Stone Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 How many folks have ran a urban/modern fantasy setting? What setting (location/time - ex. London/Victorian) did you use? Did you have any problems with power abuse? How well did the game go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theron Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions I've got one that's been rattling around my head for a few years. It originated as an alternate setting for the Buffy RPG, but that game never got off the ground, while the setting still lurks in the back of my head. The Time: The Present The Setting: The University of Massachusetts at Arkham, AKA, Ole Misk. The original plan was the Cthulhu Mythos meets the Buffy-Verse, and I still think that could work. Go dancing at The Unspeakable Oath, and hunt monsters in the streets of Old Arkham. Just avoid eating at Innsmouth Sushi. Trust me on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions I ran one that went pretty well, lasted for a while..we did the rotating GM thing with it, and one of them turned it into World of Darkness Hero. Not that it was bad. The main problem I've had with it is, what do the characters really do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions I've got one that's been rattling around my head for a few years. It originated as an alternate setting for the Buffy RPG, but that game never got off the ground, while the setting still lurks in the back of my head. The Time: The Present The Setting: The University of Massachusetts at Arkham, AKA, Ole Misk. The original plan was the Cthulhu Mythos meets the Buffy-Verse, and I still think that could work. Go dancing at The Unspeakable Oath, and hunt monsters in the streets of Old Arkham. Just avoid eating at Innsmouth Sushi. Trust me on that one. Maybe a better name for the club would be "The Elder Sign"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theron Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions Maybe a better name for the club would be "The Elder Sign"? Well, The Unspeakable Oath is the name of an old CoC 'zine from the late 80s that I really liked, so I think I'll stick with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDude2371 Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions I ran an adaptation of Bureau 13 (modern, all over the USA) using Danger International. The major thing that I did that wasn't Hero-based was using B13 mechanics for magic and psi. Current adaptation (simply entitled "Thirteen" and based more along the lines of Torchwood, in a sense) uses all Hero mechanics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions I am working on some campaign ideas for a Bureau 13 style campaign, but the team will be more of a mix between bureau 13 and an old tv series called "Poltergeist the Legacy" I already have the base in mind, I want to base the team out of Bolskine Manor, Alistair Crowleys old house which sits on the shore of Loch Ness. theres a fair bit of info and some nice photos of the place online even. with all the wierd stuff said to go on there in years past, included supposed hauntings etc, not sure a little more wierdness would even be noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbuter1 Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions I ran one using Call of Cthulhu probably 10 years ago. The game actually lasted more than 6 months, as I wasn't blasting sanity, etc. I purposely made it more Urban Fantasy than CoC. It was a lot of fun, and I would love a chance to run something similar again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Archer Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions Been running one for a while, based mostly on the Dresdenverse. http://www.the-wild-hunt.org/dresdenverse/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions Been running one for a while, based mostly on the Dresdenverse. http://www.the-wild-hunt.org/dresdenverse/index.html well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpCommander Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions Been running one for a while, based mostly on the Dresdenverse. http://www.the-wild-hunt.org/dresdenverse/index.html Really, Really well done! I am very much impressed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions How many folks have ran a urban/modern fantasy setting? What setting (location/time - ex. London/Victorian) did you use? Did you have any problems with power abuse? How well did the game go? I ran a Modern Day game. No power abuse, but I did have the characters write up "normals" at 100+100, then after the first game I had the Players increase their power level to 150+100. When I run it again I will just have them at super hero power levels. I don't game with any real power gamers so I didn't have any issues with unbalanced characters. Though the pixie's acid pixie dust was VERY effective, but also quite fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions A toned-down modern day version of CoC sounds cool. But an urban fantasy campaign in Victorian London has real appeal. I see it run as a fusion of Sherlock Holmes and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Desmarais Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions How many folks have ran a urban/modern fantasy setting? What setting (location/time - ex. London/Victorian) did you use? Did you have any problems with power abuse? How well did the game go? The last one I did was set in New Orleans (present day). Game lasted for several years until the gaming group went their separate ways. Since the characters were built on a 50 point base plus disads, there wasn;t much power to abuse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions I created, played in, and GM'd Demon Hunter: FBI campaigns back in 1999-2000 Players were either FBI Agents or "Special Talents" on retainer, taking down supernatural menaces and general weird stuff. X-Files type dealio, but without the marginalization aspect. It was more of an action-oriented than "fantasy" campaign, but it was modern + hidden supernatural threats and there was magic, psionic, and faith based effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkeown Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions I have run Indy Arcana... that was fun, but prone to player problems. It's still all up in my head, it will get reborn as an Urban Fantasy Hero project soon enough. The other one was Horror Hero waaay back when. It was all of Horror Hero at one time... very confusing and wacky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Archer Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions I decided to add my outline of my Dresdenverse. Warning, it's like 30 pages if printed. http://www.the-wild-hunt.org/dresdenverse/dresdenverse_outline.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions In my campaign, the PCs are a Law Enforcement group working within the community of Supernaturals to keep the peace between Humans and the Supernaturals. Also to keep the Supernaturals following the laws of both the US and the State of CA They are a diverse group recruited primarally from the Supernatural community with an FBI Liason Agent giving direction. The game is set in a variation of our world where in the last decade, a large population of the Faerie Host materialized on our world. Reigniting magic to the levels it reached in antiquity. Only a few members of the Faerie Leadership have turned up, and it turns out that the few that were here were in hiding. Also other Supernaturals turned up with the Faeries, Vampires, Werewolves, Wizards(and other spell casters) also either made themselves public or appeared on earth when the faeries did. So you have a Human population that suddenly has to deal with creatures from their nightmares and bloody faerie tales showing up as refugees. They are too numerous and too powerful to just kill. So they are being integrated as well as humanity can manage. Essentially the Supernaturals are in Ghettos and reservations. So the group had tons of fun and if we weren't already full up on games, with both a Fantasy Hero and a Star Hero Serenity game. I would be running this game again. I really had fun running the genre. As for the PCs we have The "Normal" FBI Liaison Agent- no special abilities beyond his extensive training A Hob(Think Gnome) Wizard who used to be a Valet to his mentor A Werewolf Her pack always lived on earth (she didn't come from Faerie). She is (unknown to her) the most powerful in her pack. A Pixie- She just kind of latched onto the group- She's a "simple" forest pixie though she has taken to helping the group like she was born to it A Dryad- He is a new breed of dryad (yes HE). He is a straight male with the standard Dryad powers (ie he is drop dead gorgeous to... Guys). A recovering alcoholic assigned to the team to keep his insane mother more lucid. They rescued a woman who it now turns out is the heir to the Dragon Throne. She was being held by a secret organization that the PC's don't know much about. The organization is doing experiments on various supernaturals including Zombies (which are the victims of a mutated virus). They were holding the woman that they suspected of being a shapeshifted Dragon. They were taking samples of various tissues (including blood) and seeing what they could do with said samples. The PCs rescued her. When the Organization tried to take her back, they released her Draconic nature (for the first time) and the PC's had to talk down a HUGE enraged dragon. It was all quite fun and I look forward to more adventures in that universe again Tasha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions have some rep tasha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Urban/Modern Fantasy Questions Yeah that was pretty awesome. Nice original game world too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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