Page History: Welcome to Immortals
Compare Page Revisions
Page Revision: 13/05/2009 05:18
A role playing game is one where a player assumes the role of a character (or persona). The idea is that the player chooses actions for his character that reflect a particular kind of person so that they can tell a story. For a story or a character to be engaging, then they have to somehow attract the interest and sympathy of an audience. In such a game as this, the audience are the other players.
In a nutshell, games of this kind are about telling stories. The players tell the stories of their characters, and the Dungeon Master creates the setting that these stories are acted out in, the obstacles that the characters have to overcome, and the stories of all the other people in the setting.
Immortals is about creating characters of mythic proportions. An immortals character is, perhaps, the reflection of an element, say 'wind', made flesh, or perhaps the physical representation of an idea or notion, such as 'memories'. It may be that they are some other kind of thing which does not fit either of these categories or both of them. But, they do share some basic properties. These properties may only be potential, so that the player is working towards them. It may be that by their very nature, then these properties may already be extant.
In the normal course of events, the player of an immortal character has a title that they are trying to acquirem perhaps 'the Lord of the Dancing Blade'. The title determines to a large degree the kinds of things that they can do, the way they might do it, and how their character might develop.
A Lord of the Dancing Blade is likely to be very skilled at dancing, and perhaps other kinds of performance skill like acrobatics. We might reason that they are good with weapons that are bladed as well. It may be that as they develop their special abilities, their skills increase to reflect supernatural prowess. Perhaps this immortal might develop a means to turn or deflect blades so that they wouldn't harm him.
A few characters start play as immortals. Most, however, start out mortal and who have to discover a method of indefinitely extending their life, to the point where they can pass this extended life on to others. That is the first step of immortality, and perhaps the most critical.