I am fascinated by the prospect of playing with sophisticated
characters in the Lunar Empire.
I am recruiting players for a series of games set in the capital
city, Glamour.
The first meeting will consist of character creation and
setting/relationship specification.
Inspiration for New Campaign:
- Dune
- I, Claudius
- Sailing to Sarantium
- Gorhmenghast
- Emperor and Assasin
- Hero
- The Madness of King George
- Chinese Epics: Outlaws of the Marshes (A.K.A. Water Margin),
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dream of the Red Mansions
Quotes
- "The Empire, long divided, must unite: long united, must divide"
-- Romance of the Three Kingdoms
- "He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing" -- Dune
- "Neither a weak Emperor nor strong Barbarians brought about the
end of the Roman Empire; the conjunction of a weak Emperor with strong
Barbarians did." -- Me, quoting Delmore Schwarz quoting some historian.
More information:
http://roleplayers.meetup.com/ 261/boards/view/viewthread?thr
ead=2043725
Notes:
Premises
- "Can you create personal or spiritual justice in an oppressive
society?"
- "Can you exist as neither a servant nor a master of the
natural/social/spiritual world?"
- "Can you survive with honour"? (A.K.A "Can you swim with the
sharks without becoming one")
Look and Feel
- diversity of the Persian Empire
- splendour of Imperial Rome
- intrigue of the Byzantine empire
- vastness and complexity of Imperial China
- social complexity of Imperial Japan
- swaying decadence of Orientalist fantasy/1001 Nights
Character Types
Generals, priests, beggars, theives, gladiators, magicians,
fortunetellers, assasins, barbarians, spies, rebels, fanatics,
peacemakers, philosophers, explorers, bankers, prostitutes, catamites,
sybarites, politicians, rable rousers, gamblers, stoics, epicureans,
actors, mimes, musicians, writers, fortunetellers, orators,
missionaries, mercenaries, sorcerers, necromancers, mortals who would
be as gods, gnostics, etc.
Non-humans of the exotic type (no elves or dwarves, trolls a
possibility).