Silus
2015-01-19, 07:25 AM
No, not the anime.
So I've been sorta mentally kicking around this idea for a while now, and I'd kinda like some people to weigh in. General stuff mostly--good idea/bad idea, best system, foreseeable problems (be they mechanical or otherwise), that sorta thing.
ANYWHO the idea (probably done before but whatever) is that the PCs are playing some characters from fairy tales, fables, etc. and that, at least up until now, they and their predecessors have been more or less forced to "follow the story". Well, knowing the general attitude of PCs, there'll be a general "well nuts to that" and the characters will rebel against the roles assigned to them (which is the plan). Said rebellion sets events in motion that begins to unravel other, unrelated stories, like Prince Philip falling in battle to Dragon!Maleficent but surviving long enough to wake Sleeping Beauty who becomes a Self-Rescuing Princess/Dragon Hunter kinda thing.
Anyway, basic campaign goal would be to escape their stories and find a way "out" while outrunning the powers that be (Who or whatever those might be). For other-media reference kinda stuff, think if you mixed Ever After High, the Fairy Quest comics and the Fable comics.
Anyway, the concept isn't 100% ironed out (mostly I think 'cause it's like 6:30am and I can't quite brain right now), but I'm curious as to what ya'll'd think based off this...whatever.
Edit: While Fables and Ever After High are...fairly mainstream, I realize that Fairy Quest isn't so much, so here (http://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Quest-Vol-1-Outlaws/dp/160886345X) is the Amazon page with a brief blurb and some reviews.
So I've been sorta mentally kicking around this idea for a while now, and I'd kinda like some people to weigh in. General stuff mostly--good idea/bad idea, best system, foreseeable problems (be they mechanical or otherwise), that sorta thing.
ANYWHO the idea (probably done before but whatever) is that the PCs are playing some characters from fairy tales, fables, etc. and that, at least up until now, they and their predecessors have been more or less forced to "follow the story". Well, knowing the general attitude of PCs, there'll be a general "well nuts to that" and the characters will rebel against the roles assigned to them (which is the plan). Said rebellion sets events in motion that begins to unravel other, unrelated stories, like Prince Philip falling in battle to Dragon!Maleficent but surviving long enough to wake Sleeping Beauty who becomes a Self-Rescuing Princess/Dragon Hunter kinda thing.
Anyway, basic campaign goal would be to escape their stories and find a way "out" while outrunning the powers that be (Who or whatever those might be). For other-media reference kinda stuff, think if you mixed Ever After High, the Fairy Quest comics and the Fable comics.
Anyway, the concept isn't 100% ironed out (mostly I think 'cause it's like 6:30am and I can't quite brain right now), but I'm curious as to what ya'll'd think based off this...whatever.
Edit: While Fables and Ever After High are...fairly mainstream, I realize that Fairy Quest isn't so much, so here (http://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Quest-Vol-1-Outlaws/dp/160886345X) is the Amazon page with a brief blurb and some reviews.