So, Arrows of Indra?

JesterRaiin · July 18, 2016, 05:23:42 AM

Quote from: urbwar;908748watching Bahubali a few weeks back with a friend.

Somebody appreciates Indian cinema, yay!

If I may...

[video=youtube;eHOc-4D7MjY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHOc-4D7MjY[/youtube]

It's drama/romance, so it's not everybody's cup of coffee, but I'd still encourage you to watch it (providing you didn't already), if not for the story then for the purpose of battle scenes alone. Indians become better and better at CGI.

urbwar · July 18, 2016, 07:06:47 AM

I might check it out (I've got a few other Indian films to watch with my friend)

The next one we were going to watch is Puli, which going by the trailer, seems AoI appropriate viewing material

[video=youtube;U9kCY9psgOc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9kCY9psgOc[/youtube]

JesterRaiin · July 18, 2016, 07:27:37 AM

Quote from: urbwar;908756I might check it out (I've got a few other Indian films to watch with my friend)

The next one we were going to watch is Puli, which going by the trailer, seems AoI appropriate viewing material

Ah, Puli. I didn't like it that much, but my wife did.

As for RPG-relevant material... You know, while it's certainly neither new, nor especially creative idea, it occurred to me that AoI might be introduced in a similar fashion to how Andre Norton began her "Witch World" project - as a reality parallel to ours (or pretty much every other world), or as a world from our own past. And I recall an Indian movie that deals with the idea directly:

[video=youtube;cZsgbK4qY-I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZsgbK4qY-I[/youtube]

Greentongue · July 18, 2016, 06:54:41 PM

Well there is hope as I have been able to keep a Tekumel game alive for close to a year in Play by Post.
Someone else should be able to run Arrows of Indra if I can do that.
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urbwar · July 18, 2016, 09:29:10 PM

Just for more inspiration, the trailer for Bahubali

[video=youtube;sOEg_YZQsTI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOEg_YZQsTI[/youtube]

I'm kind of bummed Hulu no longer has the Mahabharat tv show available to watch for inspiration.

urbwar · July 19, 2016, 09:04:58 PM

And my copy of AoI arrived in the mail today!

RPGPundit · July 21, 2016, 09:40:51 PM

Quote from: yosemitemike;908668I think it's simpler than that. People just don't want to study. The rest is just excuses.

In Arrows of Indra, players shouldn't need to do any 'study' to interact with the world. At least, not unless the GM is running a really intentionally culturewank-heavy game.

JesterRaiin · July 22, 2016, 02:21:33 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;909421In Arrows of Indra, players shouldn't need to do any 'study' to interact with the world. At least, not unless the GM is running a really intentionally culturewank-heavy game.

I'd say it applies to pretty much every RPG, no matter how big or small.

yosemitemike · July 22, 2016, 04:07:17 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;909421In Arrows of Indra, players shouldn't need to do any 'study' to interact with the world. At least, not unless the GM is running a really intentionally culturewank-heavy game.

I only do that if I know the players are already interested. I did it in my DC game but everyone was a comic nerd.

RPGPundit · July 22, 2016, 09:23:55 PM

Quote from: yosemitemike;909460I only do that if I know the players are already interested. I did it in my DC game but everyone was a comic nerd.

In my ICONS campaign, about half the party were comic nerds. I think the other half had a lot of fun discovering a lot of Golden Age heroes that they'd never heard of.

kosmos1214 · July 28, 2016, 08:58:37 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;909550In my ICONS campaign, about half the party were comic nerds. I think the other half had a lot of fun discovering a lot of Golden Age heroes that they'd never heard of.

Mind if i ask witch ones?
I always liked Liberty Belle personally mostly because she throws peoples preconceived notions about early comics out the window.

RPGPundit · July 29, 2016, 08:28:19 PM

Quote from: kosmos1214;910327Mind if i ask witch ones?
I always liked Liberty Belle personally mostly because she throws peoples preconceived notions about early comics out the window.

We used damn near all of them. Some of their favorites: Hourman, Sandman, Dr.Mid-nite, Liberty Belle, The Flash, Johnny Quick, Tarantula, Starman, the first and second Firebrand, Phantom Lady, the Crimson Avenger, Spy-Smasher, the Owl, and shit, so many more.

They were also very amused by some of the much weirder golden-age heroes: The original Red Tornado, the Black Condor (who was literally raised by condors and yet managed to impersonate a US Senator), Air Wave, the Black Terror, Catman, Mastermind Excello, The Blue Blade, Phantasmo the Master of the World, and the Blue Blade.

kosmos1214 · July 31, 2016, 07:05:29 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;910550We used damn near all of them. Some of their favorites: Hourman, Sandman, Dr.Mid-nite, Liberty Belle, The Flash, Johnny Quick, Tarantula, Starman, the first and second Firebrand, Phantom Lady, the Crimson Avenger, Spy-Smasher, the Owl, and shit, so many more.

They were also very amused by some of the much weirder golden-age heroes: The original Red Tornado, the Black Condor (who was literally raised by condors and yet managed to impersonate a US Senator), Air Wave, the Black Terror, Catman, Mastermind Excello, The Blue Blade, Phantasmo the Master of the World, and the Blue Blade.

Cool thanks.