LIMA — A company with a connection to Lima is scheduled to release “Inquisitor’s Orders,” its contribution to tabletop role-playing games.
Quest Gaming, based in Gettysburg in Darke County and in Lima, has already exceeded its KickStarter goal for releasing something that will be compatible with the most popular tabletop role-playing games in the world.
“The sourcebook and each one shot are each capable of being inserted into any already existing campaign or ran as a full campaign all on its own,” Ryan Harner said.
In a tabletop role-playing game, players take on the role of a character and describe what they want their characters to do. Usually, they roll dice, and, based on the rules of the game, the game master decides how that move affects the story. The game master, responsible for describing and running the game, determines the outcome of the action. Players read the rulebooks and then choose which parts are the most fun for their players. Most game masters are of the mindset that the players are running the game, and they are just moderating it.
The new product, “Inquisitor’s Orders,” is scheduled for release in January and will feature compatibility with games such as Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition and Pathfinder edition 2.
Quest Gaming launched a Kickstarter campaign which ends on Wednesday to jump-start the creative process while giving early customers the opportunity to receive these products at a fraction of the cost. The group originally aimed to raise $350 via kck.st/3ESVVac but already had more than $1,000 by Saturday morning.
Quest Gaming offers organized play options, which allow playing through Inquisitor’s Orders adventures with your character, which stray from the “standard” organized play model that most larger game developers institute. This “standard” model puts unnecessary restrictions on character creation, character level, individuality and inclusiveness.
Because adventures are playable at any level, while still presenting a challenge, characters can easily be inserted into any campaign running any of the adventures. All of the rules in the sourcebook and in each adventure and supplement can easily be adapted to fit any setting or play-style.
As with most tabletop role-playing game supplements, everything in these books is adaptable to the game master’s discretion; prep work is reduced as much as possible.
Quest gaming uses feedback from players who sign a non-disclosure agreement, to refine the elements of “Inquisitor’s Quest” as it moves toward a final release.
tabletop role-playing games have not always been understood by the general public. At various times since its debut in 1974, Dungeons & Dragons received negative publicity, in particular from some Christian groups. The moral outcry led to problems for fans who faced social ostracism, unfair treatment and false association with the occult and Satanism, regardless of an individual fan’s actual religious affiliation and beliefs.
Nowadays, psychologists and sociologists have discovered Dungeons and Dragons and other tabletop role-playing games can actually be beneficial to the mental and social health of their players. Some counselors have even gone so far as to use role-playing games as a therapeutic tool for young and adult patients who need a safe, controlled space to master social skills and process stress in their lives.
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