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<blockquote data-quote="tarchon" data-source="post: 345423" data-attributes="member: 5990">Re: Re: Hey, is it just me....I was interested in&nbsp; a dream/reality conflict theme mainly because it's never really been done effectively in an RPG that I've seen.&nbsp; I monkeyed with it a little in a White Wolf Wraith game (the game that was designed to be so disturbing you would only want to play it once - it worked), and I know there's some good potential there with reasonable mechanics.&nbsp; Also, as I said in my What's New/Different section, I think there's a streak of it in the current Zeitgeist waiting to be turned into a cool game.Of course, it could have been something really new like a medieval world of sexually trimorphic 4-dimensional fluorine-breathing flying ammonites, but there has to be a balance between originality and enough familiarity that people might have some prior interest in it.I think from WotC's POV, the real target for this&nbsp; project should be something that does mine a largely untapped theme while blending with their mainstay medieval fantasy business.&nbsp; I have a suspicion it will probably end up being Forgotten Dragonhawk with the names changed, but you never know.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tarchon, post: 345423, member: 5990"] [b]Re: Re: Hey, is it just me....[/b] I was interested in a dream/reality conflict theme mainly because it's never really been done effectively in an RPG that I've seen. I monkeyed with it a little in a White Wolf Wraith game (the game that was designed to be so disturbing you would only want to play it once - it worked), and I know there's some good potential there with reasonable mechanics. Also, as I said in my What's New/Different section, I think there's a streak of it in the current Zeitgeist waiting to be turned into a cool game. Of course, it could have been something really new like a medieval world of sexually trimorphic 4-dimensional fluorine-breathing flying ammonites, but there has to be a balance between originality and enough familiarity that people might have some prior interest in it. I think from WotC's POV, the real target for this project should be something that does mine a largely untapped theme while blending with their mainstay medieval fantasy business. I have a suspicion it will probably end up being Forgotten Dragonhawk with the names changed, but you never know. [/QUOTE]

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