First, you should get and read the Risus rules. As a PDF, it’s only six pages long (with illustrations), and it’s free. Get it at http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/downloads.htm, it’s about a third of the way down.
Next, work up a character using the basic rules. That’s ten dice to divide among your clich?s, no more than four dice in any one clich?. For the adventure I plan, you’ll be needing some kind of mercenary. Hint; use adjectives and such to tweak the “Mercenary” clich? into something that is more descriptive. F’rinstance, Edge wasn’t just a Mercenary, he was a Kid Adopted By Mercenaries. You might want a Grizzled And Crippled Old Mercenary, a Wannabe Mercenary, a Mercenary Who Secretly Wants To Be A Zaal Nut Grower, or whatever strikes your fancy. Surprise me. Like I said, we can work out the details here before the game starts.
As I also mentioned earlier, get some six-sided dice. Four or five of 'em. Six, tops. When you want your character to do something, and the outcome is doubtful, roll some dice and add 'em up. Hope it’s enough.
And just to give a deadline to all this, howzabout setting a date & time? Say Sunday, February 11, starting at 18:00 GMT. That OK?
Any other questions, fire away.
Oh, yeah. I’ve also put out word of the game to the Risus community. Hope to get a player or two from that side of the great PD/Risus Venn diagram.
Edit:
Knew I’d forget something. The adventure is set about three years after Orta. The Empire is having trouble. Production of new military equipment is hampered by the loss of the Cradle and damage to the underground ruins. Older ships are being brought up from second-line duty. The “Academy Faction” and the “Prince Faction” are more polarized than ever. The Wormrider attack on the Capital has encouraged widespread resistance, even in long held core districts such as Meccania and Li Vis. It has also inspired vicious retribution from the Empire. Some Imperial holdings in the outlands have been “temporarily” abandoned so as to concentrate force on trouble areas. This concentration of force adds to resentment both in the hot spots, and the regions now on their own.
Good time to be a mercenary. Lots of work. Maybe too much.
The players’ characters are in the borderlands, looking for a job that’ll pay.