Dear Sir or Madam,
related to the Release of Fable 2 I have read an
Interview with Peter Molyneux. He declared that there would not be an increasing
System of armours. (Leather Armour, Steel Armour...)
Mr. Molyneux declared, that he wanted to break this
standard System. Because of this Fact i started to think about the possibilities
to change the standard way of a RPG.
The first Step was a Task in the german
RPG "Drakensang". The story of the task was to get three Trolls out of a Tavern.
The three Trolls were so cute that the thought rose in my mind: Why does Ogres or
Trolls always have to be the huge, strong, stupid, bad Monsters? What about to
turn such a Monster to the Hero Character? Yeah, exactly like
"Shrek".
The Ogre/Troll is a huge creature who has as an
adult the strength of fourty men. He is not quite a genius but he is not bad.
The Ogres/Trolls are just the victims of bad guys who enslave them because of
their strength. So tell the Story of one of the
last free Ogres/Trolls.
Armour? A Ogre/Troll is to huge to wear a suit of
armour. To fill this gap a Skill-System could replace the increasing collection
of Armour suits. For example two Skills colud be leather and Stone Skin. While
the years the Ogre/Troll has to get through a lot of fights and so his Skin is
hardened. One more new aspect is the realation between the Skills and
the look/appearance of the Ogre/Troll. For example the Stone Skin changes the
colour of the Skin to a grey dominated texture. Another Skill could be a
fat-belly. With increasing age the Ogre/Troll stocks more and more fat under the
Skin. The fat increases the weigth of the Ogre/Troll so he can`t be pushed so
easily to the ground. The appearance of the Ogre/Troll is affected by the skill
Level, with a higher Skill the belly of the Ogre and the mass of his body are
increasing.
Next to the Character bound Skills there are Skills
which the Ogre/Troll can gain through magic potions. The Alchemy and plants do
not just create Health and Mana potions or these who increase the Statics
(Strentgh, Willpower...). For example a Thorn-Armour Potion. The Ogre/Troll
drinks the Potion while a Ritual. As an Effect, the Player can choose one Body
part which will be protected by the Thorn-Armour. The Bodypart and the
thorn-plant are combined by old magic and from this day on the thorn-plant is
growing on the Body. The effect on the appearance should be clearly
recognisable. More potions increase the protection and the degree of the plant
growth.
I hope i colud explain the main idea of the RPG and
i hope you like the thoughts behind it.
Yours faithfully
Jintus
P.S.: Please excuse the mistakes i am not so used to write in english.