I seriously want to run a campaign set in FL. My players don't know anything of the setting, so I'm thinking about using one of the official storyline. I've played FL for a lot of time, but I've forgotten many stories, which do you think would be better for an rpg transposition?
Also, I was thinking of using BRP rules, does anyone have better suggestion? I know about the FATE version on FL, but I'm not able to run that system.
Fallen London
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Xavier Morgan
Cave of the Nadir, fighting off creepy bullshit in the forgotten quarter. Maybe working your way up Feducci's fighting rings or hunting a spider council.
It all seems very CoC to me, I'd just work it into that.
Brody Myers
I want to say Seeking the Name, even though I know that's a godawful idea in every dimension.
Lincoln Martin
CoC mood is exactly what I'm searching for.
Why? In God's name, why? What can you possibly hope to gain? Stop now. Before it's too late.
Noah Campbell
The Cheesemaker saga is golden for intrigue
Josiah Diaz
Something like the nemesis story line might work. Or have them hunt for jack. any number of jobs for the department of menace eradication. Solve murders at the university. the possibilities are endless.
Cave of the Nadir is a good idea, let them handle the whole social business with the missionary and the the firebrand, then some action in the forgotten quarter, then the Nadir itself.
You absolute madman...
Blake Reyes
All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well. All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well. ALL SHALL BE WELL AND ALL SHALL BE WELL AND ALL MANNER OF THING SHALL BE WELL SHALL BE WELL. ALL SHALL BE WELL. ALL SHALL BE WELL. SHALL BE WELL. SHALL BE WELL. SHALL BE WELL. SHALL BE WELL. NOT POSTPONED. NOT IN THE END. NOT FOR LONG.
Grayson Adams
Man I wish I knew more about Fallen London... Really the most I know of the setting is from playing Sunless Sea and that only told me enough to know that a) I will never know everything about the setting
b) I will never appreciate the setting as much as it deserves
c) I am NEVER going to do the setting justice, as no-one I know can mix humor, creeping uneasiness, horror and Victorian-era high adventure well enough
Benjamin Cox
It's never too late to descend into the Neath and join us Londoners, my delicious fellow.
Isaac Baker
I wish Fallen London wasn't a complete time-based grindfest. The game is utter shit, the story, when you actually get a bit of it, is great.
Wyatt Perez
It's worth it, user.
It's all so worth it.
Josiah Roberts
So, who is the best Neathy waifu/husbando?
Brandon Sanchez
Other players.
Jace Thompson
Bump.
Levi Peterson
So, directed at OP or someone else who can answer, I've played Sunless Sea for a while and it's extremely interesting, but I'm not quite sure what's going on in terms of the overall story.
Why did London fall?
Why is the surface/the sun seen as so dangerous an entity and why is sunlight in a box so valuable and illegal?
What is the Dawn Machine? and why do people scream THE SUN when they go near it?
What happened in the Invasion of 68, and is Hell just a name to convey a sentiment about the place, or did they literally invade Hell?
Jose Smith
>Why did London fall?
Queen Victoria made a deal with the masters.
>Why is the surface/the sun seen as so dangerous an entity and why is sunlight in a box so valuable and illegal?
The light of the Stars holds the rules of the universe. Rules that Fallen London breaks. Fear the Light.
>What is the Dawn Machine? and why do people scream THE SUN when they go near it?
It's a new Star and Judgement.
>What happened in the Invasion of 68, and is Hell just a name to convey a sentiment about the place, or did they literally invade Hell?
Literally invaded Hell.
Also - Stars are sapient creatures.
Fallen London is a weird crab creature that is in love with the Sun.
The Masters are the Children of the Crab Creature and are working to send a love-letter to the sun to let it know how the crab-thing feels.
Landon Cruz
What was Victoria's deal?
Why does Fallen London break the rules?
And how does this all fit into the overall plot of the universe/games?
This game gives me some serious Dark Souls vibes in terms of how there's a lot of specific knowledge but the overall picture is really difficult to piece together
Asher Anderson
>What was Victoria's deal?
Bring back her dead husband in exchange for London. Something along those lines.
>Why does Fallen London break the rules?
IIRC it's an effect of the crab-thing's existence. It just lives by different rules, which affect those around it. It's supposed to be a star-crossed lovers gimmick.
>And how does this all fit into the overall plot of the universe/games?
It's pretty core, but you never really notice it. You have to go out of your way to discover a lot of this. And I'm not even including the really juicy shit about Seeking the Name.
>This game gives me some serious Dark Souls vibes in terms of how there's a lot of specific knowledge but the overall picture is really difficult to piece together
Something like that, yeah.
Colton Phillips
And then there's the Mountain just for starters.
Evan Powell
>Why does Fallen London break the rules
Just as said, light of Stars is the rules. Anything that's been so deep (and hence, away) from their light doesn't have to follow the rules. So it's not just the Fallen London, it's the whole 'neath (or ultimately, anything that stars can't shine on) which can partially ignore rules of nature. Hell, for example, after a recent revolution, doesn't seem to follow any rules or laws (including laws of physics).
Nolan Gray
Second best, then.
Lucas Lewis
Any lore questions for us, delocious friend?
Connor Powell
I'm personally fond of the honey sipping heiress
Jordan Richardson
I have a fondness for a member of the clergy.
Wyatt Perez
Bump
Isaiah Butler
Keep this alive, okay?
Henry Cook
So, what are you hoping for for Zubmariner?
Jackson Myers
Damn... wish I could help, but you've re-ignighted my interest in the setting.
Adam Fisher
Think about playing some songs from FL's soundtrack, when the right moment arises.
I must say, Veilgarden has some fantastic musicians.
Benjamin Lopez
Joseph Ramirez
Delightful Adventuress
Imagine the potential for bondage and humiliation porn
Aiden Cooper
Is there a link to Fallen London's soundtrack posted somewhere?
Nathaniel Ross
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Joshua Smith
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Jacob Powell
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Ayden Rivera
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Andrew Sanchez
Maybe, to introduce them to FL, you could start with The Last Constable and Cheery Man story.
Ryder James
Is this related to Hellgate London?
Aaron Gray
Awesome setting
Joseph Davis
Fuck you all, I'm gonna play it again.
I hate you all, my delicious friends
Hunter Rivera
They did a poll recently, asking what people would want to see them release on kickstarter.
A funded RPG was one of their options.
Fingers fucking crossed.
Carson Bennett
Eh, I always want to go back to it, but then I look at my 130+ stats, see how much I have to grind for back alley items, and quickly lose interest.
Logan Perry
Hitting the paywall is a bitch. I stopped playing when I had 200 in each stat, 9 in Notability and my own zubmarine and orphanage. I just...couldn't bring myself to play it anymore.
Luke Anderson
Why not start again?
Jordan Rodriguez
I was running multiple accounts in the first place.
Colton Rodriguez
This. The writing is good, but you get to see only snippets of it. The gameplay consists of grinding mirthlessly for hours or forking over some of your hard earned cash, which is a real pity.
Jacob Sullivan
Seeking the Name would probably be pretty good for a Call of Cthulhu game. Players getting dragged into insanity and worse by their own curiosity and whatnot!
Zachary Kelly
That's why Sunless Sea is much better. Even though it can be grindy, it is only grindy if you set yourself a grind objective, and there's always something to just go and do. The access requirements for story stuff is just to play the game, or to play a story to get something to get access to this story, and so on.
Sunless Sea is more like a roguelite visual novel, whereas Fallen London is a fishing expedition.
Jonathan Wilson
I keep seeing things about this game, and the setting and lore keeps looking seriously interesting, but I'm not sure I have the time and patience to commit to the game. I checked the wiki, but it hides everything you'd want to read and only gives you basic completion info. Is there anywhere the story is collected?
Ryan Diaz
It's basically uncollectible. The entire game consists of stories of one form or another, ranging in size from a few paragraphs and a single choice long, to vast novella-length stories, to one designed specifically to test the capacity of the human mind for self-destruction just to see what would happen.
The entire drive of both games is not so much to -win' as it is to find new and interesting stories, and learning new lore information is far more highly prized than any other reward.
You have to find a story you like, read it, and then it will inevitably lead you to another. It can't be 'collected', per se.