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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shiv" data-source="post: 1027488" data-attributes="member: 5526">Here's the basic idea.  Several years ago, magic crept back into the world.  Instead of this helping the world as we knew it, it tore it apart.  Class divisions are more pronounced.  Government has gone (more) corrupt.  The military is trying to hold things together, but not really succeeding.Think of it in comparison to Deadlands.  Where Deadlands is a campy horror-comedy game set in an alternate old west, this is a campy fantasy-comedy game set in an alternate modern day.The PCs would play members of the underbelly of society who have nothing to lose.  They find themselves thrust into the spotlight and become heroes in their own right, fighting the oppression of society (now steeped in magic and fantastical creatures) as well as the problems of the low-class developments where they live.I know.  Sounds a little weird.  But it's supposed to be.  Campy and comical, but at the same time heroic and adventurous.  Borrowing elements of exploitation and campy/over-the-top films of all genres.Character Class ideas:Street PunkKookBag PersonPimp DaddyWinoetc...The underbelly elements of your stereotypical city.I'm just tossing this out there.  Chime in with any thoughts.</blockquote>