Fabula Ultima: Press Start [ EDIT ]

Fabula Ultima
The system we're going to be using is Fabula Ultima, the TTJRPG. The system is a fairly rules light adventure game designed to mirror things like Final Fantasy or the Tales series on table top (or in our case web). It's easy to understand and has a wealth of customisability for you to make your favourite JRPG protagonists.

In terms of dice mechanics, it's entirely built around 2 dice used for all checks. These dice range between sizes based on how high a character's stats are. The game is more narrative focused, giving rules for; backgrounds, changing motivations and, most importantly, the bonds between player characters.

It also has rules for mutually building the setting, so that will feature into the character creations and likely ongoing parts of the game. A perfect opportunity for some collaborative world building.

Press Start
The country of Dunova has always been a peaceful place. It's people are happy and content, and the country is rich and prosperous. It stretches from the Sea of Eternity in the west until the Giant's Shoulder Mountains in the east. Even it's relationship with it's borders are comfortable. Well, with all of them except one.

The Empire of Elonia, just beyond the mountains on it's eastern border, are ambitious. They are a hardy people born and grown in rough conditions. They want more than they'll ever need, and they bully their fellow nations. They've been making risky passes at Dunova's territory, something they've never risked before.

And at one point, they even went so far as to approach the Crater of Megido. The site of an ancient city, and an ancient disaster.

Their interest needs to be investigated, but King Roland refuses to agree to a mission. He's too afraid of the possibility of provoking a war. Luckily for him, a group of renegades don't have that fear.

What, or who, will they find there?

Adult & Controversial Themes
As a JRPG, I'd imagine this game to be light hearted and optimistic. I have no reason to believe anything will be outrageously controversial, but it's always good to be aware of such things. I'll be using the x card, lines and veils with this game in case anything darker does potentially come up.

Also, any marginalised or LGBT groups are always welcome in my games! :)



Character Restrictions
No character restrictions, any characters or classes are fair game. As per usual, try and work with your fellow players, since bonds make up a large part of this game's mechanics.

I'll make character sheets for the pregen characters as well, in case anyone wants to use one of them, but I won't be adding the narrative elements to them.

Game Duration and Frequency
Ideally I'd hope for a post per day, and that'll be the goal. I understand that real life comes first though, and that things will slow down as time goes on, so 1 per two days will be fine. If you can't for any reason, let me know. If I don't hear from you and you don't post in 3 days, I may consider shuffling things along without you.

Specialised Software and Resources
We shouldn't need any specialist software. If I can remember to set up a discord for us I will, but I tend to get pretty busy and these things slip my mind. If any specific form of communication is vitally important let me know and I'll see what I can do!



Player Experience
No experience required. It'll be my first time Game Mastering Fabula Ultima, so I'll be learning as we go just like you! (Although, I know the rules well enough to be confident don't worry XD). If you don't have the book but are interested in playing, or if you'd rather not go through character gen until you're comfortable, we will have the pregen characters available as I mentioned before.

How to apply!
To apply simply state your interest here!

I don't do first come first served, so ideally I'll pick people with an idea of who they want to play. I encourage character concepts with any and all levels of detail. I'm also happy to see details on the pregens, as long as I can see you've thought about the idea and where you want to go with it.