MOB Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Is Morrowind based on a tabletop RPG? http://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/89399/is-morrowind-based-on-a-tabletop-rpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelm's Light Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Not buying it. The ES games are dragon-obsessed, especially Skyrim, and the mythology is like a child's primer compared to the encyclopedia that Glorantha is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonewt Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 11 minutes ago, Yelm's Light said: Not buying it. The ES games are dragon-obsessed, especially Skyrim, and the mythology is like a child's primer compared to the encyclopedia that Glorantha is. The question relates to Morrowind, not the other Elder Scrolls games. Skyrim and Oblivion are only shallow shadows compared to the atmosphere, culture and mechanics that were provided by Morrowind. They returned to a more generic Western European D&D "pop culture" feel with a few trappings taken from Morrowind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius West Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 So, Ken Rolston worked on the Elder Scrolls, it has a big Romanesque but not Roman empire, it has rebellious barbarians, it has mechanistic dwarves who are extinct, (admittedly it has quasi Tolkien elves not vegetables with legs). It has a percentile system. I agree that Morrowind was the best. I loved Skyrim, but Morrowind was better. Now it's all over bar the shouting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baragei Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) Morrowind presented an amazing setting and managed to tell its stories equally well. By modern standards the actual gameplay might occasionally be a bit dodgy, but Morrowind still - more than a decade after its release - stands as a benchmark for CRPGs. Just because that's my opinion doesn't make it wrong. Michael Kirkbride (one of the better known writers for TES) has mentioned trying to convince Ken Rolston to cobble together a proper pen n'paper-version of Morrowind, alas to no avail. Now Ken is "retired" and back with his tabletop buddies, so maybe...? edit: Obligatory mention of The Unofficial Elder Scrolls RPG Edited October 28, 2016 by Baragei 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius West Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 I don't know where you found that Baragie, I didn't know the Unofficial Elder Scrolls RPG existed. You have my profound thanks. BFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baragei Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 7 hours ago, Darius West said: I don't know where you found that I take no credit, but I am listed in the credits. I have a RQ6-hack in the download-section here as well if you're extra interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius West Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 How can you take no credit while being listed in the credits? If you are listed in the credits, you are probably allowed to take a little... As for the RQ6 hack, I already have a copy, but thx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Some are born with credit, * some take credit, ** some have credit thrust upon them. *** * - I guess that'd be the "silver spoon" crowd (or "the 1%" if you're a millennial who doesn't get the older reference) ** - Con artists, mostly *** - apparently Baragei 2 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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