[UA] Kevin Matchstick

[Liam Astley]

From: "Timothy Toner" <thanatos at interaccess.com>
Subject: Re: [UA] (OT) Kevin Matchstick
> These avatar-like entities
> tend to repeat the storylines of their archetypes.

i vaguely remember a discussion about mage on the list a while back. i think
if you were going for a differently-flavoured UA campaign, maybe something a
bit more comicbook or "urban fantasy" then chucking in some stuff from kevin
matchstick's misadventures could be pretty cool.
the avatars all seem to follow the archetypes of cultural heroes, and get
channels based on those heroes' powers. plus there's adepts (well, witches)
and assorted beasties.

i know about chad underkoffler's pulp UA. makes me wonder, has anyone else
run UA games that deliberately have a different style to the standard game?

> For instance, the True King tends to create a
> Necessary Servant, and a Hero brings about a
> Villain

or a villain creating a hero in order to give himself purpose, like in
"unbreakable". that idea was the main thing i liked about that film (plus
some nicely understated acting).

> In reality, the OT-label advocates really
> want A-Mailing-List-With-Stuff-That-Interests-Me,
> and no amount of labeling one way or another will
> provide that exactly.

you are indeed wise, toner-san.


liam
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