[Game Chef 2011] Shakespeare's Secret Service/Castaway Characters
friendOfAgnes:
Greetings Sir or Madam,
We suspect you are more than a little disoriented and wondering where you are. What you should actually be wondering, however, is when you are, what you are, and why you are here. This letter will give you the answers to the latter questions, answering the first is up to you.
It may be difficult for your ancient mind to comprehend, but in the distant future, we have learned how to travel through time. Do not fret too much about it, we have legions of physicists and philosophers doing that for you. All you need to know is that individuals from the future can travel to the past to change it, but they can only do so by changing events important enough to be recorded. We, the Wardens of Ages, exist to correct these changes, an anomaly may be generated. You are one of these.
More specifically, you are a character from a play written by the writer William Shakespeare in an alternate history which no longer exists. Shakespeare's writings are among the most enduring in all of time and have a profound influence on humanity's future, but this also makes him a prime target for individuals seeking to alter history. Unfortunately, no direct record exists of the seven years in Shakespeare's life before he began writing, preventing our efficent and direct correction of alterations within this period and making it an excessively popular destination for time-criminals.
Thus, we have assigned you must do everything within your power to prevent these time travelers from ever changing what he writes. Being a character from a play, you may have confusing memory of that period and a strong desire to act it out as best as possible. We would like to advise you to resist these urges and focus on your mission. As a temporal anomaly, your existence is unstable such that extensive change to recorded history will erase you entirely, thus we expect it is in your own best interest to prevent these changes as well.
Reality may bear little resemblance to the play you come from, but worry not as you will instinctively recognize your creator William Shakespeare and likewise you should also possess a basic understanding of his cultural norms and knowledge. Given the difficulty of directly monitoring the period of time in which you are located, we will be unable to directly contact or aid you, but we have full confidence in your abilities.
We hope this has clarified the situation and wish you the best of luck!
Sincerely,
The Wardens of Ages
P.S. As this letter in itself constitutes written material, thus capable of profoundly altering the course of history, please do not leave it lying around.
There's a basic introduction. Mechanics remain similar to earlier with the addition of character motivations/fates which working towards will earn back spent trait points (up to maximum). Now working on a system to represent harm to characters (physical or otherwise) and also trying to figure out a good way to determine success or failure of antagonists plots to alter Shakespeare.
devlin1: Lost plays would great inspiration for potential characters in this game, but I want alternative versions of current characters to be an option (like a living Yorrick or the Comic version of King Lear) or characters from alternate versions of existing plays (like Prospero's wife or Hamlet's brother).
Wilper: Character's goals aren't necessarily to return to their plays, as that would be rather difficult, but that said, other characters from tragedies wanting vengeance on Shakespeare could make great antagonists.
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