Anyone read Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson? I think it's an amazing book. I think it would be a fun fantasy role play. There is a large minority of the population that has the ability to burn metal alloys from a process called Allomancy. The eat metal shavings and "burn" them giving them powers. There are 8 common metals, which are related to each other. Mistings have the ability to burn only one metal. Mistborn are much more rare but have the ability to burn all 8 plus an additional two that have much more unusual abilities. The population is split between the skaa and the Nobility. They're really the same race but the Nobility use the skaa as low played labor or slaves. The story takes place in the city of Luthadel. I was thinking of having the game take place same time as the book, but set in a different city. It's in a time of rebellion basically. A lot of Mistings are Nobility, and help the Noble families with their games of intrigue and mercantilism, which is what drives them. Most skaa mistings are part of thieves guilds because their abilities help in pulling off jobs. There's a lot more information but this is the gist of it. If there's enough interest I'll make a thread for it. I post a couple wiki links you can read if your interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistborn_series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allomancer
http://pics.livejournal.com/mistborn/pic/0001t32a
The last one is the map of the well known world.



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