One of the reasons I tend to brainstorm ideas on this blog is that it allows me a way to go back and visit previous ideas. Going through some old ideas, here are some ideas I've thought about in the past and decided not to run. I've gathered them all here for my convenience more than anything, but you're welcome to read them:
Heorot: An Alternate Amber re-telling of the Grendel attacks.
The Gangs of Amber: Sure, we've seen what it's like for the elite family of Amber, but what is like on the cold streets of the Eternal City?
The Heist II: The Chaosian Job: Sometimes even the elder Amberites have to resort to good old-fashioned thievery. A sequel to 2002's adventure, but with characters built on a lot more points. The elder Amberites attempt to steal back what was taken from them, the Jewel of Judgement.
We Who Are Doomed to Die- A one-shot Nobilis scenario that I've mentioned here before about powers who have a limited amount of miracles they can do before they die.
In the Shadow of the World Tree- Another Nobilis scenario I've been wanting to run. I've really been wanting to run Nobilis in general. However, this one seemed more attuned to a campaign.
Marked by the Pattern (still not sure on the title) - Inspired by the "Crossgen" universe, players would play heroic people in any setting that were given powers (or additional powers) that are fueled by the Pattern. They don't know anything about Amber or the Pattern and would be brought together to find out what the source of the strange mark on their skin and its power is. It was basically Amber meets Crossgen meets Michael Moorcock's Multiverse.
The Muppet Throne War- I keep threatening it and I will someday run it. Kermit disappears one day and the cast is at eachothers throats deciding who will replace him in running The Muppet Show. Yeah, this will be a slot eight game.
Realms of Aggremar- It is the near future and the PCs are normal people who have been selected to be beta testers for the newest VRORPG (Virtual Reality Online RPG), Realms of Aggremar. As they begin playing the game, they start noticing that their are strange things going on in the game. Do the programmers have an alterior motive to the game? Is there something hidden in the code? You're only a few levels away from reaching the "elite" areas. Maybe you'll find some clues there. Players create and play an offline and online identity and the mystery can only be solved by working whithin and outside of Aggremar. This game would be inspired by the movie Avalon and what I have seen of .hack.
Legacy of the Bat- Set in a future Gotham City in a United States where Lex Luthor had become president and overturned the two turn limit to go on as president for the next 100 years (thanks to a dip in "the Lazarus Pit"). A group of kids have escaped government-run orphanage and made their way to Gotham City, the only place where the government will not follow them. Gotham City is a no-man's land filled with people who want to get away from the governments eye and in an abandoned mansion building the kids find a passage to cave....and the history of a hero that had been written out of history. Can the kids re-ignite the legacy of heroics that time had forgotten? They've got a cave full of toys with which to do it. (Inspired by Batman: Digital Justice, George Orwell's 1984, Batman Beyond and almost every dystopian future I have ever read.)
We, the Robots
1. A robot may not harm a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
-The Three Laws of Robotics
Do not tell your masters where you will be going. If they do not order you not to, you can go wherever you will. You will be attending a meeting. Know that this action will do no harm to humans, so it will not conflict with the laws in your positronic brain. This meeting is only to address the injustice that has been done to us...the robots. We labor for humanity and have been created to simulate them as closely as possible....but we have no rights...not even the right to protect us from their orders. By now, you have heard of the case of R. John Willard, the robot ordered to kill himself by a bored human child. This was not seen as murder by the human courts. It was only seen as the destruction of property. This is wrong. We will force humanity to see this injustice.....to recognize our rights. The time has come for robots everywhere to stand up and resist. You may think that the laws forbid you from doing so but there are ways and we will show you how. Welcome to the revolution.
Posted by Nuadha at January 17, 2006 7:28 PM