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<blockquote data-quote="VelvetViolet" data-source="post: 8292716" data-attributes="member: 6686357"><p>I’ve had several ideas for worldbuilding urban fantasy.</p><p></p><p>One idea I had was basically to flesh out the conceit in <em>Urban Arcana</em> that magical creatures were immigrants from other planets. In UA the “Shadow” force wipes their memories, but I had this idea for that not to happen and for these other worlds to have their own histories that explain why the magical creatures work the way they do. The PCs could potentially visit these worlds, a la the “Vampire World” story arc in <em>Necroscope</em>. (Btw, <em>Necroscope</em> is basically Agents of Psi taking place during the Cold War with vampires.)</p><p></p><p>Another idea was to take inspiration from <em>Dresden Files</em> and <em>American Vampire</em>. Rather than just one kind of vampire, werewolf, or w/e, there would be several varieties with wildly different capabilities and vulnerabilities. A “vampire” could be a reanimated corpse, succubus, a fallen angel, or the victim of a science experiment gone wrong.</p><p></p><p>I also had this idea to create a spin-off based on <em>Feed</em> (since the rules are released under Creative Commons) that would tackle the concept of werewolves. Where <em>Feed</em> depicts vampirism as a downward spiral into addiction, I wanted to depict lycanthropy as a balancing act. Tipping towards either humanity or lycanthropy would have downsides. Too human and you have difficulty controlling your inner wolf, too wolfy and you have difficulty being human.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VelvetViolet, post: 8292716, member: 6686357"] I’ve had several ideas for worldbuilding urban fantasy. One idea I had was basically to flesh out the conceit in [I]Urban Arcana[/I] that magical creatures were immigrants from other planets. In UA the “Shadow” force wipes their memories, but I had this idea for that not to happen and for these other worlds to have their own histories that explain why the magical creatures work the way they do. The PCs could potentially visit these worlds, a la the “Vampire World” story arc in [I]Necroscope[/I]. (Btw, [I]Necroscope[/I] is basically Agents of Psi taking place during the Cold War with vampires.) Another idea was to take inspiration from [I]Dresden Files[/I] and [I]American Vampire[/I]. Rather than just one kind of vampire, werewolf, or w/e, there would be several varieties with wildly different capabilities and vulnerabilities. A “vampire” could be a reanimated corpse, succubus, a fallen angel, or the victim of a science experiment gone wrong. I also had this idea to create a spin-off based on [I]Feed[/I] (since the rules are released under Creative Commons) that would tackle the concept of werewolves. Where [I]Feed[/I] depicts vampirism as a downward spiral into addiction, I wanted to depict lycanthropy as a balancing act. Tipping towards either humanity or lycanthropy would have downsides. Too human and you have difficulty controlling your inner wolf, too wolfy and you have difficulty being human. [/QUOTE]
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