Vaesen 6 months on - Tips and lessons from the Mystic North for GMs

[@RPGNook]

Hmm, interesting, sounds a bit like classes, not really a fan of needing a particular style of PC in parties. Sort of puts me off trying it, been meaning to for awhile. How does alearner fair if they have no figher with them, or a fighter fair without learning? Should there not be routes for each to solve the mystery without leaning on the other?

[@boxtoboard1403]

There are multiple routes but our experience is that it works best if you can have somebody with a decent logic stat to build learning on. With that in mind a Doctor, Academic or Private Investigator work really well, but each plays very differently

[@stochasticagency]

Get the PDF and give it a chance. That's a bit too narrow of thinking for a system like MYZ. There are no penalties for a character to "study or lean" skills that seemingly fall outside their archetype. While characters do have a "Main skill" the player is free to place points elsewhere. In the group I am running now there is an Academic (Historian), their main skill is Learning, however, she has points in Close Combat. Why? Because she studies Canne de combat as a past-time. With such a small list of skills, it's not difficult for multiple characters to have a point in Learning and/or Investigation. There are just some characters who will likely be better at these things because of their archetype, the Private Detective vs Doctor due to the "Main Skill." It also pays to keep in mind the type of game that Vaesen is, it's part investigation/mystery solving, not kill the monster and take the treasure. In other words, characters become more tailored to the concept that the player wants. The game is much broader than people think.