In other news...Final Fantasy RPG

[silverthorne]

ok....so it seems I have two folks at least who are interested if I get an FF game going, right?

Anyone else? Roll call please. Even if you're just thinking 'maybe' (especially since I don't have a lot of info up at the moment), let me know. It'll help me design things, you see.

I will also be honest and say that it will likely be at least a month before it starts--I want to be able to take the time to design the world, get info together, and even ask potential players about their characters so that I can weave some of that into the actual storyline and/or world. I like free-form, but I also like having connections that actually pertain to specific characters and with what the players are doing or wanting to do--makes it easier to get folks involved on a game-wide scale if some of the encounters and plot points have factors that 'call' to charaters specifically.

At the moment, what's going on in my head:

Most likely it'll be an original world--I might 'borrow' the concept from KH and/or the nexus of a few dimensional rifts to allow for the appearance of canon characters, or take Dave's suggestion and have canon c's being 'drawn' to this new world to help deal with whatever's going on. I might also borrow known locations from the various games, such as the Calm Lands or The Golden Saucer. What do you guys think?

I already have a few ideas bouncing around in general, and am thinking of bouncing them off you guys (yes, I rule by committee often), and will likely share them here, although I may end up flocking those in the future.

Also, again, if you've been reading along, and it sounds like fun, but you don't know the genre, don't feel shy about asking to play anyway. I can provide info and even links to the CGI cuts from some of the games so that you can get a feel for what Final Fantasy is all about, and things like weapons and spells and how all that is set up is easily exlained. And since it'll likely be a new world, you won't have to worry about 'messing up' in regards to knowing info from the games about places, people, or even plots.

Comments

[ninjagaijin.livejournal.com]

I'm an old school D&D gamer myself, even up to present day. A lot of the things that are present in D&D are present in the Final Fantasy games as well. Basic "classes" (Fighter, mages, clerics, thieves, etc.) are present as well, though many characters tend to fall into a grey area between these classes.

The cool thing about the Final Fantasy series is that all of the games take place in a different "world", each with its own flavor. Some of these are very much like D&D, with that vaguely Dark Ages Europe type of flavor, to steampunk. And Final Fantasy VII was very modernized, with motorcycles, machineguns, cellphones, etc. that were fit into a fantasy background.

But for all of the different worlds, there are certain key elements that are present in all of the games. Airships are one thing, as are the creatures known as Moogles and Chocobos. Certain legendary weapons, items, and summoned forces are the same as well.

Aside from the videos Anne provided, I'd suggest entering "Final Fantasy" in a Wiki Search, and just surf around and look at what sounds interesting to you. :)

[rebl1969.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm just having trouble getting my head around existing video. I mean, I'm not a gamer (I'm not allowed to be. John said if we get me a game machine I'd never pay any attention to him, and he's probably right. The internet is bad enough as it is) so I'm not used to graphic representations of RPG, and when I was playing all the time...1987-1990, that is...all this business only existed only in our heads.

Anne, am I correct in assuming that what you propose is in text-format? So it's still kind of old-school? Or is it a play-along video type thing, about which I know nothing?

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

Text format right here on LJ. I'm just showing you video from the games so you cna get an idea of how the stories developed in the games. And since it'll be an original world, there'll be a similar flavor, but the world itself will be dofferent.

And, yes, all in our heads.

Like Derek's journal, here. :)

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

In fact, here...this is a memory page that has some of the RP I did with Derek. The RP itselfg was based mostly in the Vampires 'universe' from the movies, but the people I was playing with were playing Jun (Princess) and Joe (Jason) from Gatchaman (Battle of the Planets), so it was a cross-over kind of thing.

But this is about how the RP will look like and run.

http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=derek_bliss&keyword=The+Hunt+for+Jack&filter=all