I'm having too many ideas lately, so I'm going to write them all down here. Needless to say, they're all for roleplaying games because I'm so single-minded you wouldn't believe it. I'm a bit like Henry Lee Lucas except I make creative games instead of creative murder.
If anyone's interested in any of them, feel free to tell me and I'll develop that idea. As it is now, I don't have much more than what you see here – but like I said, call dibs on something and I'll flesh out a story from it.
Beyond Countless Doorways
There are many tales about people finding a door to another world. This story, however, played with Arcana Evolved rules, isn't about someone finding a door. This story is about someone finding a key. It's not just any key, though – it's a key that opens any door. The twist is that the doors it opens don't obey the laws of Behind and In Front Of – rather, the key opens doors between planes of existence.
Pretty soon, though, the key draws the attention of Something. Now, in order to keep the key from falling into the hands of evil, you must run – and you must run beyond the countless
doorways, in an attempt to find someone or something capable of fighting back...
Worlds Collide
The Diamond Throne is a very free world. It's a world where men and women, humans and sibeccai, tall and tiny are all treated as equals. Imagine, then, the sudden disaster when two planes of existence suddenly synergize, violently crashing into one another and opening a gateway to a world where such freedom isn't taken for granted. In the world of Scarlet, men are the dominant race and all other species are seen as ”lesser”. Oh, and that's men, as in not women.
Enter a story where a Champion of Freedom might find himself fighting side by side with a Champion of Feminism, as the values we take for granted experience some turbulence in an interplanar culture crash.
The Invisibles
Set in the World of Darkness, this story asks us what happens when completely ordinary people suddenly gain the power of complete and utter invisibility. Fading from the world around them, they don't exist on paper, don't detect on security cameras, and can easily go wherever they please. They are Shadows, people who only barely exist, people whom the world itself only barely registers. In a world with so much paperwork, what does utter anonymity mean? Is it dangerous? Is it a saviour? Is Anonymous really legion? Does Big Brother really see you?
Heavenly Father
When a few deeply religious people from the same church suddenly find themselves changed into bestial monsters, how do they deal with it? When they suddenly find out that animism is true and that spirits dwell in everything, what becomes of their faith? When everything seems lost, does God still hear them? This Werewolf: The Forsaken game draws upon themes from the Book of Job, asking us if God hears prayer, if God really works in mysterious ways and, indeed, if God exists at all or is just a shadowy illusion, made by a multitude of miracles.
Beloved Mother
This is a tale about a shattered family, played out from the perspective of orphans who have lost both their parents and live with a cold and distant uncle in an environment where nobody seems to love them. But when they eventually discover that branches of their family still prosper, and when they learn that their mother may still be alive – suddenly hope flares up once more.
And hope will flare indeed, for the twist to this story is that the poor siblings are Terrestrial Exalted, Chosen of the Dragons. Will they be able to reforge their broken family, or will they too fall apart, driven by their own ambition? Is blood thicker than water, and does a hero still need her mother?
The Light Fantastic
Magic is fascinating. Magic is beautiful. Magic is power.
Enter a group of Exalted sorcerers – Solar, Lunar or otherwise, who have come to understand this truth. Banding together for the sake of their own ambitions, these sorcerous heroes seek the Light Fantastic, a legendary artifact said to exalt any sorcerer to levels hitherto undreamed of in Creation.
In a world where Exalts wield the power of the gods, though, such an artifact must be incredibly well hidden. This treasure hunt adventure is more than just a search for gold and jewels – this is a quest for power so tremenduous that it's never before been seen. But magic is not a simple trifle you stuff in your pocket – the Light Fantastic requires the right state of mind and an enlightened soul, something which cannot be dug up in a treasure chest. Not only must our heroes seek the artifact itself, they must also learn the true nature of magic – a quest, perhaps, even more difficult.
Steampunk Swashbucklers
Experience the future of the Diamond Throne as our hapless heroes accidentally deepfreeze themselves for a thousand years. Awakening, we find a world where gunmages wield gunblades against steamgoblins in steam-driven airships with steam on them. And guns. And stuff.
Okay, so this idea is a little unpolished so far, I'll be the first to admit it.
I reckon that's all I have so far. If anything interests you, give me a comment.
