Saturday, January 19, 2013
How Would You Do a Bloodsport-style Scenario in Oldschool D&D?
I just watched Bloodsport, and I enjoyed it so much I want to do a Bloodsport-inspired scenario.
This is actually something that could be pretty cool under the Flailsnails paradigm.
Here's my current thoughts
- Is it going to be more like Mortal Combat, with the supernatural aspects of D&D, or a "Martial Class Only", no spells, no magic items, sort of thing?
- This screams for some sort of combat maneuver system. Ideally I'd cherry pick from a bunch of simple options and format/present them as a quick cheat sheet.
- Would NPC antagonists have abilities that PC don't have access to? i.e. a sumo wrestler with special fat-belly attack abilities?
- Armor or no armor?
- Bloodsport soundtrack music would be a must. KUMITE! KUMITE! KUMITE!
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Great idea! I did something similar for my entry into this year's One Page Dungeon contest.
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ReplyDeleteI'd adapt jousting rules or one of the old monkish combat variants I recall from days past. Monkish Arena or some such thing.
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