In reply to Vane66 (msg # 1):
You might be interested in a similar discussion we are having in a differnet GM Wanted thread?
link to a message in this forum Please see my pitch below;
"I remember seeing the Winchester Round Table, which is about 12' round, with 25 places marked on it (Arthur + 24 Knights).
CONCEPT:
The King would be NPC, but the other 24 places could all be PC's. Every member of the council has equal rights and votes in all decisions. The King would be an even handed, just, fair, and benevolent ruler - but also subject to the manipulations of his own court. This would represent the Great Council, having members of all cultures, creeds, faiths, races, and character classes on it - men and women who are not just Knights! This would bring a New Order of peace, justice, acceptance, and unity that the country has never before seen.
Every Player could control a Major Character, and a Minor character or two, in order for off-line activities/sub plots to be followed, while the main plot is also engaged? This would also allow for cliche factions, in-fighting, romance (forbidden or otherwise), quests, wars, even PvP if agreed before hand.
This would also bring the greedy and envyous from hundreds/thousands of miles around to get a piece of this action - representing Scots, Welsh, Danes, Normans, Romans, whoever!
I'd like to run with this concept in an Pseudo Arthurian Style (NOT CANON!), in a pseudo Dark Age Britain called Albion (different names and places), in a simple but effective rules lite style Dragon Warriors RPG (NOT FREEFORM), where players are not restricted to their role playing by what character class they are, but define their character class by role playing it - in keeping with the style of a gritty, low fantasy, semi historic, mature style (NOT ADULT). The players can define their own fate, or follow a perceived destiny."