METAL WORLD: The Rough Cut
Welcome to METAL WORLD! Have you ever wanted to adventure in a land where it doesn't have to make sense as long as it's awesome? Yes? Good! That's METAL WORLD. Ferra is a world beyond your wildest dreams. Riding the Howling Plains on his rocket-powered Robot Horse is the Fire Marshal¸ the demon-possessed lawman who dispenses justice with his 666-shooters. Sailing the seas is the Skeleton Ship¸ an undead sailing vessel that attacks the ships of the living and adds the slain to itself. Rising from the landscape of Prismatica is Mount Fafnir¸ a.k.a. the Dracano- a volcano made of dragons that shoots lava and more dragons when it erupts! Then¸ of course¸ there's Hell¸ which exists as a continent you can casually visit. If you're lucky¸ you can go on a tour guided by the MegaDevil himself! Powered by its own original d12-based system designed to streamline gameplay to focus on the exploits of the characters within¸ METAL WORLD takes the aesthetic of the breadth of heavy metal in the same vein as works like Brütal Legend¸ Metalocalypse¸ and many parts of both the publication and movie Heavy Metal and throws it all into one experience. Serving as a love letter to metal¸ METAL WORLD also keeps from taking itself too seriously¸ providing an enjoyable experience for both reading and playing it! IMPORTANT NOTES: This is a preview/playtest edition¸ although the rules in it are sufficient to play the game and get a feel for the setting. NONE of the visual presentation- artwork¸ page borders¸ etc.- in it is final. Since I put this up¸ I've made numerous edits after getting player feedback during playtests and realizing I needed to expand some things. I'll update this file before I re-launch the Kickstarter (date TBD) despite it having- as if by diving provenance- ended up at 6.66 MB. Additionally¸ the main file contains some Adobe Acrobat internal notes. These may or may not be viewable on mobile platforms depending on the viewing app.