What happens when you piss off a faith? You suffer. All characters in Triune have three classes: one for Heaven, one for Hell, and one for the Hegemony. As you play the game, you can level up in any of the three classes–it’s your choice. However, it comes with a price. If you gain experience
Islam is a complicated faith, especially when you don’t practice it but want to comb it for super powers. In Triune, characters have kewl powerz called prayers that are tied to a specific faith. For example, a level 1 Muslim can select “Ghowras’ Lesson – Cause one character to drop a weapon.” It’s based on
I’m not afraid to say it: I love Lulu. Lulu.com is a print-on-demand (POD) service that works wonders for teeny tiny “Bit off more than we can hold in our mouth never mind chew” publishers like us. You type up your Next Big Thing, upload it to Lulu as a .doc or .pdf file, go
After some debate, brainstorming, and drinking, Happy Bishop Games decided to create three versions of the main rulebook for Triune RPG. This is not some attempt to follow Microsoft’s branding strategy of creating so many editions that you don’t know which one to buy. No, instead we are creating different versions for different audiences: Casual
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What’s a warrant? What’s evidence, and how do you get it? When can the police shoot a guy? I thought these questions were easily answered, which means they weren’t. In Triune RPG, players take roles as enforcers–a special police unit dedicated to enforcing the Treaty of Pavonis Station and keeping angels, devils, and their human
How much combat should be in a roleplaying game? Of course that depends upon the audience, but most games have some level of fighting in the mix. (“What do you mean you parley? Grab your gun and shoot the bad guys already!”) This is what I’m wrestling with for Triune–how much should the player-characters engage
While working on Triune, I’ve asked a lot of people for advice. (And received some I never asked for. Seriously, I’m not designing a D&D clone so stop recommending XP!) From Allen Varney to the fine folks at RPG.net, I’ve received tons of great ideas. But the best so far is to ask yourself a
I’ve posted a report of the last game session of Triune on the RPG.net Actual Play forum. It was great fun to run, especially when watching two players blindly hand over a suspect to some police who were actually agents from Hell. Oopsie!
We’ve added some new stuff to the forums for Triune. Under Setting, we’ve included an overview of the Hegemonic political hierarchy and a list of the angels, devils, and human sympathizers that make up the Hegemony Most Wanted. Under Game Rules & Mechanics, we’ve added two threads for discussing the prayers (aka kewl powers) available