoid recognition at all
costs.
During this first session
we introduced our characters, met each other and agreed on a common
mission whereas Elyssa would help Seimon bypass the gates
uninhibited, while he will escort Elyssa inside the Empire using his
contacts as an Inquisitor.
We had some interesting
moments like our first meeting, a closely avoided encounter with some
thugs (courtesy of my character's unwillingness to part with his
golden jewelry while casually strolling through a bad neighbourhood )
and a glimpse of a Cene Kahat-imbued guy that was stalking us.
It was fun. We managed to
see some of the core aspects of the world as far as the setting is
concerned, mainly the way people live in a village in the Apostate
region, an Iset Dvetto caravan and some first experience with
Aethermarjian faith.
Of course, our playtest
did not only happen for sightseeing but also to try Fate in relation
to our setting. As expected from a heavily
roleplaying-friendly system I felt that it suited our purpose just
fine. It did not slow down or in any case impede our game while it
offered just the bare minimum mechanics we needed to get the story
going with our mind to verisimilitude. Even though the actual
character creation was not a stroll in the park, especially since
your character is influenced mainly by what you actually want to play
and not by some premade templates, it was very rewarding when tried
in-game. Still, it is too early to
judge the use of the system, since we did not have as many examples
of its use as we would have wanted too.
We got our baptism through
fire though!
I am looking forward to
our second session where hopefully we will be able to extract more
information ( have a mock battle or two ;-) ) and start formulating
some basic updates we need to make so that our game will be fully
emulated with Fate. ( for example finish the Magic system )
That's all for
now!!
Omnipotent
Omnipotent
P.S A very interesting
fact was that Fate system was pretty famous in kaissakafe, there were
people there already familiar with it. Gets me thinking...
P.S 2 Omniscient saw the
need for props. As good the system is by itself, there is a need for
items such as counters for fate points, cards, or something related,
to jot down aspects and other minor things like that. She will
upload a relative post soon!
