Author: skylion (---.fuse.net)
Date: 09-18-2003 21:47
Just looking at my various media lying about the place, I can try to replicate your formula. I did a quick scan of the DVD's and the first to pop out at me was Miyazaki's Spirted Away. That made me think of my collection of both Charles De Lint's and Neil Gaiman's modern day fantasy (CDL's short stories involving the Otherworld and Neil's wonderful Coraline).
So we start at one axis with children and the wonders of the various Spiritworlds or possible nightmare realms. The next book or books to jump out at me was Gurps Black-Ops and Warehouse 23. So now lets work that axis and see where the middle ends up...
Look at the Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0. spin-off, CyberGeneration; where the next generation off street samuri and hackers are children that can slip between the cracks and expose the corruption of the megs and governments.
Imagine the dreams of children as having a very real effect on the world. The thing under the bed is no longer confined to that small space and all the flashlights in the world have no effect on it. Now imagine a cadre of Old Souls that are reincarnated into children with the power to face down those nightmares and inspire other children to better dreams.
You kinda get a .Hack mets the Whispering Vault with this one.
You would need a fairly simple rules set to meet with this one. Gurps would be far to point heavy (or not, depending on how you spin it) Eden's Cinematic rules might be able to keep with the tone, plus it has the taint and maddness mechanics when you splash it with plain Unisystem stuffs. Hmmmm?
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