lawrence.whitaker Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 We are delighted to announce the Lyonesse roleplaying game.Jack Vance’s high fantasy masterpiece, Lyonesse, is to be brought to life in a new roleplaying game by The Design Mechanism. Licensed and approved by Spatterlight Press, Lyonesse is a standalone game based on the acclaimed Mythras system. The Lyonesse trilogy – Suldrun’s Garden, The Green Pearl, and Madouc – tells the story of the Elder Isles, and the ambitions of King Casmir of Lyonesse to bring its fractious kingdoms under his sole rule. Casmir is opposed by Aillas of Troicinet, the lover of Casmir’s daughter, Suldrun, and father of Dhrun, a child raised among the fairies of Thripsey Shee and destined to sit on the throne Evandig, which King Casmir believes to be his own destiny.You can read the full press release here: http://thedesignmechanism.com/resources/Press_Releases/Lyonesse%20RPG%20Press%20Release.pdf. More information will be available via:The Design Mechanism Forum: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/designmechanism/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/designmechanism/G+ Communityhttps://plus.google.com/communities/113034383032729983266MeWe Grouphttps://mewe.com/group/5ac55e9da40f3052f33afe3bJack Vance Websitehttps://jackvance.com 9 1 Quote The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Congratulations, and isn't it delightfully ironic that the origin of the D&D magic system now resides within the BRP family? 5 1 Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence.whitaker Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 What's even more ironic is that Lyonesse was being considered as a possible setting for RQIV (the AH version) at one point. 4 Quote The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickMiddleton Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 To be pedantic, IIRC it was Vance's Dying Earth stories that inspired the "memorization / preparation of spells" mechanic in D&D (Lyonesse post-dates D&D by ~ a decade)... the irony regarding the previous connection to AH's aborted RQIV is however quite delicious. Very intriguing, especially to see Dave Morris' name (and Dom!) as a contributor on the full press release, alongside the DM! Oh, and I love the artwork in the press release. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence.whitaker Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 13 minutes ago, NickMiddleton said: To be pedantic, IIRC it was Vance's Dying Earth stories that inspired the "memorization / preparation of spells" mechanic in D&D (Lyonesse post-dates D&D by ~ a decade)... the irony regarding the previous connection to AH's aborted RQIV is however quite delicious. Very intriguing, especially to see Dave Morris' name (and Dom!) as a contributor on the full press release, alongside the DM! Oh, and I love the artwork in the press release. Vance connects (some) of the Dying Earth magic with Lyonesse. Sandestins are the main sorcery conduit, for example, and there's lots of bizarre apparatus and metaphysics involved, so they're both connected. The art's lovely. Paul Sementilli is a New York based art teacher, and his style is so perfect for this book. Les Edwards has also very kindly licensed us to use some of the beautiful illustrations he did for the Gollancz collected edition a few years ago. They're so nice, I really wanted to use them in the game, and I'm thrilled that we're able to. 2 Quote The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omro Gamer Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 One of my favorite series ever. Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 I keep looking, but I don't see him on your staff... When did you hire Dr. Pavlov??? TDM keeps ringing the bell, and I keep drooling... 1 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThornPlutonius Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarence Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 This is very good news! Quote FrostByte Books M–SPACE d100 Roleplaying in the Far Future Odd Soot Science Fiction Mystery in the 1920s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 (edited) This is great news! I also love the art direction, very delicate and flavoursome. Another title for my wish list Edited April 14, 2018 by Mankcam Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Evil Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 This is amazing news. I'm glad to see that the Design Mechanism has landed this license! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoatbringer Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I remember a spell that has a portable house from these books, that I thought would be a cool thing to have for a party of player characters. Quote "Foolish is the king who does not have a personal wizard, and lamentable is the ruler who trusts the wrong mage" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Excellent news. Should be a reasonable fit with Mythic Britain, with some crossovers. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baelor Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Looking forwards to this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto the Marvellous Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 While I've never played Mythras, this might do the trick, as Mr. Vance's works are amongst my favorites... Quote "This is preposterous! Must we welcome each scoundrel of time into our midst, to satiate himself on our good things, meanwhile perverting our customs?" Jack Vance, Rhialto the Marvellous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulk Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Excellent. I'm quite excited about this release. I am particularly interested in how Mythras/RQ magic will be adapted to match Vancian magic. I am more familiar with magic in the Dying Earth stories, but Lyonesse seems, in many ways, similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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