A Game of Geste
Echgallan: A Game of Geste
A Game of Geste is Rat Knight Games' original role playing game, currently still in play-testing. It uses a d100 system for task resolution with both attributes and skills contributing to success. Skills are learned in themed packaged called "arts" to ensure that a character will have an adequate assortment of skills relating to the subject of the art. Combat is designed to be dynamic with a fair amount of detail without needing to refer to numerous tables to resolve a given attack. The magic system allows for potentially unlimited magic use but every spell cast is a gamble that may exhaust some of a character's magical potential.
Echgallan, the play-test edition of A Game of Geste, is currently available. It features eleven playable races, five professions, and a setting - the island of Echgallan. The island is peopled by many races and nations. Some manage to live in peace with their neighbors while others are in constant strife. Evil cults, barbaric orc hords, savage goblins, an ambitious king, and a mysterious order of wizards all threaten the fragile peace of the island and provide ample opportunities for a group of adventurers to prove their mettle.
Cities and Settings
The City of Kahlgorn
The city of Kahlgorn is a trading post on the edge of the wilderness, her streets are plied by barbarians and civilized men alike under truce of mutual profit. But such a truce cannot guarantee perfect harmony. The city, though generally peacefull, is host to many conflicts - between law and crime, civilization and barbarism, between faiths, and between individuals.
Being on the edge of the wilderness, the city is a convenient base of operations for adventurers - known locally as "tomb robbers" - seeking fortune and glory in the ruins of long forgotten civilizations that one called the wilderness home. And such adventurers cannot help getting caught up, from time to time, in the intrigues playing out in the city.
This source book details a city which can be used with any fantasy role playing game. It lays out the details of Kahlgorn, a bustling river city on the edge of the barbarian wilderness. Some effort will be required by the game master to express the characters, location, and adventures outlined within in terms of the rules being used. Sixty-nine city locations are detailed and seventeen of those locations are fully mapped Nineteen key personalities are presented with detailed backgrouns and numerous other personalities are presented in brief, typically in association with various locations. Six adventures are outlined to provide a game master with a starting point for running adventures in and around the city.
