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nathan
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| Posted 2/5/2008 5:44 PM (GMT -4) |   | | This question is an offshoot of some of the discussions we've had on this board involving the trophes of fantasy role-playing and how some/many editors relate the elfen ranger, magic user, and barbarian warrior to "D&D" stories or some such.
Reading about ley lines I got an idea for a story--and I'll go ahead and write it. However with Palladium's RPG "RIFTS" being so huge and Ley Lines and specifically Ley Line Walkers featured prominently I was wondering if anyone thought a popular connection might by unavoidable? Or is possible for a Ley Line Walker (in general of course) to exist without that immediate connotation?
If you've never heard of RIFTS or Ley Line Walkers in that game then I guess that's an answer too.
Thoughts?
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H.P. Lovesauce
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| Posted 2/5/2008 6:15 PM (GMT -4) | | I'm almost afraid to ask, but... what is a Ley Line Walker? I had an idea for my fantasy game of a group of monks who follow the ley lines of their world, going under, over, or through any man-made obstructions (kind of like wuxia parkours).
If my ideas have already been done in RIFTS, I might as well kill myself now. | | Back to Top | | |
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nathan
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| Posted 2/5/2008 6:31 PM (GMT -4) | |
H.P. Lovesauce said...
I'm almost afraid to ask, but... what is a Ley Line Walker? I had an idea for my fantasy game of a group of monks who follow the ley lines of their world, going under, over, or through any man-made obstructions (kind of like wuxia parkours).
If my ideas have already been done in RIFTS, I might as well kill myself now. My idea is the same--only using triad connected human smugglers. The Rifts concept is just like yours but the monks read more "shamanistic" as I recall. But as pointed out Ley Lines are common folk mythology--thus their original inclusion in the game.
So far somethings seem possible from the kind responses. Now, as long as the editors of most pro- semipro & paying markets are unfamiliar with the game I'll feel safe.
VIEW IMAGE"Writing the wet dreams of teenage boys" - Lindsey Llyod, Tangent Reviews
Tarantino himself has been forward and unapologetic about his influences. In a 1994 interview with Empire magazine, he said, "I steal from every single movie ever made. If people don't like that, then tough tills, don't go and see it, all right? I steal from everything. Great artists steal, they don't do homages." | | Back to Top | | |
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erazmus
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| Posted 2/6/2008 4:56 AM (GMT -4) | | | | |
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Keralen
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| Posted 2/6/2008 7:08 PM (GMT -4) | | Ley lines are old as time and nobody should be able to copyright them.
My mother used to spend summers on the Isle of Iona, off Scotland, which is supposed to be a ley line nexus. One summer about 15 years ago, something astrologically huge was going on and crowds of intense, hairy people were swarming all over the island scaring the sheep. It rained like hell the whole time, which delighted the locals. | | Back to Top | | |
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H.P. Lovesauce
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| Posted 2/7/2008 10:31 AM (GMT -4) | | "There's something momentous happening in the heavens."
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Keralen
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| Posted 2/11/2008 4:16 PM (GMT -4) | | | | |
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