Anyone seen / played the Creations End RPG?

[Reidzilla]

I ran across this game whilst surfing and was wondering if anyone has any experiences with it. Unfortunately, most Christan RPGs tend to be awful so, I no longer buy without positive endorsements.

http://www.creationsend.com/

For that matter, are there any Christan RPGs you would recommend?

[teckno72]

1. Heaven and Earth
2. Aletheia
3. Rapture: the Second Coming
4. In Nomine

Although, a lot of games could be "reconfigured" to be focused on Christian themes as well.

[C.W.Richeson]

I would recommend The Seventh Seal if you wanted to play a Christian RPG in the World of Darkness, but with the PCs as the chosen of Angels fighting on the side of God. Review.

Originally Posted by teckno72

2. Aletheia

I think Aletheia rocks, but I'm a little confused on how it's a Christian RPG. Unless God being an ultraterrestrial squares with Christian belief!

[CLAVDIVS]

Having looked at the the site for Creations End (the lack of an apostrophe there, while seemingly minor, bugs me to no end), it doesn't actually seem all that "Christian" to me. It's looks more like it's using Christian apocalyptic imagery to try to be Totally Effing Metal. I could be wrong, but that's the vibe I get. Angels, demons and Armageddon do not automatically make a game "Christian". OTOH, we may be working with different connotations of the word.

The site also fails to interest me in the game at all. The bullet points for the corebook include "Rules for Creating New Characters" and "Complete Listing of Character Skills". If they feel the need to list things we would ordinarily assume, like chargen rules, to pad their ad copy, I lose all optimism. Also, there's apparently a PC type called a "Slayrre". I swear, if the purpose of the "Slayrre" is to slay anything, I don't care what, I will never take this game seriously.

Another game that might be worth looking into is Testament from Green Ronin. It takes the Old Testament and makes a d20 setting out of it. I haven't read it myself, but it's one of those "keep meaning to pick it up" things.

For a game that just lets you play angels and/or demons as PC's, there's Eden's Armageddon. (More explicit Christian themes could be added by the GM.) Being Unisystem, it could combined with AFMBE, Witchcraft, or whatever else they make. The setting is a weird left turn from the eponymous battle: Heaven and Hell are ready to go at it, then the Great Old Ones show up, and Michael and Lucifer say "We'll pick this up later." The rules for celestial beings could be used without the setting, if you wanted, as well as things like children and avatars of pagan gods and reincarnated Atlantean immortals.

[Portin Astorm]

While neither game is overtly/necessarily Christian, Dogs in the Vineyard, Soloman Kane, and the Colonial Gothic games all would be easy enough to 'Christianize' from what I've heard. I have not played any of them, but any time you have Puritans as a primary character type, then you've moving in that realm.

Pendragon has a number of comments on Christian knights, and for that matter Ars Magica has a good deal of information on the medieval church and even an entire sub-system designed around True Faith.

Trinity, surprisingly enough, works well for a Christian RPG if you focus on elements such as the Catholic nature of Bue-Li, and it's easy enough to view Otha as a Copt or Orthodox Monk rather than a Bahai'i.

Finally, considering the number of superheroes who are represented as hailing from Christian backgrounds (Superman, Daredevil, Nightcrawler, et al.), a supers game could be dealt with as a Christian game with little effort.

[GrimGent]

Originally Posted by CLAVDIVS

Also, there's apparently a PC type called a "Slayrre". I swear, if the purpose of the "Slayrre" is to slay anything, I don't care what, I will never take this game seriously.

"The body of Darrius was reborn in 2004 when the last remnants of life and energy from Soriel, a once powerful devil, were inexplicably transferred into the body of a dead human. From his grave in Bamako, Africa he arose to become the slayrre Darrius Storm. Re-birthed into immediate adulthood, Darrius gave into his fiendish disposition and began killing people as a means for releasing his anger and hatred for all life. At first his killings were indiscriminant but as time passed, he began killing with more focus and selective intent. This brought the attention of a powerful member of the Kakoss faction which elicited Darrius’s killing skills in an effort to overthrow an enemy of the faction. The assassination went so well that Darrius’s name began to blossom among the other dark factions and easily led him into a life of mercenary work."

So going by that and a few of the other snippets in the sample character profiles, yup, they would appear to be some sort of supernaturally powered killers. Frankly, all of these people seem to fit into the trenchcoat-and-a-pair-of-katanas type straight from the Nineties.

[ben.quant]

Originally Posted by Reidzilla

For that matter, are there any Christan RPGs you would recommend?

Originally Posted by teckno72

1. Heaven and Earth

Not sure I'd agree with that one I'm afraid. The title would suggest it, but the underlying metaplot would not so easily fit with an orthodox Christian understanding if memory serves me right.

[Brantai'sPuppet]

Oddly enough, I find myself pimping The End for the second time today. It's a post-biblical apocalypse game based on the premise that "the meek shall inherit the earth" was originally a threat to those lukewarm in their faith and was mistranslated at some point.
It's OOP, and the d20 conversion was terrible rules-wise but the setting is easy enough to run in any modern game.

Edit: Oh, and you could consider Kult a Christian game in the same way that Gnosticism is a Christian heresy. I suppose. (So... partially?)

[MountZionRyan]

WW's Dark Ages: Inquisitor. You play members of the Roman Catholic Church battling monsters within and without. Angsty as you wanne be I suppose.

[Reidzilla]

Originally Posted by Brantai'sPuppet

Oddly enough, I find myself pimping The End for the second time today. It's a post-biblical apocalypse game based on the premise that "the meek shall inherit the earth" was originally a threat to those lukewarm in their faith and was mistranslated at some point.
It's OOP, and the d20 conversion was terrible rules-wise but the setting is easy enough to run in any modern game.

Edit: Oh, and you could consider Kult a Christian game in the same way that Gnosticism is a Christian heresy. I suppose. (So... partially?)

Actually, I helped write The End. I am in the credits somewhere (Reid San Filippo). It does have its good points. I've long since lost my copy. Perhaps I should track one down.

It seems that there are a lot of "Christian" based Horror games. Are there any "Christian" based fantasy RPGs out there, that are not awful. Perhaps something Narnia-like.