*I've looked at the Asylum book. It's part of what got me thinking about this campaign. I'm not sure if I'm going to pick it up yet. I'm going to do a little research on real institutions on my own and then decide from there.
*There is always an option for the characters to get out into the "real" world if they so choose. I never limit my players in terms of what they want to explore. This has made me very good at making stuff up on the spot if they get somewhere I hadn't thought to work out.
*Fabulous idea for XP growth... I'm filing that one in my brain for further consideration.
*I'm working on safeguards right now as part of meshing these two systems together. One idea I have is that, instead of the player always having to answer "Yes, and" when they get a suggestion from another player, letting them spend a penny to say "No, but." This makes the rules a little more like Baron Munchausen, but gives the players more freedom to keep their characters something they would be willing to play and explore. Spending a penny means they don't get as fleshed out a story/memory from the session, but if someone is being a douche and trying to make a serial killer out of someone, it would be worth having the control.
I think the key thing here is going to be getting people together who want to tell good stories as a group, not people who want to tell good stories at the expense of other players. But yeah, definitely working on safeguards.
OooOOH! Any yey! that you're interested in being a player. It'll be at least until Sept. before I a)have an idea what my fall schedule is for the year (I'm a teacher) and b)have fleshed out and tested this idea enough to be comfortable running for a group. (I do a lot of world-building. I want to have the asylum and surrounding areas fleshed out a lot before the game even starts.)
So yeah, stay tuned and keep in touch. You can contact me at my LJ name at hotmail dot com.
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*There is always an option for the characters to get out into the "real" world if they so choose. I never limit my players in terms of what they want to explore. This has made me very good at making stuff up on the spot if they get somewhere I hadn't thought to work out.
*Fabulous idea for XP growth... I'm filing that one in my brain for further consideration.
*I'm working on safeguards right now as part of meshing these two systems together. One idea I have is that, instead of the player always having to answer "Yes, and" when they get a suggestion from another player, letting them spend a penny to say "No, but." This makes the rules a little more like Baron Munchausen, but gives the players more freedom to keep their characters something they would be willing to play and explore. Spending a penny means they don't get as fleshed out a story/memory from the session, but if someone is being a douche and trying to make a serial killer out of someone, it would be worth having the control.
I think the key thing here is going to be getting people together who want to tell good stories as a group, not people who want to tell good stories at the expense of other players. But yeah, definitely working on safeguards.
OooOOH! Any yey! that you're interested in being a player. It'll be at least until Sept. before I a)have an idea what my fall schedule is for the year (I'm a teacher) and b)have fleshed out and tested this idea enough to be comfortable running for a group. (I do a lot of world-building. I want to have the asylum and surrounding areas fleshed out a lot before the game even starts.)
So yeah, stay tuned and keep in touch. You can contact me at my LJ name at hotmail dot com.