One of the very first things I blogged about (more than five years ago...geez...) finally got its shot on the videoconferenced tabletop last night. The awesome online gaming group I've fallen in with took on the setting I've wanted to try for quite a while now...fantasy reskinned and shifted around a little to resemble our own prehistoric world...
I've had a blast putting this together and hope the crew are truly enjoying it, as well. They SEEM to be, but they're all really kind people who would probably never let on if they hated it. ;)
At the very least, the group really seemed to embrace the mashup of classic fantasy tropes and prehistoric humanity. When the Neanderthals in the party (called Sturdy Ones in the game) are named Smashpunch and Blork! (with exclamation point), I figure the Orc-ness is coming across decently. (Of course, they really are just reskinned Orcs...)
If you think you'd enjoy seeing what I provided to the group for character creation and the tiniest core of the setting, you can check out the doc HERE. It's pretty basic and could use a lot of editing, adding, and testing, but I'm glad to have something to work from.
It also makes use of the 5E race + Old School class approach that I mused about HERE...and it actually worked pretty well so far. I'll have more on that at some point soon. Well...hopefully...