Has anyone run a magical adventure inside a human body?


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I kind of want to do this. I haven't quite figured out the storyline; maybe it is apprentices on the way to say the life of a dying Santa. Anyway, they shirk and have to fight their way to whatever malady they have.

I think I can refluff some creatures as part of the body chemistry and virus; I am not sure what levels I'd run; probably 3-7, or maybe a quick shot from 5-7. I just thought I'd see what other ideas there are.

Silver Crusade

Human body? No, but I have had an adventure take place inside a colossal+ creature


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There was an Elric story (Mike Moorcock) that took place inside a creature - very surrealistic.

A very "fantastic voyage" type adventure. Most of the critters would be like some sort of ooze. Maybe give them a competing team of bionauts to fight, who are trying to achieve the opposite result.

Scarab Sages

I remember one of the old Gold Box Forgotten Realms games took place in Moander's corpse.


Thanks everyone for great suggestions; certainly movies like Innerspace and shows like Rick & Morty are inspirations. But last year I ran a holiday one off with an evil santa, this year I'd like them to travel inside Santa to discover what turned him evil and maybe save him from some sort of evil virus.

I like the idea of mostly oozes. I think size, since everyone is going to be shifted relatively, is something I can fiat as usual. I am trying to decide if there needs to be a form of transport or if this should be something more magical and a more novel journey than traditional anatomy.

Scarab Sages

That is such a f%%!ing cool idea. I've never seen a game like that, and I'd love to try playing in one.

Liberty's Edge

Not a human, but in the old Castle Greyhawk module there were a couple of rooms inside a gigantic gold dragon that I expanded into a full dungeon.

Carrying on from the dragon in the module it was more the 'magical transport'/'extra-dimensional space' concept than actual anatomy... doors and hallways to move between different parts of the body. The 'brain' occupying several rooms representing different portions of the personality. Opening the door to the 'stomach' dumps you into an acid filled monster pit. Et cetera. More symbolic than anatomical.


The only time that ever happened to me was when I was playing final fantasy legend 2- one of the greatest video games ever made.


^ I was just about to mention that. Shrink down to enter a holy healer's body and recover the godly relics that gave her her healing powers before the bad guy's minions get to them.


I thought Necromancer Games had a level or an adventure like this, either standalone or in City of Brass, but I can't confirm it was in a human body.


This has me contemplating what the rules for Please Let This Be a Normal RPG: Magic School Bus the Roleplaying Game look like.


My attorney advises I not comment on any locales where I may or may not have run a magical adventure.

*whispers*

Ohhhh... you mean the adventure TAKES PLACE inside a human body! I thought-- well, it doesn't matter. As you were.


quibblemuch wrote:

My attorney advises I not comment on any locales where I may or may not have run a magical adventure.

*whispers*

Ohhhh... you mean the adventure TAKES PLACE inside a human body! I thought-- well, it doesn't matter. As you were.

That's... more unsanitary than your usual pf game. I imagine tauntauning it does not accommodate a lot of seating.


I played in a convention game with that sort of plot in the 90's. If I recall it was rather gross. And of course there is the classic, Fantastic Voyage.


Well yeah of cour...oh you mean in pathfinder.


I ran a one off inside a 'Japanese style giant robot wreckage post-apocalyptic with cheesy psionics' once. The repair robots had gone haywire to become the foes. Really weak game.

Have some variety of foes to break the monotony, perhaps allying with the 'white blood cells' or some such, foe becoming friend as they realize you're trying to help. Communication spells get to be really important!


So, something like both Time for Timer's cartoon adventures?

Of course, if you're not careful, you might unexpectedly run into a succubus or something...


Inside a physical body? I haven't done that. I have done inside souls and minds, but not bodies.

They did that in the Danger Mouse episode "The Invasion of Colonel K".

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