A puzzling little blog still looking for its voice, but sometimes gets lost and has trouble finding its way.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
But They Really Do Go Well Together
First, let me say that I am most definitely not a brony. Yes, I have seen very episode of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, and all of the spin-off Equestria Girls movies. I have read some of the comic books, but I have never even thought about purchasing any of the toys or other related products. I have thought up some fan-fiction that has eerily come close to what has happened in the cartoon. At most, I am 55 to 60% a brony. That being said, I have had some ideas about a RPG base on the show and based on the World of Darkness rules. Hear me out. Using Bygone Bestiary as a guide, one could set up a basic system for creating characters and stories. There would be three primary classes (earth ponies, unicorns, and pegasi) with hints about the possibility of becoming an alicorn, with aspects of all three. Further additions would include other classes both magical (dragons, griffins, changelings) and more mundane (zebra, bison, donkeys). There could even be suggestions of the mythical hippocampii, sea ponies (not cannon for the cartoon yet, but featured in the original toy line from the 1980's). There would be systems for natural abilities and magic, as well as story ideas based on the show and comic books. With Onyx Path creating Pugmire and the Monarchies of Mau, an equine based game would not to far off. Unfortunately, it would have to be a parody as Hasbro would never give up the license since it already owns a RPG company through Wizards of the Coast and TSR's Dungeons and Dragons. Still, I think it could work out somehow, maybe as an entry level game for younger players. Okay, maybe this does kind of make me a brony after all. Oh well, until nest week.
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