System Mastery 223 – Tephra

Tephra S

Ooh, a steampunk one!  You can tell because of the brown and the gear and the goggles and all.  Oh, I guess it also says steampunk on there, in retrospect I suppose that was a dead giveaway.  Anyhow Tephra is definitely drifting in the fantasy direction on the old -punk continuum, with neat races and a whole fantastical path to airshippery, plus it’s all D12 based, which is always fun.

 

 

3 responses to “System Mastery 223 – Tephra

  1. I have not finished the ep yet, but why am I not surprised that Jef knows 3 cheeses I have never heard of off the top of his head?

  2. Uncommonly kind review from these guys, although the game really doesn’t deserve serious abuse.

    Can’t say that I thought much of the game’s setting, but the character creation system was a fascinating labyrinth of options. You could definitely make something interesting and effective even at those lower three levels with some effort, although I have grave doubts about how balanced the system was overall. Kind of a shame it never gained any real traction. Last I looked they hadn’t even fulfilled all their crowdfunding promises.

    Definitely not really a steampunk-centric game, though. It’s there, but as just one element of a weird fantasy world that drowns it out pretty thoroughly.

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