Xallace
2010-06-10, 03:20 PM
PCs are crazy. They do things that no sane person would do. They do things that many insane people wouldn't do.
Now let's say there's a world that embraces this, wholeheartedly. Let's say this world wants- no, needs something that only crazy people like adventurers are willing to get. Say all those ancient dungeons have ancient technology or something; power sources required to fuel today's society.
So somewhere between being unwanted outcasts and necessary for society, adventurers become a kind of pop-culture icon. Household names, even. Fan clubs pop up around these "heroes." Some adventurers sell their fame to corporations and start making appearances on advertisements.
Well, from out of nowhere comes a small company with an excess of Divination specialists. This company starts sending magical sensors to track the adventurers on their missions. The recordings are brought back to the studio, edited, and sold to the public in 22-minute segments.
The public goes wild. Finally able to see their heroes in action, fans across the nation sit down with their families and friends to watch their heroes (sometimes) overcome brutal traps, horrible monsters, and ancient machines. Of course, now they also get to see their heroes bite the dirt in gruesome ways.
The adventurers are split on their opinion. Some are all for this and sell themselves out to companies for extra training, equipment, and let's not forget face time. Others just want the broadcasters to butt out, and make it a habit of taking out the sensors if they find them. Others are neutral towards the whole thing, of course.
The problem is that the involvement of all these money-grubbers is that competition is rampant. Teams are fighting each other (or at least, more viciously) rather than helping each other out. Common folk and company-trained tactical squadrons are entering the deep dungeons in the hopes of fame and fortune. The dungeons are a lot more hazardous than they used to be.
But here's the secret: This show is not just popular on the Prime Material, oh no! This show is very popular on the outer planes especially. The thing is, this "small broadcasting company" that popped up? Actually an alliance of good and evil! You see, the end of the world is coming, the great war to decide the fate of Good vs Evil is near at hand!
Neither side is willing to send their full force into the fray, so in order to minimize bloodshed (as the Good like) and minimize resource investment (always nice, by anyone's standards), both teams have agreed to pick their champions from the material plane, and have these 10-or-so individuals decide it all instead. And what better way to figure it out, than with a competition?
Too Long Didn't Read? Good and Evil are deciding the fate of the world based on a violent reality show. Although I think it's much lamer if you just sum it up like that.
Whatcha think?
Now let's say there's a world that embraces this, wholeheartedly. Let's say this world wants- no, needs something that only crazy people like adventurers are willing to get. Say all those ancient dungeons have ancient technology or something; power sources required to fuel today's society.
So somewhere between being unwanted outcasts and necessary for society, adventurers become a kind of pop-culture icon. Household names, even. Fan clubs pop up around these "heroes." Some adventurers sell their fame to corporations and start making appearances on advertisements.
Well, from out of nowhere comes a small company with an excess of Divination specialists. This company starts sending magical sensors to track the adventurers on their missions. The recordings are brought back to the studio, edited, and sold to the public in 22-minute segments.
The public goes wild. Finally able to see their heroes in action, fans across the nation sit down with their families and friends to watch their heroes (sometimes) overcome brutal traps, horrible monsters, and ancient machines. Of course, now they also get to see their heroes bite the dirt in gruesome ways.
The adventurers are split on their opinion. Some are all for this and sell themselves out to companies for extra training, equipment, and let's not forget face time. Others just want the broadcasters to butt out, and make it a habit of taking out the sensors if they find them. Others are neutral towards the whole thing, of course.
The problem is that the involvement of all these money-grubbers is that competition is rampant. Teams are fighting each other (or at least, more viciously) rather than helping each other out. Common folk and company-trained tactical squadrons are entering the deep dungeons in the hopes of fame and fortune. The dungeons are a lot more hazardous than they used to be.
But here's the secret: This show is not just popular on the Prime Material, oh no! This show is very popular on the outer planes especially. The thing is, this "small broadcasting company" that popped up? Actually an alliance of good and evil! You see, the end of the world is coming, the great war to decide the fate of Good vs Evil is near at hand!
Neither side is willing to send their full force into the fray, so in order to minimize bloodshed (as the Good like) and minimize resource investment (always nice, by anyone's standards), both teams have agreed to pick their champions from the material plane, and have these 10-or-so individuals decide it all instead. And what better way to figure it out, than with a competition?
Too Long Didn't Read? Good and Evil are deciding the fate of the world based on a violent reality show. Although I think it's much lamer if you just sum it up like that.
Whatcha think?