Rhun
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Eh. I liked Xander as a TV show character, but as an RPG character, he's more than a bit underpowered.
Yeah, but look at how often he got to use that Profession (Carpenter) skill in the later years!
Eh. I liked Xander as a TV show character, but as an RPG character, he's more than a bit underpowered.
I could be interested. I'm not quite a fan nor very knowledgeable about Buffy. Last episode I've seen was years ago, but I like that kind of world. Lately, I've been reading the Dresden Files, and it have put me in a mood for such a world. I would be interested, and I might play someone who just discover the world of vampires and demons to represent my lack of knowledge about the Buffyverse. Except of new born slayer, what else could fit that?
Very big buffy/angel fan here.
I presume you'll be ignoring anything that's happened in the whedon comics that took place after the series? They do flesh out a lot more stuff that's happened since the shows, and anybody who hasn't read them would be at a loss for what's currently happening.
Probably be the best idea to just start clean-slate timeline at the end of the angel series.
I agree that extra souled-vamps is a bad Idea, but I think having vampire/demon/whatever PC's would make the game more interesting. Maybe some of the PC's come from a background that's more commonly thought of as 'evil' but are working with the 'good guys' for their own reasons? ('The enemy of my enemy', 'lesser of two evils', etc).
As far as system goes, I don't have access to the buffy/angel RPG's, but either D20 Modern or M&M would work fairly well, and be accessible to most people. If you're wanting 'special' characters (Psychics, demons, super-humans), then M&M would probably be more appropriate. If you're going for more of a "Normal people VS the supernatural" approach, then I'd suggest d20 modern.
In anycase, I'd very much enjoy being a part of such a game, maybe as the resident mage/mystical expert.
Any inkling about what kind of group we might be? I know you mentioned Angel as a template, would this be an investigative group? A less official club of supernatural fans and / or victims? Something else entirely?
What about the whole super soldier thing? I kinda like the idea of playing one of those guys.
Doable, though the big question with playing one of them is why he's on his own. If he's no longer in the military (and it certainly was pretty strongly implied that Riley's group was offically Army -- though there might be something similar in other branches of the service, and maybe even a group in the FBI and/or some intelligence service), why not?
I suppose one idea for the game might be a sort of X-files on steroids.