gaaran
Okay, so we've all seen Jim's "Gibson Institute":http://forums.obsidianportal.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=1448&page=1#Item_8 ? I thought this was a fantastic idea, unfortunately I'm not too well versed in cyberpunk, other than playing shadowrun once or twice. Well, I was wondering what people thought about putting something like that together for general fantasy games. No rules included, just fantastic places, memorable NPCs, story-arcs, wars, battles, monsters, ideas for generic house rules, or any other ideas people come up with. I know I have characters and ideas that I'm proud of and would be honored to have other people use in a game, and I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in that. AND, we've all been there where we just needed something quick, and ended up just phoning it in. I think this would be a great way to do that, and I think it would be a fun little project to work on. I already have some idea of stuff to add to the list. If people are interested, I'd be more than willing to set something up. Your thoughts?
P.S. I'm not trying to steal Jim's thunder :), but I think this would be fun to have for multiple genre's: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk, Horror... A community created list of plug and play elements that we can all contribute to.
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I would be quite interested in contributing to this.
EDIT: JimTriche has magic editing powers?!
Edited to add: Florimel doesn't read the forums, but I know for a gosh-darned fact that anything in any of his campaigns is up for grabs, with the exception of PCs who aren't mine. I don't know if everything in his campaigns is in the EncYggd yet, and I do know (sadly) that a lot of his NPCs are currently just a name and a picture because I stopped nagging him about them. But if there is something there that you like, feel free to snag it.
Ditto for anything out of my "In Vitro" campaign, though right now the most unique contribution I can make is a very different take on the existing pantheon in 4th ed D&D.
I know it's a little cheesy, but hey, that's okay! I'll be sending invite to those of you that were interested, and if anyone else has something they'd like to share with everyone, please send it my way, join the site, or let me know it some other way (ESP if you could, cause that'd be neat!). I haven't added any content yet, but I did set up the bare bones. Let's get this show on the road!
Arshy is right. The main page is absolutely terrific.
Now, to figure out how to add elements that are non-specific to a particular game system...
I think my first elements are going to revolve around a sinister cult of alchemists that are notorious for kidnapping peoples of the world, seemingly at random, to experiment on them. I'll write up a page about the cult itself, then create some of the characters within the cult, perhaps a map of their hidden lair, and a math-free mini-adventure that people can plug into their own game system of choice.
Does this sound like what you're looking for?
...giggles...
Lol Frank :)
I started to work on the cult's page itself. I called them the Alterist's Rite. I made sure to send an e-mail out to everyone involved in the site, and I welcome your input. I will add the Organizations link when I get home from work later tonight.
Thanks!
Duskreign.
P.S. - FrankSirmarco, yeeesh.
This just now got gross.
We should steal more of Jim's stuff! This is working out great! I wonder if he has an iPod. I've always wanted one of those.
The sad thing is, gaaran's will take off a lot faster than mine will. Poor, maligned, non-popular cyberpunkiness. :(
The stuff you've added so far is exactly what I was thinking when I stole this idea from Jim. In the next couple days i will be adding some more stuff as well.