Alessandro Haag lives in Rome and is born in 1976. He has a Bachelor in Elementary Particle Physic and now he works with computers in a IT corporation. He practiced Shinseikai Karate and Soto Zen, but his biggest passion are roleplaying games, tabletop and live form. He has organized larp since 1996 and thinks that larp and zen have the same quality: the capacity to connect people to the Sacred Part of the Universe... not in the same way, of course!
A little "about me"
Character classes for Zen Rpg
Submitted by Ar Kayon on Fri, 2009-10-09 01:53.
Subway Ascetic
Special Abilities
1. Breath Weapon - Ramble on incoherently to passersby for 1d4 damage per round + 1d4 splash damage for any stray spittle that hits.
2. Aura of Smell - Opponents in area of effect must save vs. stun or be paralyzed for 1d6+1 rounds.
Internet Buddhist
Special Abilities
1. Ability Drain - Anyone who reads your 12 paragraph post about how everything is nothing and nothing is everything will suffer 2 points of damage to their intelligence attribute.
2. Feign Profundity - Make up some meaningless shit and mask it with lame metaphors.
Monk
Special Abilities
1. Self Immolation - Set yourself on fire to prove a point. This ability can only be used once per incarnation.
2. Weapons Proficiency - Monks are proficient in all weapons. However, if a monk actually uses them, he will be permanently stripped of his class.
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You can do a Matrix game now.
Submitted by SheikhJahbooty on Fri, 2009-10-09 13:21.
Trinity is a Pantomime
Morpheus is an Internet Buddhist
But now that you're posting classes to other people's lab blogs you'll have to start a book page of alternate class supplement post links.
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Lol, exactly the opposite
Zazen and LARP are exactly the opposite of each other.
In zazen you sit quietly and stop lying to yourself.
In LARP you move around a lot, and act out fictional stories with your friends.
So what kind of games are popular in Rome? You showed up just in time. We were just discussing several randomizer-light systems that would work really well in LARPs.
P.S., does anyone think it would be possible to do a zen RPG? It would have to work without a character sheet. We can't have individual separate existence or the illusion of permanence corrupting our cool zen game.
P.P.S. "about me" is in quotes because "me" does not exist. You are as separate from the world as a wave is from the ocean. "You" (as a discrete and independent entity) are not real.