Right before the pandemic, I did a Kickstarter for my TTRPG Turn, which is about playing shapeshifters in small mostly rural towns. I worked with some great people on it and I think it is still an amazing game and wish I could play it more and expand upon it extensively, but I don't think that it will be in the cards for me.
However, it still exists.
This game, where you struggle between your public and private identities, where the rules are mostly focused on avoiding faux pas in human social interactions in order to keep your beast side hidden, where violence is easy but has hard consequences, and where the biggest struggle is finding people who will still love and care for you when you're exposed to be something most people would see as monstrous or freakish & you're struggling to live, it exists. I made that, six years after I first conceptualized it, & now five years after I made it real, no one knows.
I didn't get to take it to tons of conventions & promote it heavily, in part because I was struggling with my health, in part because the pandemic cut short a lot of my plans, in part because I didn't truly have a community that loved & cared for me when I was exposed & struggling. Instead, I lost my community, & I eventually had to give up my dreams, too.
But Turn exists. It's still beautiful and special to me, and I have had experiences with it building community and finding myself that I don't think I will have in real life. It's how I found my name. It mattered. Today, I'm holding on to that.
Turn is here, with my other works:
https://thoughty.itch.io/turn
+supplement, Towns Like Ours:
https://thoughty.itch.io/towns-like-ours
+Script Change, which I recommend using with it/any RPG:
still not over the fact that ricky blurted out that he loved nini and nini’s reaction was literally olivia’s reaction because she didn’t know about the script change
Script change- Jacques and Marvin. (Also i love how you included Jacques backstory in the Schneep Prompt! Keep up the awesome work my dude!)
I’m reading script change as re-writing an alternate scenario for an altercation -- if that’s not what you intended I’d be happy to write something else!
Original prompt: Marvin tries to strangle Jacques in anger
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Jacques had managed to take him once before, but Marvin wasn’t going to let that happen again. He was in Jacques’ apartment, and had been there for who knows how long -- and he was fed up with how this painter was treating him and his friends.
Marvin had had enough.
When Jacques next came through the doorway to the bedroom he was in, Marvin was ready, throwing a blast of green magic in Jacques’ direction. It was powerful enough to send the painter crashing through the doorway and landing painfully on the ground, curling up in a ball and shielding himself.
“You’re awake?” Jacques asked, voice almost a squeak. “How? I made sure-”
“I’m not your fucking puppet!” Marvin snarled, advancing toward Jacques. “You’re under my command now.” He thought about lunging toward the painter, picturing himself strangling the man to death, but Marvin refrained. He had a better idea anyway.
Holding out his hand, he whispered a few short words, sending a gentle light heading for Jacques. The painter was captured immediately, eyes glowing a bright green as the spell entranced him, rendering him helpless.
“Now,” Marvin said, crouching down so he was eye level. “You are going to listen to me, Jacques Septique, and you are going to obey every last command I give you. Do you understand?”
“.....oui,” Jacques whispered, eyes widening.
“Good. You are mine now,” Marvin said. There was the tiniest purple glow flaring up in his eyes as he gave the hypnotized painter a toothy grin. “We’re going to have fun.”
So i watched the movie recently and I was just thinking how close this movie was to being really good. Like it had really cool aesthetics, interesting concepts and characters, some fun songs, the story just needed one more rewrite. And this is how I’d rewrite it.
- So first off nix the opening. No seriously from how Roland acts throughout the movie we can easily figure out he was a douche to Marianne. So instead open with Marianne talking to Dawn about the party thats going to happen tonight, and actually change it to being a party for Dawn like her officially being acknowledged at court or whatever so she's extra excited and Marianne is using this as an opportunity to lecture her. Telling her to be wary and have Dawn childishly mock her cause she's heard this so many times already maybe even have her hint at her past by saying something like “I know Roland was a jerk but not every guy’s that way.” It saves time and gives more insight into the sister dynamic.
- Also make it apparent that Marianne has always been a tomboy and a bit of an outsider by Fairy standards. Just she was more trusting and relaxed before the Roland heartbreak. Also have dialogue suggest that he actively tried to change her like she says to Bog during an exchange “He even made me wear a dress!” or something.
- Make some dialogue changes that infer Sunny’s bellow Dawns status. Like he’s a regular peasant class and he feels he’s not good enough for Dawn and she's excited to meet some other Princes/lords/important people and accidently saying he doesnt have a chance cause of status. Have a moment where he wants to tell her he likes her but backs out and thanks her for the job. Like this would really help with the Sunny plot as it would give an actual reason as to why Sunny never just tells Dawn and why Dawn dosent seem into Sunny till the end. Sunny doesn't think he's good enough and Dawn either thinks she has to be with someone of equal status or she thinks he's not interested.
- Rather than have Roland manipulate Sunny to get the potion he bribes him with offer of making him a knight and therefor good enough for Dawn. Again this to fix that whole creepy friend zone thing.
- Add some parts of Marianne at the party being tense and worried about the creatures of the dark forest, her dad brushing her off and her insisting that they should have more guards and the party should be inside. Just to add some more to her character being cautious.
- Another change is that when Sunny returns with the potion he’s looking for Roland and Dawn surprises him cause she was looking for him and the potion accidentally gets on her.
- When Bog comes its the same as in the movie but another small change we cut to Marianne gritting her teeth and saying Bog before he does his number, thus showing she both knows him and dislikes him establishing a longer connection between the kingdoms and more prejudice. Like they have a rivalry already and an actual place to start from.
- When they demand the antidote from Sugar Plum she makes a less obviously fake list and insists that Bog and Marianne personally get the items. exchanging the random fly out with a fetch quest where they chat at the end, here revealing their pasts together.
- I also might change Bogs backstory a bit, like play up that hes very ugly by Dark forest standards (maybe make a joke that to him Marianne is just repulsive looking) So instead of just Bog used a potion that didnt work maybe have it that he did date this girl like Marianne with Roland but he overheared her saying how repulsive and unloveable he is. So he uses the potion and when it doesnt change her he gets both upset and depressed.
- So when they give Sugar Plum the ingriedents she makes a show like shes making the antidote but a puff of purple smoke appears and her skin hues changes purple and she prodes for compliments on the new look and Marianne yells at her for lying to them, and shes like “Oh you didnt figure it out already?”
- Have them work through the won't work when in love thing and Marianne trying to remember who Dawn likes saying she’ll fly back back, find him, bring him back and they’ll leave. Bog agrees to the plan though she isn’t exactly sure who it is and she comments that “theres worse people Dawn could have fallen for than you.” to Bog.
- They have a moment of hesitation before Marianne flies off, Bog has banter with his mom saying he should fly after her and he starts to say something sweet before Roland appears and Bog assumes the worst.
- The big fight starts with Roland alone before Marianne turns mid flight to look back and sees the army flyng back to help Bog. (giving her more agency and choice in the story progression)
- On Sunny’s story when he does give Roland the potion he goes back on his promise with some insults adding to Sunny’s inferiority complex. Having him go to the castle despite himself to help Dawn (maybe like Roland implies if it doesnt work on Marianne Dawn will do as well)
- So the fight is essentally the same but with this added plot point for Sunny Dawns confession after his own has more weight as it seems like she was just as afraid as him. (rather than it just kinda happens)
- And cut the tell him/tell her song it was not good and really silly/time wasting
- Just have Marianne almost leave before she turns and sings Wild thing, her body language isnt as confident, showing shes letting herself be vulnerable and trusting him Bog before he joins in and her body laguage is more relaxed and happy. Again this is Mariannes story about trusting after heartbreak she should be the one to semi make a fool of herself.
And these are the changes I’d make to the script. and I dunno maybe this is only an improvement to me but Strange Magic was really sooooooo close to having a great script.
After 10 years of research, testing, and widespread implementation of the base Script Change RPG Toolbox, the final version of Script Change is on itchio & my site. I've included full color and black & white versions, emojis, playing card & tarot card size tools, printable card sheets, an RTF with minimal formatting and no colors or graphics.
My goal was to have it done by Pride's end! I have been managing my health and ran into some tech hiccups, so the final files were posted a little closer to midnight Pacific than Eastern, but I hope you can forgive me just this once.
Final Fantasy Revenge of the Cetra &Final Fantasy the final round
I actually plan to split the final fantasy revenge of the cetra trailer to 2 parts part one will be revenge of the cetra the second one will be called the final round . Part one is going to be the storyline from when cloud joins avalanche to the legendary Aries death scene . The final round will pick up to the earths last defense weapons awaken with Sephiroths actual resurrection when cloud give him the black materia to the final battle between cloud and Sephiroth . Ill admit watching the new hunger games movie inspired the split thing but I think its ingenious cause final fantasy vii original game had a huge long story even with or without the side quest was pretty long and I just want to be able t make a 3 minute fan trailer of both . I will get revenge of the cetra during this year to the next . The final round will be possibly 2016 I think its better this way and its a fan trailer made with willing cosplayers for this prodject
