04-23-2018, 07:10 AM
Nah, no worries, my friend. No shame in an unfinished concept. Remember how much just the LFC script changed between my different approaches? And that is to name just one example of when you were friendly enough to look over my shoulder and tell me stuff like "Rafe, I think the baboon army is a bit much". :wink: 
I am honestly mostly interested in this one because it's your baby, if you will, as I remember how you have toyed with this idea since pretty much forever. Nothing wrong with inversed storytelling, either - a very broad concept like this one, as a premise to a game, I'd honestly simply play out, and look where it might take me. As in, sort of with "The Promised Land", you look what part of the story the players want to emphasize, and then, go with it.
Canonically/"If I was to do it" I would perhaps really go with a Disruptor Beast, mainly because it's away from most modern players' expectations. I would probably also link the whole Id concept with the werewolf/shapechanger thing that seem to be the main theme Arneson/Ritchie chose for the "Upper North" - for the simple reason that it makes for simple, yet effective roleplaying scenarios. Also, it would be possible to link it to NC 1030 plot involving Glendower - perhaps even Glendower dungeon. The Thanatos connection, in contrast, I personally don't like too much - not because it wouldn't be doable, but because I didn't like how the (non-Arneson?) concept of Thanatos was pushed by the d20 line. Just not my cup of tea, even though IIRC it opens a link to the Wilderlands of High Fantasy, even.
Anyway, very interested in what you are cooking up there! I know that our PBP days are probably behind us, but this would be a game that I'd like to try...
I am honestly mostly interested in this one because it's your baby, if you will, as I remember how you have toyed with this idea since pretty much forever. Nothing wrong with inversed storytelling, either - a very broad concept like this one, as a premise to a game, I'd honestly simply play out, and look where it might take me. As in, sort of with "The Promised Land", you look what part of the story the players want to emphasize, and then, go with it.
Canonically/"If I was to do it" I would perhaps really go with a Disruptor Beast, mainly because it's away from most modern players' expectations. I would probably also link the whole Id concept with the werewolf/shapechanger thing that seem to be the main theme Arneson/Ritchie chose for the "Upper North" - for the simple reason that it makes for simple, yet effective roleplaying scenarios. Also, it would be possible to link it to NC 1030 plot involving Glendower - perhaps even Glendower dungeon. The Thanatos connection, in contrast, I personally don't like too much - not because it wouldn't be doable, but because I didn't like how the (non-Arneson?) concept of Thanatos was pushed by the d20 line. Just not my cup of tea, even though IIRC it opens a link to the Wilderlands of High Fantasy, even.
Anyway, very interested in what you are cooking up there! I know that our PBP days are probably behind us, but this would be a game that I'd like to try...