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Parasites
Time's come where I can make a map. I will update this post every time it can be updated.
Progress
NONE - Idea phase
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Story
People and Parasites are connected - have always been.
Peasants and humble leymen, bandits and jolly lumberjacks, vegabonds and wornout kings - they are people.
Prophets and miracle makers, deities and doomsayers, heroes and villains - they are also people, albeit, many of whom carry a wondrous and secret gift.
Parasites are invisible and immortal, living in some people, and those who host them don't know that their every action isn't at their personal will.
Each Parasite feeds on an individual power. That's why each parasite attempts to shape the mortal world through the influences of mortal hosts, and because the powers are so manifold, a hungry Parasite seldom hesitates to crush and curse for its course of consumption the individuals it deems obstacles.
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Players
Probably a maximum of 12, and at least 2 will be necessary to play.
Every player will play as a Parasite who can enter and possess or leave any humanbeing or beast on the map. The map will not have many hostiles - you make your own trouble instead of going creeping.
Each game opens with a random prewritten plot hook, and the theme of the game is then established, based on the hook. One game might be about a true and near-omnipotent relic, and the next that a prodigy was born during the eclipse.
Each player then gets a unique motif. One might want to destroy the relic or kill the prodigy, and another might have to defend the subject. Motifs are the different goals of different Parasites, and hint the player at which individual power source she might choose for her Parasite. The motif does not have to be a secret, but can be kept so by a player at her leisure and intelligence.
The Parasite who achieves its goal before the others win the game, but above all the map is supposed to encourage roleplaying. But ofcourse you could play it any way you'd want - don't get me wrong.
Hosts
A powerful host will consume a lot of power to possess, while junk food will come for nothing or a penny. You'll have to start with junk food and then choose your style: Are you climbing way up to the dizzying heights of becoming a regent or a rockstar, or are you a "one-man-army" with many different "pairs of shoes" around town? You can't be both, because monarchs are too rare and expensive for you to have a crowd of them in the closet, and monarchs don't crowd up - only modern-days government heads do that occassionally, but that's beside the point. What was my point? Oh yes, I just wanted to explain how finding hosts would work.
You'd then be able to abuse a host in any way you can think of. Screw up his life, found a world religion, go kamikaze, or do something completely different - it's up to you. The map will feature plenty of both hard-labor and rogue-like options for pimping your hosts. And you'll never get acused of anything you've done, but your hosts will, and unlike you, hosts die.
Untouched Mortal Population
The NPC population of the map should not become suspicious that immortal parasites have infested their home, or they might start a frantic witch hunt, which would heavilly decrease the population. The mortals are your flock of sheep to live off, not a pack of wolves or vermin to be exterminated.
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Parasite Classes
Demagogue, Genius, Miracle Maker, Mystic, Witch.
More should come and this section will be extended.
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Terrain
The map will feature an urban environment, and a few tracts of wilderness aswell.
Pending Ideas
Random Encounters: Every now and then someone from the outside mettles, sending in hostile forces. The city may be at war or something....
Mini-Games: With useful rewards.
Team
General Creativity (Systems/Abilities/Classes): anpoca, Hugget Sukker
Terrainer(s): EternalWow2010
Triggers: Hugget Sukker
Currently the interested are very welcome to ask to join the project. PM me or post below. Thank you.
Time's come where I can make a map. I will update this post every time it can be updated.
Progress
NONE - Idea phase
_____________________________________________________________
Story
People and Parasites are connected - have always been.
Peasants and humble leymen, bandits and jolly lumberjacks, vegabonds and wornout kings - they are people.
Prophets and miracle makers, deities and doomsayers, heroes and villains - they are also people, albeit, many of whom carry a wondrous and secret gift.
Parasites are invisible and immortal, living in some people, and those who host them don't know that their every action isn't at their personal will.
Each Parasite feeds on an individual power. That's why each parasite attempts to shape the mortal world through the influences of mortal hosts, and because the powers are so manifold, a hungry Parasite seldom hesitates to crush and curse for its course of consumption the individuals it deems obstacles.
_____________________________________________________________
Players
Probably a maximum of 12, and at least 2 will be necessary to play.
Every player will play as a Parasite who can enter and possess or leave any humanbeing or beast on the map. The map will not have many hostiles - you make your own trouble instead of going creeping.
Each game opens with a random prewritten plot hook, and the theme of the game is then established, based on the hook. One game might be about a true and near-omnipotent relic, and the next that a prodigy was born during the eclipse.
Each player then gets a unique motif. One might want to destroy the relic or kill the prodigy, and another might have to defend the subject. Motifs are the different goals of different Parasites, and hint the player at which individual power source she might choose for her Parasite. The motif does not have to be a secret, but can be kept so by a player at her leisure and intelligence.
The Parasite who achieves its goal before the others win the game, but above all the map is supposed to encourage roleplaying. But ofcourse you could play it any way you'd want - don't get me wrong.
Hosts
A powerful host will consume a lot of power to possess, while junk food will come for nothing or a penny. You'll have to start with junk food and then choose your style: Are you climbing way up to the dizzying heights of becoming a regent or a rockstar, or are you a "one-man-army" with many different "pairs of shoes" around town? You can't be both, because monarchs are too rare and expensive for you to have a crowd of them in the closet, and monarchs don't crowd up - only modern-days government heads do that occassionally, but that's beside the point. What was my point? Oh yes, I just wanted to explain how finding hosts would work.
You'd then be able to abuse a host in any way you can think of. Screw up his life, found a world religion, go kamikaze, or do something completely different - it's up to you. The map will feature plenty of both hard-labor and rogue-like options for pimping your hosts. And you'll never get acused of anything you've done, but your hosts will, and unlike you, hosts die.
Untouched Mortal Population
The NPC population of the map should not become suspicious that immortal parasites have infested their home, or they might start a frantic witch hunt, which would heavilly decrease the population. The mortals are your flock of sheep to live off, not a pack of wolves or vermin to be exterminated.
_____________________________________________________________
Parasite Classes
Demagogue, Genius, Miracle Maker, Mystic, Witch.
More should come and this section will be extended.
_____________________________________________________________
Terrain
The map will feature an urban environment, and a few tracts of wilderness aswell.
Pending Ideas
Random Encounters: Every now and then someone from the outside mettles, sending in hostile forces. The city may be at war or something....
Mini-Games: With useful rewards.
Team
General Creativity (Systems/Abilities/Classes): anpoca, Hugget Sukker
Terrainer(s): EternalWow2010
Triggers: Hugget Sukker
Currently the interested are very welcome to ask to join the project. PM me or post below. Thank you.
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