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It's been nearly ten years since I began drawing gruesome little battle-monsters for a world I'd eventually name Mortasheen, and after nearly a solid year of mostly secret development, the Mortasheen concept will finally metamorphose into something more tangible for people to enjoy.Within the coming weeks, the independent game publisher Cat Powered Raygun will be releasing a downloadable Ebook containing everything you need to play an all-new, original pen and paper roleplaying game set in the Mortasheen world, including exclusive artwork and in-depth background information on dozens of characters, environments and phenomenon I've never before revealed!
Even non-gamers might enjoy learning the strange ecology of Mortasheen city's many different environments, the various races who engineer and train Mortasheen monsters, and the many outrageous ways normal humans have struggled to adapt in a world where garbage tries to eat you...including one so threatening it may finally unite the lawless city's mad inhabitants under a common goal.
Actual release date, cost and more teaser details to follow!
MONSTERS FEATURED ON COVER:
Eyejacker
Gloomstone
Oov
Ghoulem
Mumblegog
Chainsaw Kid
Funguslyme
Garboid
Plazm
Pestequirm
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So I've been looking everywhere for this but can't find anything. Is there a preview ruleset or even release date available? Any other status beyond 'It's coming'?
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It's still coming, but VERY CLOSE now!
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I have been following this rpg for some time and I must say. I love, love, love, LOVE the entire world of Mortasheen. I love the concept of Pocket Monsters actually acting like real horror monsters and the use of a more scientific approach to explaining the world it's set in. Is there any information on the release date? Also what were your inspirations for Mortasheen? I get a feeling of it being a mixture of PokΓ©mon and Tim Burton.
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(roughly translated via various buzzes) "D-did you say c-c-cat?"
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Nothing I can share publicly yet
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It's coming very very close now, too, I'll likely know a release date by the year's end to announce! Not 100% certain, though, never know what'll come up in the meantime, but it's been coming along smoothly and steadily!
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That's wonderful news! This is so exciting!
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Can I have the link to ebooks for this so I can see it?
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they aren't out yet, still being worked on but going smoothly
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K also How many mortasheen monsters can you have on a team? Cause I have 8 on mine
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In the RPG it'll be almost unlimited, you fight with one at a time until you lose the battle by getting hit yourself, as I recall
Though I generally think of ten monsters as the average
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And whatver that thing is behind Oov, you forgot to list that too... What is it? Is it Goam?
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I never did learn: do Mortasheen monsters kill each other in the arena, or do they just injure/incapacitate each other?
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They kill each other, but they can be brought back to life an infinite number of times
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Do they keep their memories after coming back, or are they just genetically identical?
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They usually keep their memories!
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I'm going to have ALL the herpetoids. ALL of them. Especially Jabbersnatch and Troglodile. Your game will be awesomazing.
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Chainsaw kid seems to be your mascot, like Pikachu or Jack Frost. He has a simple aura of attractiveness and is the star of that short flash cartoon. Was this intentional?
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Yeah, even though there are a number I probably like more myself, it was technically the first one I came up with and I think the most iconic. It's definitely the most liked and recognized so far
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I'm rather curious as to what the core mechanic is. Is it a d20 roll over system? A 2d6 roll under system? A dice pool success system? A 5 Rings style roll-keep system? Is it a diceless system? Has the system even been decided yet? SYSTEM!!! System no longer looks like a word.
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Another set of people developed that, it's a totally original system but does use dice
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hey, do we create our own monsters from the start, or do we go around mortasheen, encountering them and befriending them?
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You have to clone monsters you've gotten samples from
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how does that work? does your monster battle another monster until it's weak enough and then rather than "Catching them in a pokeball" you take a DNA sample and clone it? wouldn't bird monsters be resistant to cloning like real birds are?
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No, you scrape up organs, blood and tissues after the battle
Nothing is resistant to cloning in the Mortasheen world, genetic technology makes everything imaginable. They usually aren't exact clones, though, more like "offspring," slightly variable from the original.
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oh, that's much clearer. thank you very much
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oh, that's much clearer. thank you very much
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and do you get these samples willingly, or do you have fight and possibly die for them?
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You fight!
Dying is difficult, though. Most people keep back-up clones or a means of transmitting their mind back home in case it happens.
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also, for those monsters that are partially inorganic, such as the abioza class or z series, do they come out with all their inorganic bits or do you have to provide them?
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They just need raw materials like metals and minerals while forming.
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finally, can you get all of the monsters by cloning? because if I recall correctly, some have impenetrable skin.
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The whole point is you can get absolutely any monster. I don't think I mentioned anything as having 100% impenetrable skin, anything can be destroyed by something or other
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I await a sting ray vampire that can suck blood through its stinger.
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I used to have a stingray vampire, Hanivile... I still need to update it with a better design.
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Neat.I can also picture a stingray vampire swimming over prey and sucking its blood and acting like a flat parasite.I can also picture some sort of more lamprey like mouth.Though the idea of it swimming under prey and flipping its stinger out underneath to suck blood I find the coolest.
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oh. heck. yes.
where will I be able to buy this awesome thing?
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I won't know until it's out really : p
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"Even non-gamers might enjoy learning the strange ecology of Mortasheen city's many different environments, the various races who engineer and train Mortasheen monsters, and the many outrageous ways normal humans have struggled to adapt in a world where garbage tries to eat you"
Hey, that includes me! Never played a pen and paper game in my life, and I don't really want to. But more information about the crazy Mortasheen universe you've shared with us? That sounds fantastic! I'm the kind of guy who loves the technical details. If there's ever a Mortasheen Encyclopedia, I'll read it cover to cover.
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I am definately getting this If I can afford it. Even though I have no real means of playing it with anyone.
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Congratulations dude!. I will definitely be buying this. Playing it may be another story since as nerdy as i am i've never played a pen and paper rpg. lol
Can't wait to hear more!
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