How would you skin or tweak Apocalypse World so that instead of being a Sci-Fi/Mad Max/Borderlands themed Apocalypse, your world could be set in the ruins of a High Fantasy World after the valiant heroes failed to prevent the forces of darkness from destroying the world?
There are a number of published settings I can think of for a Fantasy Apocalypse. Earthdawn, Scarred Lands, and Midnight are all pretty good examples.
I have Dungeon World, but the community and need aspecst of Apocalypse World are more along the lines of what I’d like to evoke.
A number of the playbooks are easy. Either don’t pick guns, or pick bows, crossbows, or Arcane blasting bods in their place. A GunLugger could be a battled scarred mercenary, or a fae fire elementalist depending on how you flavor it. An Angel’s stock could be herbal or alchemical remedies rather than Morphine and Antibiotics. Seems like the Solace or the Touchstone would be pretty fitting and easy.
What third party playbooks would be really fitting? What other sorts of changes would people make to evoke more of that fantasy themed feel? It seems like a lot could be accomplished just with Barf Forth Fantastica, but I’m interested to see what other folks think.
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