"What If?" Thread

[bar1scorpio]

Back to mid 1980s. What if instead of a college town, they all lived in since report town? What kind of resort would it be, and how would Sarah's condition affect tourism?

[Kris@WLP]

[ThomasNewton12]

Kris, what if you could go back in time and start Peter is the Wolf again from the beginning? Now that you've seen how the fans have reacted to the comic so far, what would you do differently? How would the story change?

[Kris@WLP]

[ThomasNewton12]

[Blackjoker]

What if there was actually a cult that worshipped werewolves? Made up of people that were only distantly aware or understanding of the secret and worshipped the werewolves as a kind of avatar of natural power, claiming that if they were true in their faith they could perhaps one day transcend mortal weakness and gain the power of the lycanthrope.

[heykat]

What if Rebecca's dad had disappeared or killed but her mom was still alive and with her, what would the difference be?

[Kris@WLP]

[bar1scorpio]

[Happygun]

Fine, if we're still going that route...

If the characters were fighters in a tournament fighting game, what would their Supers/Blockbusters/Specials be?

[blackjackel]

It's been awhile since I've been here or posted so I'll take a crack at it. Okay Peter grows up with a twin brother who's has a complete opposite personality. NOT an evil peter but a more confident assertive peter. I had this idea bouncing around in my head for while and I always imaged his twin as badass. Anyway let's say this hypothetical brother grew up with peter and the rest of the cast. Or better just appeared from some world where peter was more confident. What would be everyone reaction if a peter different from the one they knew appeared out of nowhere. And how would life be different if one grew up with peter and jean.

[Kris@WLP]

[Happygun]

[bar1scorpio]

Okay, maybe addend BlackJackal's Idea...

what if instead of Childhood Friend, Jean had been Peter's twin sister? (Also a bit taller, making them similar height.)

[heykat]

Butch gets one of two choices, she can leave the town with enough money to survive in New York for 2 years, or her mom comes back unharmed; which one would she choose? Any conflicts she would have and why? What would her reaction be after her wish is granted?

[Kris@WLP]

[Ganthan]

This one is more or less directed at Happygun because of his knowledge of 3rd edition D & D.

So... yeah. If the main characters were level 20 adventurers in Faerûn, what would their character sheets look like?

I ask this because I'm going to take yet another stab (no pun intended) at Neverwinter Nights 2.

[Happygun]

Depends. If he/she were, say, a fighter or rogue, his sheet would be completely filled out and he'd have around two addendum sheets listing his possessions/assists, followers, and henchmen. If he/she were a spellcaster, add another sheet or two to the list for spells. The sheets would probably be in pretty rough shape unless the stats had been regularly transcribed to fresh ones. I'd be hesitant to assign classes to any of the characters, though it should be noted there is a difference between "natural' lycanthropes and "infected" lycanthropes and that most varieties are inherently evil (including werewolves). Yes, I know this isn't exactly what you asked for, but I'm not going to list out approximations of every character's statistics for reasons hinted at above.

Running high level campaigns in D&D - particularly 3rd edition especially - is a major hassle. Almost by necessity the game must shift to an emphasis on roleplaying and problem solving rather than combat; at that level, any worthy battle will last the entire session. It's even worse in Faerûn given the power creep inherent in the setting. Furthermore, running a campaign true to the lore is nearly impossible given its level of detail (not even counting the novels). That's part of the reason why its popularity has dwindled.

[bar1scorpio]

Okay, this one is actually for you guys, Kris, if he wants to-

The Muzzle Group are all playing Cards Against Humanity.

Jean laughed so hard she almost piddled herself.

WHO played WHAT to win her card reading: "For my Next Trick, I will pull _______ out of ________"

[Ganthan]

Cards Against Humanity? Can't say I've heard of that before, so I looked up the rules on Wikipedia and found several question and answer examples on the main website. I don't think any black cards have two blank spaces, otherwise you'd need two white cards instead of one.

But to go along with it I'll just make a couple of answers up. 'A guy with blue balls', and 'The Tardis'.

[bar1scorpio]

Really Ganth? Okay, here's the site,
There's a you can download to see all the cards in the basic box.

And several black cards have two blank spaces. There's even one for three white cards: "Make a Haiku".

[Ganthan]

Back in my teenage years I was into plain old Five Card Draw Poker, which was probably inspired by the movie "Maverick". Then the rest of my family got into some other lame looking game called Phase 10. I never bothered playing that and lost interest in card games for a while.

I do own a Munchkin starter set but haven't had the chance to actually play it with anyone yet. I'll be sure to bring it to the meetup, if there are any concrete plans made for that yet. I have vacation time now.

[Happygun]

Here's one for ya,

A lycanthrope moves into town and said lycanthrope is essentially a doppelganger of one of the main characters, only he or she is of the opposite sex/gender (with minor tweaks so they don't seem creepy/unrealistic in the context of their gender). e.g. a nice, mildly-ditzy, skinny white geek who was recently enthralled and transforms into a dimwitted werewolf Adonis, a short, shy, weak, slightly weird werewolf girl who also VERY buxom, etc. How do the main characters react upon meeting their double?

[howlbigbadwolf]

I got one...what if Peter was "A black guy" lol big penis jokes lose all meaning and would just be accepted as "meh" lolXD

[Kris@WLP]