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Inception RPG?

Started by jibbajibba, February 27, 2013, 06:33:54 AM

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March 03, 2013, 12:03:46 PM
Quote from: Warthur;633767James Wallis is making an RPG ("Alas Vegas") based around a system where everyone starts as an amnesiac, and character generation happens in play where you "remember" having a skill or resource and you play through a little flashback which establishes where you got that from. It's obviously geared towards running very particular scenarios (according to the Kickstarter it's meant for running short 4-6 session campaigns) but I imagine you could gen up an Inception-type scenario in it where the PCs discover they went too deep during a dream invasion and they need to piece together their memories and drag their way out of the dream.

Coincidentally that was how my first Amber game was played. 1 player 2 GMs. Player wakes up in a hospital bed with no memory, 1 GM ran the system and the extras the other the other major NPCs and we took it in turn each session. This was before Amber Diceless was out using our own homebrewed system, which was coincidentally diceless, not my idea the other GM's.
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March 03, 2013, 03:14:18 PM Last Edit: March 03, 2013, 03:48:02 PM by Daddy Warpig
Quote from: Warthur;633767James Wallis is making an RPG ("Alas Vegas") based around a system where everyone starts as an amnesiac, and character generation happens in play where you "remember" having a skill or resource
I had a friend who made and ran three different 1-shot scenarios using that exact same setup, back in 1993.

It was an interesting change of pace from our regular RPG campaigns. And a lot of fun.
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March 04, 2013, 10:55:01 AM
Quote from: jibbajibba;632624I was actually thinking that this could be a game where there are more "story" type mechanics because, rather like in Amber, the PCs actually have the ability to consciously alter the world. So a PC moving houses or adding features is actually something you would want them to do. So I would see skills in manipulating the physical environment, manipulating people or 'projections' and manipulating probabilities on events.
In Changeling: The Lost, the PCs have the innate ability to enter and manipulate the dreams of others for various purposes, especially if they have been "invited in" through a mystical agreement by, for instance, people seeking protection against possible intruders in their subconscious. This "oneiromancy" may involve anything from discreet espionage on what's going on inside a dreamer's head, to fighting off other entities by altering the imaginary environment, to crafting custom-made dreams with physiological effects from scratch.
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