I was just tossing out a bunch if ideas like kindling on a fire to inspire others to speak up and toss out their own ideas.
steelsmiter:
[*] If you're asking about ninjas, I gotta ask where you stand on samurai.
Ninja would be more fun than Samurai IMHO, but YMMV. I prefer rogues and thieves to cavaliers and paladins. Samurai have codes of honor and societal expectations placed on them, whereas ninja have much more leeway and freedom.
steelsmiter:
[*] If I were to do a sort of modern fantasy, I'd need to know how overt non-humans are--whether they have to go around in secret and stuff. Or for that matter, if you guys wanted to play with the Anime Multiverse. If so, I'd want you to start on the same planet at the very least.
I prefer more overt, like how normal superheroes are.
Could be a mix of supernatural-themes and superheroes and even fantasy. Like 1920s or 1930s. Like an elf thief being the getaway driver fleeing from the coppers in a Ford Model-A, with other members of the gang in the car; such as a catgirl who shoots laser beams from her eyes, and a human who can turn invisible, or an oni that can has a club and can teleport on top of the police wagon and bash its engine before teleporting back to the getaway car.
Of course, the character could be the dogooders, instead of gangsters. Mystery man/pulp superheroes .
steelsmiter:
[*] Re: Gunslingers I have often considered a steampunk 19th century America game, around 1865-1895. If I did gangsters I'd want to not emulate any particular real world mob entity, but sort of give nods to them.
Sure, steampunk, elfs, superpowers, catgirls, gunslingers, magic pistols, ghost and goblins.
steelsmiter:
I'm not opposed to spies myself, but with the caveat that I don't do intrigue spies particularly well, and BESM seems better about gadget spies in any case.
I'm less interested in the intrigue and sleuthing aspects and much more interested in action and adventure aspects. Superpowers and spy gadgets! Fighting and chases!
Whether that setting is booty-seeking pirates, treasure-seeking adventurers, thieving gangsters and mystery men/pulp superheroes, or spies with gadgets. Basically, an anime-type setting that combines fantasy races, magic, and tropes; with supernatural races; and superpowers. Maybe something like that.
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