GalacticDruid’s Fantasy Ideas Thread - Updated 4/23

[Galactic Druid]

This thread is a work in progress- I’m working on getting all my fantasy ideas in one place. Please bear with me!

Ideas Big Enough for Their Own Threads

Alura, A Fantasy World of Reversed Gender Roles- If you’re looking to play a brave warrior rescuing the Prince in Distress from the dragon or a mananizing rogue, this is where to look!

Breaking The Seal - Ideas from several different time periods in a version of Earth where magic was suddenly reawakened.

The Second Cycle- A post Apocalytic world reclaimed by nature. Primarily sci fi or post apoc, but I’d love to play it with some fantasy elements!

General Ideas

Rites of Restoration (Note: I'd be willing to play a couple characters in this one, maybe two of a traditional RPG party of 4?)

Setting: A High Fantasy World full of RPG Tropes

Story: The world is dying, slowly but surely. Crops have started to yeild less food, the winds don't blow as often, even the sea seems to be dying, with fewer and smaller fish in each catch. Legend speaks of a time when it's happened before, and the heroes they went on the journey of restoration, visiting the shines of water, fire, wind, and nature, in order to restore the flow of magic and the life of the world. Our characters (specific roles to be discussed) are on the journey of restoration, visiting towns and having a grand adventure along with way, getting sidetracked on occasion, but always keeping the fate of the world in the back of their minds as they make their way to each shrine, perform the bizarre and oddly perverse rituals of restoration, and breath life back into a dying land. ]I would be more than happy to play this in my Alura setting as well!

Arranged Union (Note, I'm definitely not married to this title. Ha, puns!)
Aaryn is the heir prince to a race of humans who'se industrious culture has long clashed with the neighboring elven kingdom. Neither culture was wrong, nor evil, they were just... different. The elves tended to value the balance of nature, and accomplished many of their goals through magic, while the humans preferred to 'tame' their lands, replacing forests with large, steam-spewing cityscapes and planned farms to feel their packed populations. Tiring of years of fighting, both kingdoms had been putting major efforts into mending the gap between them and gaining a better understanding of one another that accumulated in an alliance, sealed by the arranged marriage of Aaryn and the closest thing the elven kingdoms had to a princess, your character (whom I'm leaving as open as possible since I like to let my partners write their own characters). Both Aaryn and his bride to be are happy with the arrangement and dedicated to their people, and to making the union a successful one. If anything, meeting his future bride only strengens his resolve, especially as she introduces him to the intensity of elven desire and mating rituals, something she doesn't feel needs to wait until after the cceremony. If anything, Aaryn is a bit caught off guard by her desire.

Unfortunately, not everything is perfect. Separatists on both sides would like nothing more than to see the union fail; elven factions who feel the humans should be surpressed in kept in line before thery ruin the planet, human merchants and thieves guilds who don't want their vision of industry compromised, pure-race extremeists who see a union of their races as unholy, and many other dangers lay below the surface of either society, waiting for their moment to strike, even possibly sending young couple on the run as early as their wedding day...

Note: While I'm looking to have a lot of fun with this one, I'm just as interested in the danger and intrigue; in playing a couple on the run from would-be assailants and political rivals. I'm looking for a great mix of story and smut with someone whose just as excited about writing the next plot twist or battle as they are the next romantic interlude.

Necessary Evils
Connors coronation couldn't have gone much worse, even his own father wasn't currently speaking to him. Not that he'd expected much better. He's used the ceremony as a chance to address the people of the kingdom he was just named the heir to. For too long, in his opinion, the voices of all but the nobility had gone unheard. Unlike his brothers, he'd actually spent time among the commoners working in the city guard. It had been meant as a punishment in his youth for acting so unlike a royal. Instead, being forced to work like a commoner had opened his eyes to them. The inner city that surrounded the palace treated the peasants terribly; often they took what they wanted, then taxed the lesser citizens for the privilege of doing business with them. Noble businessmen could easily get away treating their workers no better than slaves. Royal guards, smiths, chefs, and more were recruited not on talent, but by noble bloodlines. Riches in the kingdom belonged to an elite few by birth, who guarded their positions and numbers jealously. It was all due for change.

He'd expected some resistance when he announced it was time for a change, but he hadn't expected the attempts on his life to begin to abruptly. His brothers weren't the only ones who would love to see an early end to his life, with any of them taking the throne in his place. He needed an ally if he was going to even survive long enough to ascend to the throne. In his time in the guard, he'd heard rumors of a woman, a dark elven assassin, who had a reputation, despite being merciless with her targets, for acting on a moral compass of sorts. She only took on specific jobs she found agreeable, and supposedly worked within a code of honor. Such a woman might be exactly what he was looking for to keep him alive. He wasn't expecting her, however, to take such a personal interest in him, or the future she saw for them...