In the 2004 Bard’s Tale game you keep running across kids who die thinking they are they chosen one.
And then trows (basically goblins) come out and sing an oompa loompa style song mocking the kids.
“Oh it’s baaaaaaad luck to be you…”
And now i have a new idea for a rogue lite
Oh my God yes
The success of Recettear and Moonlighter show there’s a market for subversions of the genre and I’m here for it.
Just spitballing but what if the faeries’ actions wear down the boss’s defenses over time. Also they can loot the chosen kid’s body for stuff to pass on to the next one.
The kids have psychological profiles. Most of them are dicks who have done something to deserve their fate but you can get a random roll of a kid who is a shining moral beacon, and that run gets to take advantage of his +25 Power of Friendship or whatever. (He probably still dies, but you can make a lot of progress that way.)
Oh! And what if the faeries can affect the quality of kids they’re getting? Something like a PR campaign they can run in “our world” where, if their quest is whispered into the right circles, they can get a kid who’s more studious or works out more, or something. They get better at this over time, which is important because towards the endgame you actually need a pure Chosen One to achieve the win state, and the only way to pull that off is good marketing.
EDIT: to add that after the first run, the game over screen lingers on a shot of the kid’s corpse on the ground. After the second run, the new kid’s corpse is added on top of the first kid. This continues throughout the entire save file until you win; by the end it should be a sizeable pyramid of dead chosen ones.
The plot of The Sword of Ditto is like this. It plays like a top down Zelda but has cartoon aesthetic. 2p co-op also
It looks cool and i really liked the art, i will add to my wishlist, i may buy it on steam summer sale
Catacomb Kids kinda has this vibe
Never heard of it, but it looks cool. Also the coop is a plus.
Thank you, is on my wishlist now
Its a fun game! Be forwarned though, its one of those Early Access games thats been in the oven for a LONG time, its been in Early Access since 2015, and I dont expect it to leave EA for another large amount of years as the dev no longer works on it full time (But I dont think its been abandoned either)
Oh, this is true old school, “people from under the hill” fairies.
The sidhe.
“No one ever said elves are nice.”
Add in a few more amoral mythical creatures and you’ve got It’s Always Sunny in Faerie. I’d give that a watch.
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Just to give credit where credit is due, I’m actually running this as a Changling campaign, using the old WoD rules from the 90s. The players are a Motely who work at an Irish Pub owned by their Sidhe patron, who dies unexpectedly and leaves them the pub, which is also a Freehold. It turns out it’s in massive debt in the mortal world and faces various supernatural challenges as well.
I’m encouraging my players to make argumentative and annoying characters and to try to resolve problems with sitcom solutions, rather than combat or conflict.
I wanted to come back and tell you, because I never would have thought of it without you.
Essentially how Konosuba start out.
I mean, he was the choose one, he just blew it at choosing a gift
Literally the plot of Dark Souls
This sounds a lot like Star Lord’s situation with Ego in Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
Oh dang, changeling the lost character plot hook.
So fairly odd parents for grownups, anyone?
If oglaf hasn’t done this, they will.
Negl I was kind of expecting the “chosen one” bit to be that kind of fucked up “this is definitely gonna kill you but they seem barely cognizant of that” prank that fairies like
Wasn’t this more or less the plot of the second episode of The Owl House?
Makes me think of my thoughts on seeing the first few episodes of Attack on Titan.
spoiler
Never finished it but it probably would have been a more interesting story if they just let the main character up to that point die. Not sure where the story would have gone but it would have been fun finding out.
You should finish it. Things change pretty drastically.
Highly recommend The Wandering Inn. I’m k book 3 out of 11 and it’s purely amazing! I’m listening to the audiobook version and it’s a different voice actor for every character.
I came here to recommend it too based on the post. Just finished book 2 and have 3 and 4 loaded and ready to binge.
Also I don’t think they have more than one voice actress. Iirc it’s just the incredibly talented Andrea Parsneau.
Reminds me of the voice actor for Dungeon Crawler Carl, which I also highly recommend, incredibly talented at doing voices.
My mind is blown! She does everyone of those voices? That is insane!
I’ll add DCC to my list. Currently listening to Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary.
I’ve been binging the audiobooks since I started them in December. I thought it was just a standalone novel, not realizing I signed up for an epic length series. I’m in book 10 now and am going to be depressed when I have to wait for the next release. The narrator really does a phenomenal job with the broad cast of characters of various races.
I’m starting book 3 soon and I’m already sad that there’s 11 books because I know I’m going to blow past these books. It’s so great and the voice actor is beyond amazing!
