Indagare Nogitsune
Adventurer
With there being some obvious interest in the Backrooms, I thought a thread about using them as part of a setting might interest folks. There are already posts about other liminal spaces (like The Stygian Library and The Gardens of Ynn) and how they could be an interesting transitive plane.
The possibilities, of course, are as endless as the Backrooms themselves (if they are endless anyway) and could be crossed with the SCP. The main drawback is that both have a more "modern" feel to them rather than the usual Medievalish Fantasy that is more typical of D&D, but it's possible this could be worked around, as seen in the Stygian Library and Gardens of Ynn; there's really nothing preventing some Order (even something like the Men in Black) from creating something like the SCP to hold strange entities and artifacts.
On the other hand, a more modern setting isn't necessarily a bad thing. Lovecraftian elements can certainly be mixed in, and a sort of Steampunk setting (incorporating Victorian elements akin to Wild Wild West or Girl Genius) allows for more sci-fantasy elements.
I think this could be a topic people could enjoy with a lot of potential. At least, I hope so.
The possibilities, of course, are as endless as the Backrooms themselves (if they are endless anyway) and could be crossed with the SCP. The main drawback is that both have a more "modern" feel to them rather than the usual Medievalish Fantasy that is more typical of D&D, but it's possible this could be worked around, as seen in the Stygian Library and Gardens of Ynn; there's really nothing preventing some Order (even something like the Men in Black) from creating something like the SCP to hold strange entities and artifacts.
On the other hand, a more modern setting isn't necessarily a bad thing. Lovecraftian elements can certainly be mixed in, and a sort of Steampunk setting (incorporating Victorian elements akin to Wild Wild West or Girl Genius) allows for more sci-fantasy elements.
I think this could be a topic people could enjoy with a lot of potential. At least, I hope so.
For myself? I'm honestly not into horror. At all. I think it's largely because I can just look at real life and see so many horrific things being done that I just am done with everything being awful. I crave settings that are more hopeful than cynical, that provide ways to make the world a better place rather than saying nothing can ever be better. I might be in the minority in this, or it might be better to create a thread for Solarpunk. It's just, I would hope someone finds some way to include something silly, whimsical, helpful, or friendly into all this.
