Girl Genius RPG

[subplotkudzu]

I just reread all 7 volumes of GG over the last week and something occurred to me: with the overlapping schemes and ever-changing loyalties, a Spark's natural toughness and presence and the overall uber-competence of the characters, there isn't a reason to invent a new GG RPG. Just run it in Amber.

I feel like a dolt for not thinking of this sooner.

Lucrezia, Klaus, Bill, Barry and others are all members of the previous generation, while the PCs are Agatha, Gilgamesh and their peers - active, changing the existing dynamic but not as powerful as their parents, and constantly trying to naviagate between the previous generation's plans and learn their secret history. The existing stat mechanics work fine, as long as you replace Pattern with Spark, perhaps charging it at various levels (15 pts = weak Spark; 30 pts = Spark; 50 pts = Strong Spark) so we can see the differentiation between the pie throwing spark in the circus, Slepneir O'Hara and Gilgamesh Wolfenbach. I'd probably add in the process I had in the primus game for bidding on positions of power to determine the strength of one's starting house, etc.

Hell, it would be easy.

Comments

[whswhs.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty clever idea. I can see it working. Though I'd like to see something specific about how to handle technological improvisation; after all, Amber gave guidelines for sorcerous artifacts and the like.

When I used Amber Diceless, I added a fifth stat: Intelligence (not as in IQ, but as in "military"). It seemed to work pretty well. I wonder if it would be useful here?

[kriz1818.livejournal.com]

You frighten me.

When can we start?

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

I'd say that Gil and Agatha both spent themselves into Bad Stuff debt on the house auction (after buying Strong Spark, of course).

[ladegard.livejournal.com]

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Unt you vill be runnink it for us, yes?
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[thismustbetheplace-rjs.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

I have no idea what you're talking about, but I have to admit it sounds intriguing.