Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs
Not before, but I'm checking it out now, and I'm seeing a lot here that will definitely be of use to me, especially because of the campaign idea I have in mind. (Perhaps a very unique campaign idea, perhaps not).
I might as well go into more detail, as to provide an idea of what I have in mind. I've covered this before in greater detail on my blog, at count_zeroor.livejournal.com. So I'm going to try to give the Short Version.
In High School a friend and I wrote a "manga" for our High School Anime Club. I use quotes there because it wasn't particularly a manga, in that it was never drawn. In fact, I've come to refer to it, affectionatly, as The Anime Club Self-Insertion Crossover From Hell, in that we inserted characters from many series, and many of our friends in the club became protagonists in the story. We wrote two "seasons". The first season had us taking on a certain right-wing fundamentalist evangelical who is (or at least was) on a certain TV program who has well known problems with a certain character on a certain obnoxious childrens' television show who shares a common color with a grape, who was out to destroy anime. No, we didn't even bother changing the guy's name. You wouldn't know who he is anyway (). Season Two had us squaring off against his master, the dark and sinister alien warlord Kylaar Daas, who was, unlike last season's villain, extremely competent. The season ended with us taking his base on the moon, and seizing his Stargate (as in Stargate SG-1-type Stargate), while he got away, setting up next season (which was definitely intended to be the final season)
Well, time has passed (almost 5 years) and my friends and I from the anime club have graduated and scattered across the US. However, now, in my nostalgia, I have begun to develop ideas for the third season, inspired by new anime series I've seen, and my own maturing as a writer. I ripped off a lot on previous seasons. Seriously, if people thought Eragon was derivative, they've got nothing on season 1 & 2. However, I don't have my friends from high school to keep me honest as far as keeping the characters equally Mary Sue, as opposed to one (such as me) getting more Mary Sue than the others. So, I intend to use Hero System to keep me somewhat honest. I intend to use rules, mechanics, and general advice contained in Star Hero, Champions, Dark Champions, and Ninja Hero to assist me in this. (I considered BESM, but it doesn't have enough crunch for what I need).
Alternatively, if it doesn't work out for the original cast, I might have Season 3 be in a similar place with the nonexistent film between "Desperado" and "Once Upon A Time In Mexico" in the "El Mariachi" series, referenced, but kept off screen. Instead, I'd just change the ending somewhat from how I intended to end Season 3, which was a good ending, but killed off Daas in a deliberately final fashion.
But, anyway, enough with my major threadcrapping, back to the music.
(Also, if you see me posting in the Star Hero board asking for advice on how to write up Mecha, Federation and Klingon starships, plus the White Base, Nadescico, and the SDF-1, once I get Star Hero, this is why).
