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I would adore an Utena-inspired game, I really woooould. Are OCs welcome?

I may just point this out on tumblr and see if there are any responses. You know, when I actually stop dicking around and go back on tumblr. Maybe it'll drum up some interest.

Which version are we using? The one with or without organization rules? (There's more differences than that but that's the biggest one)

zeedikay wrote:

3. If Sleepwaker feels like they wouldn't be able to GM this, that's alright. But if this is something we really want to do, we'd need to find one.

Oh dear... I'd really love to act as a GM in a game like this, but as i said before my english is very, very far from being up to the task However, if the thing keeps going, count on me as a player for sure!

This being said, here are my two long and messy cents about the SKU-Princess connection. I'm taking for granted my own headcanon of Anthy = Queen of Hearts here, and getting some ideas from Archimage, too, so it will be extremely subjective.

* First of all, i think the original setting is really rich, diverse and with lots of possibilities, while Ohtori is (in its very nature) a hopeless place marked by  repetition and a sense of futility. Thus, my point of view is more "Ohtori as a part of Princess" than "the rules of Princess applied to Ohtori".

* Ohtori is not part of the physical world, nor a region in the dreamlands: it's a place where reality merges with fiction (something similar to the Soft Places in The Sandman comic) and where everything gets twisted according to the whims of Ahkio, so there are certain rules that should be implemented and tweaked where necessary. I mentioned the idea of a huge fortress of regrets before, and some rooms at the Academy could count as tainted places (*) This could give the feeling of a more patent danger for the PCs, and for the whole world, too.

* I think all the courts should be taken into account here: it would give more freedom for the creation of PCs and NPCs alike (Miki could be the cutest Seeker of Diamonds ever, and Nanami has the words "princess of mirrors" written all over her face). Besides, we are talking about a Very Big And Nasty Cosmic Menace here, so assuming that the other Radiant Queens know the story is par for the course. This could sound like a blasphemy, but the idea of the Rose Bride going all passive-agressive while the Queen of Diamonds gives geeky tirades about parallel space-time continuums, the Queen of Spades cracks jokes about open shirts and the Queen of Swords punches the table makes me laugh big time. Cue a shot of a pink-haired girl in uniform scratching her hair and sighing "Oh boy, there she goes again..." while the Queen of Clubs does yoga.

* The campaign could take place after the original story. A&U are finally shining together at the Court of Hearts, and the World Revolution had something to do with the massive awakening of princesses during the 90s and 00s: we can even use december 24, 1997 (the day the last episode of the anime aired in Japan) as the date for Some Very Important Event in the game world. For the last 18 years, the princesses have been busy fighting against the Darkspawn, the Twilight Courts and other baddies (vampires, mad scientists, fanatical bloodthirsty packs of werewolves... you know, the usual stuff) but now Ahkio is back on the prowl... and he wants revenge. And sex. And world domination. And sex.


(*) BTW, one of the examples for a tainted place that appear in the sourcebook is suspiciously similar to Whisteria Lane... 

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Heck with it. I'm doing it.

Little Two Eyes, are you awake?
It took the Court of Roses more than others the time it took to fully awake, the keeper of those lands a particularly cruel twist on a beautiful dream, distracting and punishing their queen for her failures, her inability to blossom all those many years ago-if she was not nobility, what was she then? A witch of the darkness? Then darkness she would become... but it changed when a beacon left with a bequest-much like others, led into a trap, a trap to further power the broken machinery of the dreamlands with hope and despair.

Those who have lost hope shall not be allowed to revolutionize the world.

Seventeen years ago, a beacon came as hope was almost gone, slipping away by the day-a beacon with an impossible dream-a dream she nearly lost and thought that she had lost at the final battle with the keeper-but the witch swore an oath, now awake and able to see the dream for what it was-and remembered her own tale.

She had never been a princess but blossomed entirely a queen, the only noble to do so-and she would spend much time seeking the Rose Prince. Seven years ago, they were united, returning in triumph, the keeper relegated to being entrapped within his own waking nightmare, without what made it bearable. The city-states of Andarta Plains are as remembered in the Dreamlands and the Champion awaits those who would offend the Queen's honor-though few quite recall a life where the Champion Duelist was a young woman with candy-pink hair in her regalia as Prince.

Little Two Eyes, are you asleep?
Himemiya Anthy's kingdom slept a very long time-but with the revolution having occurred, many Flowers have found things are much closer to reality and many believe that something strange is going on-after all, the Champion is not just a ghost-but a living woman of thirty-one. The ideology of Roses still apply, in spite of the great change-just a matter of weaving new traditions with the old, changing stagnant for the fluid. It's interesting times in Andarta-and times of opportunity for those princesses of other Courts or even the Courtless.

Yet Andarta Plains remains that: the memory of a time and place long gone, less than even the city of tears which undoubtedly still exists, even in its fallen state and yet.

And yet, the nation-builders hope to do something impossible, something that only one Twilight Queen has dared-but is it just a dream? Or can an Andarta be newly built and brought to reality? The Queen Regnant isn't saying much-but shadows and light awaits.

Come set us a table
Reality and dreams alike beckon-opportunity and peril await-for as much as Andarte Plains has to offer, the Dethroned Prince of Lies awaits, with his court of illusions, waiting to entrap princes and princesses alike and bend them to traditions now long gone-and it's not only the Radiant Queens that seek answers into the mysteries happening in that court-Ravens, Brats and even Storms are coming to see what lies in the rabbit hole with all that's going on.

And who knows? Maybe another revolution is at hand...




What do you guys think of that?

Well, count me as excited. That write up was nice! I'll try to form a more solid critique later, but for now, it seems good!

Dude, I barely even role-play, and that read up makes me want in super hard.

I'd rather have it pbp than by chat: it would be slower and less lively, but it would make it a lot easier for everyone involved (i think).

Yesterday i started to write layouts for two possible PCs: a female troubadour of spades and a male champion of hearts. Fleshing them out is giving me a hard time, but i think they will be ready in a week or so.

Last edited by Sleepwalker (01-04-2015 03:24:15 PM)

Mangorabbit wrote:

I like this idea so much! I have a couple of thoughts to add into the mix.
This might be a nit-picky thing, but I think rather than using the word "princess" to describe the players and those with powers to use "nobles" or something like that. It is a word used in the manual and in the show as well. Akio had the tournament to search for people with noble souls and ideals which is what from what I read what gives the "princesses" their power in this game.

I can't see Saionji as loyal to any of the courts given how he's been kicked out of school, been abused in one way or another by authority figures (Akio and his "friend" Touga), and being the first disillusioned in the ideal of "prince". I can imagine him camping in the lands he believes is not ruled by anyone, perhaps close to the Spade's domain, making omelets and trying to stay out of anything. He would still have that characteristic anger, but rather than aggression it is more protection and stubbornness.

Also, can people play the Ex-student council and other show characters too?

Let me numerate my answers to best sort rulings as honorary ST.

1. Princess is the name of the splat but they are, in universe called a great deal of names. They are most usually called after their courts. There might be Radiant Kings out there-but if a girl wants to be called Prince (or anything else), few are going to look at her funny. Or a boy who wants to be called something else. For instance, I can see a few Nobility calling him/herself a puer or puella magus.

2. There are courtless Nobility, they can add a dot to any attribute as their Practical Magic.

3. Justify it and we'll see. I'm not going to give a firm yes or no, but if you got a good pitch? I'll approve. If I'm not convinced, I might ask you to do an OC but I don't see why anyone should have any issue with writing something good for one of the show characters. Even Utena (though Anthy I am keeping strictly NPC as a Radiant Queen.)

I admit I just joined the site to say I'm interested in this. I love the series, just don't think I really have much to say about it that's interested. I haven't played nWoD in sometime close to a decade? So I'd be rusty in that system, though I still know the basic rules, I still have the core book, and I'm sure I can look over Princess soon.

I'd rather just be a player than the GM, since I haven't seen Utena in a while and I don't have much GMing experience. However, if nobody else is up the tast, I can try to go marathon the show and try my hand at it. Though, as a GM, I might want it in a different system, probably something more a little more rules lite. Id' have to think about what system, though I'm quite fond of Apocalypse Engine, Tri Stat, and Sherpa.

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Anthiena wrote:

No, I am not linking it for Reasons I'm sure Gio and Yasha will appreciate.

Definitely appreciated. I'll have a character sheet done up hopefully tonight. Never used nWOD rules before, although I know the old rules inside and out.

Would those still interested in playing who have not already contacted me by PM kindly post if they're still interested?