Ryuutama, Travels through magical lands... also a dragon is here
A treat for the Dragon likers in our audience, wait til Warrenguard for some more though
Genre: Exploration!
Touchstones: Ghibli Films, Trail of Oregon (not ACTUALLY but its a good comparison point)
What is this game?: Ryuutama is a game about travelling... somewhere! you're not big damn heroes though, just merchants and artisans
How's the gameplay?: Ryuutama uses a system where skill checks will most of the time use two dice and two skills, so for example chopping down a tree might be [Str + Dex], then you add those two numbers together + Your mod in each respective skill to get your final number! at times you might also need to use different dice sizes, for example a d8 and a d4, and sometimes you'll only roll one die, those are very difficult checks. Character creation is a breeze! Choose a class (from options like Minstrel, Noble, Farmer, or Merchant), a Style (from Magic/Attack/Technical), Stats, your preferred weapon, a personal item, and minor details, thats it! The interesting part of Ryuutama is of course, the GM, you see the GM is playing a character throughout the campaign as well as narrating everything, this character is the Ryuujin, a powerful dragon that can assume a less threatening form in order to approach the party, as well as a humanoid form with horns, dragons have an Artifact (A major gameplay modification) and a list of Benedictions (Powerful effects that change the rules for one session) and Reveils (Powerful abilities that immediately have some sort of effect)
What's the setting (If any) like?: The setting is created by the GMs and Players working together, though high fantasy is expected!
What's the tone?: Ryuutama is a laid back, chill game... well mostly, a Crimson dragon GM or Black Dragon GM can change the game's tone widely, changing it to either a combat focused game (not recommended, the combat's p light) or a dark intrigue game
Session length: 1-3 hours! Ryuutama's built for shorter sessions
Number of Players: 3-5 players, including the GM
Malleability: Pretty low, there's no real setting but you wanna keep it in High Fantasy ville for the most part
Resources: Ryuutama is actually a pretty big game, so theres some resources if you're willing to look, character sheets, mood playlists, supplements, all available and translated
Ryuutama is a chill, pleasant walk through a world of magic and monsters, you'll need to fight sometimes, but the challenges in the world mostly come from yourselves and the world around you, its a cute game!