[Nico]

great minds think alike .
mmh? what do you mean with "great? where?"

[Charlotte]

This is a very simple example of what it would look like if we were to use the non-random system:

[diamondgeezer]

Aw, that makes me all nostalgic for Link to the Past

[Stryke 9]

Explosives, drugs, and really ugly bad guys. And good guys, for that matter. Basically, Fallout and Wasteland, and nothing else.

[Gortef]

Originally posted by Charlotte

Anyway, I think I'm going for a Middle Earth world/Final Fantasy world hybrid. Thoughts?

I'd drink for that... I mean, it's a good idea

[pyro-manic]

Make it kinda noir-ish. That'd be cool. Dunno how best to describe it, other than really, really dark.

[Charlotte]

*bumpity-bump*

[kasperl]

something were everything goes wrong, nobody likes you, your friends are dead, your house is gone, you had your revenge, and now you just want to live a quite life.
but then again, someone comes to you with some problem, and you need money, so you might as well go out on one last easy job........

[Levyathan]

...which then turns out to involve something about the world being on the brink of destruction?

[Stryke 9]

Just once I wanna see an RPG where you bring the world to the brink of destruction. Strictly for variety, see. Also, it'd make a lot more sense, having this infinite army of rather pathetic sorts fighting to save their planet rather than destroy it.

How about a Hobo RPG? Nothing particularly cosmic happens in the plot, but you get this nice plot arc of going broke, losing your job, and trying to escape to a country with better welfare services, and to this end you ride trains, wander the countryside, steal food, get drunk/stoned (to regain health points), expose yourself to women and children in the park (for entertainment), stab people in alleyways, and otherwise engage in typical hoboish activities.

[kasperl]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
Just once I wanna see an RPG where you bring the world to the brink of destruction. Strictly for variety, see. Also, it'd make a lot more sense, having this infinite army of rather pathetic sorts fighting to save their planet rather than destroy it.

How about a Hobo RPG? Nothing particularly cosmic happens in the plot, but you get this nice plot arc of going broke, losing your job, and trying to escape to a country with better welfare services, and to this end you ride trains, wander the countryside, steal food, get drunk/stoned (to regain health points), expose yourself to women and children in the park (for entertainment), stab people in alleyways, and otherwise engage in typical hoboish activities.

mmm, both idea's sound good.

[Nico]

actually, I do like the first one a lot too. second one, is, well, boring, I don't wanna play my own daylife

[redsniper]

You need huge, crazy, overly powerful spells/summons.  The ultimate villain should have some personal relation to the main character (but not be his/her father) and must be human. An excellent example of a good villain is Kefka in FF3. Also don't sugar coat things like a lot of old RPGs do. If a village gets wiped out don't have the people escape and live happily ever after. If a main character dies let them stay dead. And give it a sort of sad, solemn atmosphere, like FF3 or FS1 had.