There is a lot for the PCs to do - pick a side in the conflicts, ignore the sides while they concentrate on looting, try to mediate, go their own way on a quest against the Implementor (possessed sword guy) by finding three magic swords to fight him, whatever. Nicely there isn't always a Good Guy and Bad Guy in each faction - so it's not a puzzle of allying with Good Underling vs. Throw in some basically neutral parties (the seafaring Sulini, harassed by both Yinka and Cloudlords) and parties hostile to everyone (the dog-men like garks, an evil cult, the cult's former leader now possessed by a magical sword of extreme power) and some meddlers (the Loremasters and the Navigators, who serve as information sources and a way to travel to and from Tanara, respectively) and an overarching evil (the Unlife), and you've got a hot mess waiting to happen.Įven the various factions have conflicts within them, generally, although not always. the Yinka, a religious people who fear they're the target of conquest plans by the Cloudlords.
the mysterious Duranaki, who use brainwashed Myri in their armed forces and who warily eye. the Myri, who are simple and sturdy and are equally preyed upon by. They've set themselves as messengers of gods to local simple folk. the titular Cloudlords, who fly around on winged horses wielding throw-and-return axes and hurling bolts of fire. The setting pits a number of factions against each other, including: The setting basically puts the PCs in any of a few different bounded sandboxes.
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Price unknown (out of print, PDF availability unknown on Drivethru RPG)Ĭloudlords of Tanara is a sandbox setting for Rolemaster in their "Loremaster" setting. Nicely, the author/designer/mapmaker/interior artist, Terry K. This isn't a very deep review - for one that covers all the details, check this one on RPG.NET. It's sheer goodness keeps me from abandoning the idea of the project, though, and I'm going to try to explain why here. It sits on my "places to convert to GURPS and play in" pile, but I never seem to get to it. One of my favorite supplements is the one that came in my Rolemaster blue box set.
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