Interesting ideas kieth.although I get a little sick of some people thinking
japan was the only country in the world to have an epic history or
interesting weapons, it is true it could provide soem interesting vampire
ideas, ---- for instance imagining a vampire shogan cosealing his vampire
status from his samurai, or a vampire official in the maigi era government
using his position in the beurocracy to aide his blood drinking could be
quite different, though I don't unfortunately know enough about shinto or
Japanese buhdist traditions to suggest how the western ideas of vampires
being affected by faith, holy water, holy symbols etc would translate,
though there are probably enough japanese Demon legends and ghost stories
(there's a pretty major horror tradition in Japan), to create some credible,
if not strictly accurate mythology.
?
This would however in order to feel authentic and not be just the generic
samurai vs vampires in D&D land need to have the touches of culture and
history attached to it, which might, if Tom doesnt' already know about that
part of the world require a little more research than Tom would be willing
to do.
?
futuristic vampires could work too, indeed I've seen Doctor who use them on
several occasions, sinse in the Doctor who mythos one explanation for
vampires is that they are an elder universal race who had a war with the
timelords but were scattered across all time and space when the time lords
kicked their rear. In fact the 4th doctor story state of decay involves a
vampire living as lord over a village of primative people on an alien planet
in a crashed spaceship who's old fuel tanks he is filling with the blood
from villagers, sinse he can use the blood to fuel the ship if he gets
enough, which is again quite a unique take on the usual evil vampire
nobleman, lots of peasants version of that story.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith" <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Looking for textadventures for beginners
Or perhaps a vampire game taking place in Japan, or perhaps a high tech
vampire game taking place in the high tech future (ala the short story
Smoke City" by Russell Blackford.
Keith
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Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Looking for textadventures for beginners
Hi Tom.
While I fully agree rumania (formally transilvania), hungary, and even
britain have been pretty much done to death vampire wise, I personally
would disagree that you need to completely devorce the game from reality
or history, ---- indeed for me, part of the interest of vampires is!
their long lives and their existance through various historical settings.
While there was much I didn't particularly appreciate in anne rices
books, and have only read two as a result, this factor I did quite enjoy,
sinse after all it's not unreasonable to expect a vampire to pretty much
pop up anywhere, at any time period in history you want, and you could
even make the vampire's past part of the game too.
For example, in his novel Fevre dream, George R.R. martin imagines
vampires in The american south during the 1860's, at the time when luxury
paddle steamers along the mississippi were common, ---- indeed the book
is told from the perspective of a riverboat captain.
There, raather than being lords or owners of plantations, vampires are
seen as people who have to be dam carefull not to be noticed, ---- indeed
much of the books plot involves the vampires' desire to use a riverboat
as their head quarters, sinse they can paddle up and down and choose
victims as they wish without being noticed sinse they are never in one
place too long.
Another very unique vampire setting was the game castlevania bloodlines
on the mega drive. There, you are playing the descendent of the belment
family, but instead of fighting dracula in his 17th or 19th century
castle, you are fighting elizabeth bathroy the vampiric sorcereress who
has woken in the 1920's. Thus stages involve for example fighting in gas
lit drawering rooms, or in a german munitions factory full of
skeletons, ---- there is even a level set on a steam train.
Two thoughts I have for instance, are how about setting a vampiric story
in egypt in the 1990's, during the time the valley of the kings was
excavaatedd, thus mixing in elements of egyptian mythology (remember
set?), and maybe some indiana jones style swash buckling with pistols and
sword canes.
if this is a little too close to the mota setting, ---- well another
rather unique location could be spain in the time of the crusades, ----
perhaps the vampire is a mourish noble who has come over from the middle
east. Settings could include vinyards, cliffs by the sea etc, but instead
of cold and snow, be full of palm trees and orange groves, plus being at
the time of the crusades could also (and with quite historical realism),
include some major battle scenes, sinse after all the mours who rules
Spain had some pretty serious armies with bowmen, pikemen and mounted
knights.
This would also in a text rpg give you the chance to quite legitimately
imploy D&D like characters, such as knights, paladins, priests who
specialize in hunting vampires (perhaps there is a specific Catholic
order for this purpose), or skirmishing bowmen who sepcialize in ranged
weapons, not to mention thieves.
just some thoughts.
of course, if you prefer a none specific fantasy setting that's fine
too, ---- though as I said I'd slightly mis the history possible with
vampires in that case.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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