> What other campaigns are out there any other games out there that
> are defying the fantasy stereotype?
I'm not sure what to think of my bunch. First off, some of them have quite literally transformed from one thing to another in the course of the campaign.
But my Pavis game has these heroes:
Rasa, an inhuman sorcerous manifestation designed by the Rass family's ancestral sorcerers, and brought into the mortal world through the death of the previous hero at the end of the Babeester Gor Kills the Meldek quest.
Oshun Khan-Seeker of the Zebra tribe, a cavalry warrior and Joraz Kyrem practitioner with powerful magical weapons. He's looking to become Khan of all the Zebras and King of Pavis. Plus he has been magically adopted into the Rass at the end of the "Babeester Gor Kills the Meldek" quest.
Senech "Monkey Boy" Rass, Eurmali troublemaker notable for his body-wide white fur, small stature, gigantic penis and love for everyone. But Baboons and pavic yelmalions hate him. On the "Babeester Gor Kills the Meldek" quest he became burdened with the need to obey any Babeester Gori, and he is now bound to:
Speth, Axe Maiden of Babeester Gor. A frightful hunting and killing machine just beginning to deal with her peculiar magical adoption into the Rass clan, in contravention of her cultic vows.
Will I Am, formerly Boomer Redclay, formerly the world's largest Mostali Alchemist, formerly the world's smallest Mostali Alchemist, now an _almost_ Undifferentiated Man kept from that perfection by the flaw of a Will to Power. Neither male nor female, neither man nor not-man, he is magically powerful and sacred to Pavis, a dangerous spear fighter who bears Serviam, a spear of solidified Essential Fire. He wants to return Pavis to the Green Age. Also magically adopted into the Rass at the end of the "Babeester Gor Kills the Meldek" quest.
Garusharp Banaru, newest member of the group, originally an operative of Pubnashap the Vessel of Light. Years ago he allied with the White Bull against Thanatari activities in the Wastes, and was captured and tortured for a year by Druke the Monster Scholar. Many of his memories, magics and skills were taken from him, but since his rescue the White Bull has partially restored those memories. Worshipper of Vanesha Kan Sa the Lord of the Shadowed Edge and Master of the Golden Bow of Perfect Size, he now journeys into Prax, uncertain about whether he serves Pubnashap or the White Bull.
Or, to put it simply, my game has a magician, a fighter, a thief, a paladin, a cleric and an archer.
But I don't like putting things simply.
Oh, and a sidebar: It seems clear to me that the majority of Babeester Gor myths are called "Babeester Gor Kills the ____________."
Mike Dawson
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