Lost Odyssey Update.

I have finally caught up to my last play through of Lost Odyssey, meaning from here on out, everything is new to me.  I have to say, I am feeling like I will be able to power through it and make sure that I will see the end of it.  For some of my complaints. (Bad voice acting, weird dialogue, an unforgiving system.) I feel like this game achieves something that a lot of newer RPG's lack.  IT IS EFFING EPIC!  You play the role of a man who is immortal and is clearly more awesome and badass than anyone else.  As escapism goes it is phenomenal.  I just saved my wife who I haven't seen in 20 years, my grand kids are little mages, and my friends are also both immortal, one being a pirate, and the other a sorceress queen.  (There is also Jansen... but I try to forget about him.)

Another little project I am working on is some modifications to WRM to make it a better long term RPG with a more unique setting.  If anyone is interested in the project, hit me up.  I might actually ask these guys for right to publish it as a supplement when I finish, and I would love for it to be complete and awesome.  Currently as for the setting I am looking into a high magic setting similar to Eberron.  But I want the feel to be more a human vs. chaos struggle.  I am imagining that every person has the ability to use magic in some way, shape, or form, and having it be common in day to day life like technology is to us.  For "Races" I want to include vanilla humans, and other more exotic magical breeds of human.  Allowing for people to choose a "Half-breed" by taking one of the races traits as their starting trait.

Legend of the Five Rings is currently doing previews for the next set "Second City."  This set is about a city in the Ivory Kingdoms that the people of Rokugan are beginning to settle and squabble over.  This is the last set that is for Celestial Edition, and the second dual-bugged full set for Emperor Edition coming out this winter.  I am really liking some of the planned traits that have been previewed, and some of the personalities have really awesome character design.  I am excited for what I have seen so far and hope AEG does this right.