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Final Fantasy Game Elements

6 Elements
Fire
Water
Earth
Air
Light
Gravity

6 Totems
Raven
Wolf
Owl
Lynx
Frog
Stag

6 Martial Styles
Slashing Swords
Way of the Fist
Leaping Spear
Gun and Spell
Death Circle Dance
Dragon Blade

6 Magical Styles
Crystalline Tattoos
Deific Overdrive
Mana Leech
Avatar Summoner
Elementalist
Necroliminal Theurge

Bible of Dreams

I had this killer idea for a game concept this morning. That kind of rush is always exciting!

It's a concept of a collection of short games, maybe 1-2 hours a piece with the same kind of structure (predesigned scene framing with some randomness) based on the song titles and (sparse) lyrics of Juno Reactor.

I was thinking that for any group that completed the series, they could send me their info and I would author a free final scenario for them. We'll see how it works out!

Predictive Actual Play

I wrote this last night as I waited for my Econ professor to show up.

Predictive Actual Play
Final Fantasy Game

Mark - "Okay, so last week Eric, you propelled us through the Canyon of Doom."
Eric - "Yep! It went pretty well, I think. Saw some good action, and some awesome scenes with Zidane and Mustafa and their developing 'love connection'!
Lisa - "Eww! No way! Zidane and Mustafa'll never get together! That fighting between them was purely violence, nothing else!"
Eric - "Well, unless someone spends the points to make their Connection Storyline a Decision Point, it'll happen ..."
Lisa - "Just wait till I'm Game Director! You'll see!"
Matt - "If I don't make it impossible by distracting you my Monster Incursion!"
Mark - "True, true. Matt, your Plot has been difficult to ignore, so far. You think the Audience's Attention Span will hold out?"
Matt - "Here's hoping!"

After this discussion, everyone gets their drinks and stuff in order. It's time to decide who will be in charge of what for the session.

Mark - "Okay, we finished up the story arc to Eric's satisfaction last week. That means that Roles are up for bids again. Allocate your bids with your Personal Decks and let's see what happens!"

Hidden Library

Whilst searching about the ruins, I found a Hidden Library.

Symbolic Crunch

Ramble that may or not make sense:

Two columns of blank squares, the one on the left is six
high, the second column is four high. The squares are
on even lines (i.e. they line up). The four in the second
column start where the third box is on the first column.
Both columns end at the same bottom line:

[ ]
[ ]
[ ] [ ]
[ ] [ ]
[ ] [ ]
[ ] [ ]

Numbers line the right hand sides of the columns, as such:

[ ] 1
[ ] 2
[ ] 3 [ ] 7
[ ] 4 [ ] 8
[ ] 5 [ ] 9
[ ] 6 [ ] 10

There is a grid of twelve symbols, simple but easily
distinguishable. They line up, two columns of six each.

For instance:

X 4
O )
[ #
T /
I @
_ +

These are only for example, an artist would create these
symbols and one part of each would "fit" into the other
so that if one symbol was being used to "unlock" a lock,
the other could be used to mold a "key" that would be
able to suffice but not such that the symbol could act
as the key. Also, they two symbols could "merge" at that
point to become one supersymbol.

The symbols would have meaning as described in the game
text. A good portion of meanings, actually, as they'd be
assigned not only game specific things but, well,
symbolic things as well. These symbols will be used as
often as possible in a visual and mechanical sense. The
point is that, while new, they take on visual meaning,
much like Kanji do for Asian languages. Also, you can
add meaning in your personal game/campaign for elements
not covered in the game text.

Take six of the symbols and put them in the first column
on the left. Match up the other symbols on 7-10 column
for those that link up. This means that two symbols will
not have their companion. These actions/spells/feats/
traits/stats/what-have-you will be unavailable for that
character.

Game play will consist of rolling a D6 and a D4. The only
way some people will get to do certain actions will be by
getting their dice to match up to the symbols on their
sheet. Some situations will allow the D4 to be a numeric
cog and add to or subtract from the D6.

Goals or complications will get their own dice roll and
the players will have to act on those meanings to get
past them.

For instance, if T and / had the meaning of hammer and
sword, respectively, and the player took the symbols
above in the order they are listed in, the player would
have to get at least a 4 (a T) to use the hammer or an
8 (a /) to use a sword. Something like that, ya know?

More to come.

MACE!

I won second place at MACE! Congratulations to Adam Dray and his first prize winning entry, Hellball. I have posted my pics at Picasa Web.