I finally finished the two page Deadlands Noir adventure. There were some stumbling blocks over format I couldn't seem develop the coping mechanisms to deal with. But, now it's done, I let my mind wander. It came back with a few ideas....
I have a special place in my heart for the Expendables movies. Mostly because of the rotating cast of bad guys they get, also for the game opportunities it presents. I don't usually plan convention games, I've always aimed for a longer term game. However this fits in with a rotating player type of game. If you have a game where not all players show up for every session (and you can deal with that) me?... Not so much. I've been thinking of what RPG system to write it for, and I dug deep into the primordial lizard brain to find it. Millennium's End stood up, waved hello, and I had finally found the system. I might have to add a rule for flavor or something, but that was definitely the system. It's very similar to the Pirate ship party idea I heard somewhere. Each character can go on a certain adventure, if someone shows up for one session, and can't make it to the next then their character can escort an NPC or party servant to the ship. Easy way to rotate players in and out of an adventure.
The other idea came from a casual remark on twitter. Shannon from the Gamerstable podcast was saying she wanted to be able to play Pokémon and D&D at the same time. This nestled into my grey matter and started to ask "THOSE" questions... So we have some preliminary notes.
All PokePath trainers will be Druid class. (For the non-lethal game) Summoners for the deadly version.
This will be written for the Pathfinder game system.
There will have to be some new feats. Some of these feats will make it possible to choose the specific creature from the "Summon Nature's Ally" spell.
The Druid's animal companion will act like Pikachu from Pokémon.
This game will be run in the Fae worlds.
I am still working on it, and it's only a rough outline, but it's a start.
Of course, I am still making wands and working on the Harry Potter Fate game, but this is what has captured my imagination this week.
Happy gaming!
