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Old 07-05-2015, 02:23 AM
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Default Hyperborean Mice

Do you like pen and pencil role-playing games? Do you miss some of the charm inserted by Wyvern's early contributors? Well here's a fun looking game by Kiz the Wiz called Hyperborean Mice:


You may know Kiz as the creator of Samhoc and the Sidescroller. He was Wyvern's lead game designer in the early days and contributed much to the game's early mechanics (like Wyvern's unique spell system? that's Kiz right there). His involvement in Wyvern tapered off after 2002, but he reappeared in 2003 to provide us with new AI code (he's the reason why monsters flee from players when they are bout to die) and the short lived blood splatter effect.

He's also a talented artist. Check out his Wyvern art here and his non-Wyvern art here.

Hyperborean Mice is apparently well reviewed. See below for a description. If anyone decides to check it out, reply here telling us what you thought.

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HYPERBOREAN MICE is a role-playing game of grim Swords & Sorcery action... as portrayed by talking mice and rats.
The ancient White Lords, albino mice with magical powers, rule over the valley of Hyperborea, but their empire is crumbling. Barbarian rat tribes, deadly predators and political intrigue threaten to bring their mousy civilization to an end.

Terrible predators like foxes and owls take the place of giants and dragons. Voracious shrew clans raid the Fallows, seeking mice and rats to fill their larders. Centipedes scuttle beneath the underbrush, seeking prey. Hawks force the inhabitants to stay under cover during the day, while owls stalk the sky at night. The system includes rules for dangerous predators such as shrews, foxes and weasels, as well as less offensive creatures like crows and pigeons.

Legendary horrors stalk the land, unique predators with potent magical abilities of their own. The terrifying Mocker, a centipede whose only voice is the imitated cries of his victims. The serpent Ssaaa gathers a cult of worshipers to do her bidding in the valley. And no mouse dares stand against dread Hoorooru, the ancient ruler of Rookswood and the enemy of the gods.


Play a Royal Mouse, White Mouse, Common Mouse, Jumping Mouse, White Rat, Common Rat or even one of the brutish Wild Rats. Your character might be a lowly commoner or even an outcast... or a wealthy noblemouse of high standing.

HYPERBOREAN MICE uses a simple stat+skill+2d6 system that supports multiple levels of success, different critical success results for different weapons, and an original magic system focused around six different magical arts and four levels of spell effects. There are dozens of combat and non-combat non-magical powers for characters to take and rules governing conflicts between creatures of vastly different sizes.
Quoted from: http://www.kizandjenn.com/hmice/

Trivia:

-Kiz is short for Kizarvexius.

-Kiz worked on the Darker Realms MUD, which Rhialto played extensively in the early 90s and heavily used as an inspiration for Wyvern. Rhialto credits Kiz with crediting one of the game's hardest quests (http://www.darkerrealms.org/dark/quests.shtml#kiz). He said it took him four years to beat and required extensive knowledge of H.P. Lovecraft for him and a friend to finally beat it.

-Kiz worked at Amazon with Rhialto.
 


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