Hello all! I have had a question that has been bothering me for a few weeks now, and was wondering if anyone would have an answer for me. But I tend to digress, so please bare with me ^^;
Several months ago, I jumped from the highest peak of a mountain and fell face first into the rushing waters that was Pathfinder. I haven;t been able to get enough of it, and I have had my hands in both GMing and as a player. I fell in love with the system, and have not found anything else like it in terms of openness and creativity.
My first love with he system was an AP called "Curse of the Crimson Throne.", as it was the first game I ever GM'd. Sadly, one of the players had to leave when school started up again, since they would be busy, and the others that were left kept making new characters every session, got heated over loot and coin. I just couldn't handle it, so I dropped it.
I still love the AP, and I always wondered how it would unfold if it had true characters that stayed until the end, didn't desert their comrades every time because of plot device A or deus-ex-machina B. What would of happened, you know?
I big question is, however, is if I would be allowed to turn the AP into a video game using game making software, and be allowed to post it up for people to play for free. Mainly for those who are interested in Pathfinder, but can't seem to find a group.
This probablky sounds like a dumb thing to post here about, but I just want to see if it is alright to do so without breaking any copyright or trademarks for doing free distribution. I tend to get all my bases covered before I do anything that could make me look like a fool ^^;
If it was remotely faithful to the original, it would be a complete copyright violation.
Also, it sounds like kind of a big undertaking. I'm not sure how you could do it without a large budget and team. If you could make an actual video game that was a passable replication of the Pathfinder/Crimson Throne tabletop experience, you could probably sell it as an official licensed product, assuming whoever currently holds the rights is willing to negotiate such a deal.
If you actually got a system that represented half of the insane jank you can pull in Pathfinder, they'd probably pay you for it.
If you, more realistically, just got a workable RPG that copied an adventure path, you could change some names around and probably get away fine if it was freeware. I'm sure there are RPGs with mapmaking tools you could use, I forget which were good however.
Well, my plan is to create 4 characters, each are selectable as the main focus of the game. Most of the game is seen through their eyes and actions, so depending on the character you pick, you play their lives through the events of the Crimson Throne. While the encounters in the AP will be there, most of it would be their personal stories in Korvosa and beyond.
Again, sorry for being dumb ^^;