I am considering running Kingmaker (with Savage Worlds, as usual), but thought it would be cool to run it as a western* rather than a fantasy game. I've only really read The Stolen Lands and listened to The Strand Gamers podcasts, can anyone think of any reasons to/to not go ahead with this plan? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. :D
* using the Deadlands Reloaded books, so there will still be plenty of monsters roaming the lands, as well as mortal threats.
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Sounds like fun.
The "Weird and Wild West" theme works well, just have the Fey be less "olde english green stuff" and more "crazy Native American plains stuff"
Heck, the druid in my campaign was running around with a lever action Winchester, wearing leather chaps, vest, and a wide-brimmed hat from day one.
Plus, the Graul clan (from RotRL Hook Mountain Massacre) makes for a GREAT addition, and what's better to throw into a Wild West setting than a group of incestuous, rapacious cannibal deviants?
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Perhaps as an already populated set of areas, from west to east: Pitax, Drelev, Greenbelt, Varnhold. (There's mention of five groups, don't remember the fifth from memory, although IIRC they met a grisly end.)
Lightly populated, keeping with the lower population of the American Southwest at the time.
Hrm ... jack them up pre-game via the opening sequence ala Hang 'Em High, segueing into ...
Quigley Down Under for Chapter 1.
For a Few Dollars More for Chapter 2.
High Plains Drifter for Chapter 3.
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly for Chapter 4.
A Fistful of Dollars for Chapter 5.
Outlaw Josey Wales mixed with Pale Rider as Chapter 6.
EDIT: Save Indio the 'watch music villain' for the end-game BBEG if you can. If at all possible, perhaps see if you can tie the PCs' backstories into hosing him over first. evilgrin
i.e., Of all the spaghetti western villains, Indio always stood out as by far the best character of the bunch. And as with more than a few other people, I have always wanted that pocket watch, complete with music. ;)
I approve of everything in this thread. Turin gets bonus points for mentioning Quigley Down Under.
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I approve of everything in this thread. Turin gets bonus points for mentioning Quigley Down Under.
Who better to cast as the Stag Lord than Alan Rickman?
EDIT: Quigley Down Under is one of my all-time favorite Western movies - top 10 placement, without question.
The centaurs work very well as Plains Indians, by the way.
If you do this, you *must* have Coyote (actual Wiki link here) in there somewhere to torment the party. =)
This thread is made of Win! Love the idea, would love to see what you do with it! Almost makes me want to reboot my own game!
I approve of everything in this thread. Turin gets bonus points for mentioning Quigley Down Under.Who better to cast as the Stag Lord than Alan Rickman?
EDIT: Quigley Down Under is one of my all-time favorite Western movies - top 10 placement, without question.
Rickman's a little too suave and not drunk enough for Staggy. He'd make an awesome Irovetti replacement though.
Rickman's a little too suave and not drunk enough for Staggy. He'd make an awesome Irovetti replacement though.I approve of everything in this thread. Turin gets bonus points for mentioning Quigley Down Under.Who better to cast as the Stag Lord than Alan Rickman?
EDIT: Quigley Down Under is one of my all-time favorite Western movies - top 10 placement, without question.
As a spaghetti western version, it works very well.
However, as a certain Hanz Gruber, he fits in nicely as one of the feuding families of Pitax for Chapter 5! :D
If you do this, you *must* have Coyote (actual Wiki link here) in there somewhere to torment the party. =)
The AD&D (first edition) Deities and Demigods has a whole American Indian Mythos with a dozen or so deities and heroes to play with. Might be worth seeing if you can find a copy on-line.