Here's another public post from my Patreon about the development of Dream-Quest. As always, I invite comments on the post, since I'm still turning over ideas in my head and appreciate other perspectives. In this particular case, I'm pondering a fairly big change to the mechanics and presentation of the game as I've imagined it so far, which is why feedback is important.
You could combine mutability and advancement, by having the characters change as they gain XP, with a small disadvantage and a bigger advantage, so they get better on the whole.
ReplyDeleteSo a character might gain the ability to use a new spell or class of weapons, but gain a deadly fear of cats. Then next time they lose the fear of cats, but also lose a couple of hit points.
It's a great idea. This dynamic reflects the RPG player themselves. Each of us are an individual who wears multiple guises - our PCs; all different personae, all linked in a meta way. Each one is a different facet of us. It's a very eternal champion sort of idea.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I think it would be more fun for the player to choose when to alter their dreamselves, rather than rolling randomly for each dream, for example.
Very interesting!
It is interesting. Whether it's workable is something I've not yet decided. I'll need to think about this some more before I choose to develop it further – but I guess that's what playtesting is for!
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