In the setting, only the feudal castle amber and its lands are truly real, and the many other worlds ours included are mere reflections of it. Jun 11, 2012 a diceless, resource allocation super hero rpg. The game is based on the the chronicles of amber series and its offshoots by roger zelazny. The c20 diceless system can be used in any rpg as a substitute or in addition to what you are currently using. Wikipedia, amber diceless roleplaying game, available under the ccbysa license. In 1991eric wujcik went that far with the amber diceless rpg, a game that blew my mind when i first came across it. The game is unusual in that no dice are used in resolving conflicts or player actions. Given how important the game is in the history of rpgs, i knew i had to read it eventually, and when i found a cheap copy for sale through amazon, i jumped at the chance. Its designed to be a diceless roleplaying game, though it avoided the categorical nature of diceless roleplay set up by the amber roleplaying game and instead used resource allocation for task and combat resolution.
The marvel universe roleplaying game is a superhero roleplaying game that was released in 2003 by marvel comics. Song of knight gameplay assassin 0 android rpg 0 android role. Amber diceless roleplaying is a system set in, and designed around roger zelaznys amber universe. Most of the family nonsense has stopped, and brand rules with an apparently open hand, but his magicks monitor and see everything. R e b m a revised basic mechanics for amber olivier legrand second edition 2015 based on erick wujciks amber diceless roleplaying game. For those who havent read the novels the story deals with a family of dimension travelling imortals and their kingdom amber. Like getting the greatest swordsman of amber stuck in mud, for example. Designed by erick wujcik based on roger zelaznys amber. The amber mailing list faq, february 4, 1998 this is the unofficial faq frequently asked questions list for the amber mailing list. The big friendly list of rpg rules with links and stuff. The rulebook for the amber roleplaying game provides guidelines for one major aspect of the sorcery described by zelazny in merlins chronicles. For rpg fans it gives an interesting new take on character creation and conflict resolution.
Amber diceless rpg by eric wujcik was the first commercially published diceless rpg. Our world is but one of untold many, a flux of chance caught in the struggle between form and cac. Amber is a ruleset for roleplaying in the world of roger zelaznys amber novels. A diceless roleplaying game is a roleplaying game which is not based on chance. It talks about zelaznys recordings of the amber audiobooks and cory. They do not form a standalone set of rules and certainly do not cover every aspect of the game. The style of game is known as diceless because most games use dice as their randomiser. Amber diceless rpg sorcery expanded sorcery system. Really, i dont know why people think of amber first when they think diceless. Amber diceless roleplaying game unofficial, unauthorized.
Every player will share some of the responsibilities of a traditional gm, including framing scenes and playing multiple roles. We cheerfully admit to being flighty and easily distracted. Description download amber diceless rpg free in pdf format. Players start out as essentially demigods and try to survive in a multidimensional universe full of twisted plots and. By default it uses some custom d6, but it has a diceless play option. Players take on the roles of scions of the ruling family of amber, the one true world of which all others, including our own modern earth, are merely shadows. I think fate is a great match to amber, so id use that. Three complete adventures, including throne war, battleground on shadow earth, and into the abyss.
Ive gmed amber for multiple years now, at irregular intervals and i intend to keep on doing so for many years more. A diceless rpg based on the 10 novels by roger zelazny, the chronicles of amber. Amber drpg is one of those flawed gems that is just so good that it changes how you perceive a genre. By cooperative, i mean that authority over the game is decentralized. The deck even comes with a quick reference card for the bonus icons on the cards drawn. Other diceless games have not been primarily resourcebased. Amber diceless roleplaying is considered the granddaddy of diceless rpgs, even if it wasnt the first, and even if the mechanics were never reused again.
Amber drpg was created in the 1980s, and is much more focused on relationships. Unlike the basic rebma mechanics, this variant system takes some serious liberties with the amber canon about sorcery, spells and. After all, a system that uses playing cards instead of dice still has the same elements of randomness that using dice gives. Time to talk about the a strange diceless rpg, amber. Review of amber diceless roleplaying rpgnet rpg game index. Originally published in 1992, amber diceless was a revolutionary game. A diceless superhero homebrew, based on phage press amber diceless rpg. Lords of gossamer and shadow an amber successor mortal coil. Players propose and the gm disposes, on the basis of his interpretation of pc and npc scores and circumstances obtaining at the time. For pdf download editions, each page has been run through optical character. Amber drpg was created in the 1980s, and is much more focused on relationships and. Id probably hack the stats though, maybe using the diceless ones like psyche, warfare, strength and endurance.
There are other aspects, however, that must be taken into consider ation in order to remain reasonably faithful to the source material. To put it simply, endurance is the amber tiebreaker. Epitome a bit vague for my tastes, but uses some interesting visual methods of mapping a characters emphasis, with an outer ring representing demeanor, a middle ring of. Amber is a kinder, gentler amber, or was until brand became king. Even now, some years after its publication and despite the fact that only one supplement is available, it has a very large community of devoted fans including a very strong webpresence, with many internet. An amber diceless rpg campaign based on the premise that amber, as referenced in the books, is truly the center of all things. The amber diceless roleplaying game is a roleplaying game created and written by erick wujcik, set in the fictional universe created by author roger zelazny for his chronicles of amber.
Watermarked pdf your players choices and action are far more random than dice. By diceless, i mean that the game involves no randomizers. The damage system allows a character to suffer great harm, like being blinded, and get better. A subreddit for discussion of roger zelaznys fantasy series, the. Amber designed by erick wujcikbased on roger zelaznys amber a complete.
Pdf download shadow knight amber diceless role playing. A complete new roleplaying system three complete adventures, including throne war, battleground on shadow earth, and into the abyss. A pdf copy of the lords of gossamer and shadow diceless diceless corebook, plus you get access to the backer exclusive print on demand, 8. Dark spell is a diceless, cooperative fantasy roleplaying game. Amber diceless rpg free ebook download as pdf file. When i was at university so many years ago a game was released based on the works of roger zelazny. Attribute auction system where players bid against each other, creating a unique family of immortals enter a universe where pattern lets you walk to any world you can imagine, where logrus. I can think of basically two categories of diceless tabletop roleplaying systems systems which eschew any randomisation, and those which randomise by some method other than dice. Based on the chronicles of amber, a series of books by roger zelazny, the game assumes a passing familiarity with the amber universe and cosmology. Amber diceless rpg, or really anything related to amber the series, not the mineral. Here we can discuss amber as imagined by erick wujcik, the creator of the amber diceless rpg.
For zelazny fans it offers an overview and in depth information about the books. The amber diceless roleplaying amber for short is a different game, with a different approach to rules and to roleplaying in general. Amber drpg advises gamemasters to change rules as they see fit even to the point of adding or removing powers or attributes. Like archipelago it relies on the group to understand the characters and use them in characterappropriate ways rather than stat them up with numbers, and like archipelago it allows others to control your character in certain systemlimited ways. The setting is very byzantine, with a focus on intrigue, elaborate politics, and personal relationships. I am interested in using a diceless resolution system for my roleplaying, but am not sure what my options are in that vein. Howdy all, if you were going to run an amber game amberites, trumps, shadows, ghostwheel, courts of chaos, pattern, logrus, etc. Disc world diceless rpg inspired by amber like many but with connections to gurps drats diceless roleplaying and tactics system a bit of space genre inspired by trek. Pdf download shadow knight amber diceless role playing download online. What was to be and now can be called vaporware by ed may 18, 2020 7. In my opinion diceless roleplaying has many advantages, and some problems. Ive adapted ads to modern and steampunk games that ive run. This is a standalone product with an original setting, though it is compatible with amber diceless roleplaying. Ive made so many variant rulesets with this system that i.
It features a unique for its time diceless resolution. Even now, some years after its publication and despite the fact that only one supplement is available, it has a very large community of devoted fans including a very strong webpresence, with many internet sites proposing campaign journals, house. R e b m a re vised basic mechanics for amber foreword this small ebook is a collection of variants, additions and alternate rules developed over several years of amber campaigning. Although is has been specifically designed for use with the alternate rebma rules, it can easily be adapted to the official amber diceless game system. The term diceless rpg systemdoesnt mean a system that just doesnt use dice. The amber diceless rpg amber or adrpg for short is a game with a different approach to rules and to roleplaying in general. Since a new edition is out of the question, hes done an allnew diceless rpg that retains the mechanics or lack thereof of its ancestor, as well as its spirit. I love the amber diceless system, and you can find several homebrew changes to the character creation system that are not so savage. Amber is based on the series of novels of the same name by roger zelazny. The first of four sessions of this classic diceless rpg based on roger zelaznys amber series. Attribute auction system where players bid against each other, creating a unique family of immortals. This documents material for the amber diceless rpg, by eric wujcik local amber resources an introduction to zelaznys rebma by john kim this is my summary of the little which is written about the underwater city of rebma by zelazny. Sep, 2012 great fan of amber drpg, rpgpundit has toiled like a slave to keep it alive first, and, now, to revive it, in a way. Amber diceless roleplaying is considered the granddaddy of diceless rpgs, even if it wasnt the first, and even if the mechanics were never.
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