ceniack
August 10th, 2004, 12:47 AM
i have an idea for a mod based of the white wolf pen and paper RPG (now out of print) called Trinity.
premise: (taken from white wolfs website)
A century-and-a-half in the future, humanity ventures into space and encounters strange alien races and diverse new worlds. Even as humanity struggles to find its place in this new age, Earth is assaulted by a menace from its past - twisted, once-human creatures called Aberrants.
The world's greatest defenders against this menace are psions - men and women who possess formidable psychic powers, and who wield unusual biotechnological devices. With guidance from the enigmatic Æon Trinity, psions hope to protect humanity from its own twisted reflection so that Earth's peoples may take their rightful place among the stars.
Take to the stars in Trinity, White Wolf's Storytelling game about a high-tech, psi-powered future! As humanity's next step in evolution, you can venture into the depths of space and uncover all manner of mysteries - or you can scheme among the nations and corporations of Earth as they extend their grasp into our solar system and beyond. Battle the hideous Aberrants, monstrosities that seek to destroy our people and our planet.
Investigate the unearthly Qin, beings at once supremely human and disturbingly alien. Learn the true power of the Æon Trinity, the cryptic organization whose goal is to unify all living things against a malevolent cosmic force. Yet the advanced technology and wondrous psi powers at your disposal go only so far; your wits must be sharp if you are to survive the perils and possibilities of the 22nd century.
good guys:
Trinity - organization whose goal is to unify all living things against a malevolent cosmic force. (they are kind of the top of the food chain as far as orders go)Æon
Psi Orders: There are 7 Psi Orders (with 5 being active, the other two are not due to happenings in the game world) each of the specializing in a different Psionic field. each order is led by a "proxy"
The Aesculapians: vitakinetics (think healers)
Interplanetary School for Research and Advancement (ISRA): clairsentients (think psychic/shaman type guys, usually the spys and pilots for Æon)
The Legons: psychokinetics (cryokinesis, pyrokinesis, telekinesis) there are 7 different legons. (think the muscle)
Ministry of Psonic Affairs (Ministry): telepathy
Nova Forca de Nacionales (The New International Force): bokinetics (shape shifters)
Orgotek: Electrokinesis (can control electric and magnetic fields)
Upeo Wa Macho (The Horizon): teleporters, they are MIA
Chitra Bhanu: quantakinetics, they got the nick name of dark psions because their powers were so much like the abberants (to be discussed later) which lead to their downfall.
Qin: Friendly Alien race they actually wear a body much like ours to keep from freaking every day people out. they have an embassy on Luna (the moon) and thier technology is very organic
Bad Guys:
Abberants: mutants (think x-men gone bad, every one is different)
Chromatics: communicate through very advanced bioluminesence, and can also use it to camo flauge themselves, they can also manipulate light (apperantly psionicly)
Unknown:
The Coalition: many alien races on one big ship heading towards earh, not sure if they are friend or foe.
Technology:
Hardtech: mechanical
Bio-Tech: biological, must be formated to the user to be most effective
there are both hard and bio tech weapons, vehicles, and computers. including VARGs which are like mechs or gundams.
My idea for a mod using these elements.
you are either a member of one of the Legons, or Orgotek (as their powers are better for combat etc...) with the other orders playing as NPCs or behind the scenes.
after you pic an order, you pic a mode for your character to specialize in (or possibly all 3 and maybe get points for completing missions and objectives to distribute among the different modes for your order)
The Legons (psychokinesis):
cryokinesis - freeze stuff (idea for an attack would be one that freezes your enemy solid (or for a stronger enemy slows them down) and then you can use a melee or gun or something to shatter them
pyrokinesis - burn stuff (maybe an archvile type attack)
telekinesis - levetate yourself and/or other objects (possibly be able to levetate, or maybe toss boxes into enemys, or toss smaller enemys around)
Orgotek (electrokinesis):
Electromanipulation - allows you to control electrical impulses in organic beings (maybe a stun/shock attack)
Photokinesis - preceive and direct the flow of enerty accross the elctromagnetic spectrum (create holograms/decoys, generate a laser beam by focusing his will, maybe a lighting ball attack similar to the cacodeamons)
Technokinesis - taps into and can control energy flow though mechanical technology (possibly opening doors, hacking computers, controling vehicles/sentry bots)
Level ideas:
Underwater complex
space station
lunar base
city
military complex
alien homeworld
Freaky scenerio:
this would probably have to be scripted. but the chromatics are able to manipulate light. so imagine you are walking though a space station or something, all of a sudden the lights start wigging out, you see a faint shimmer in the corner (think predator invis, or maybe use the translucent skin idea from the revanats) and it dissapears. you hear foot steps around you but can't see anything, you turn on your flashlight only to find out it isn't working... you fill in the rest, i think this type of game would be perfect for the doom 3 engine.
i have a few more ideas that i will post later, i am just tired of typing, lol
tell me what you all think. while i don't really have much in the way of coding or maping skills, i can do sounds and flesh out a good story (have a few ideas for a couple good ones) and i have almost all of the source books for this game which has some good info that could be used in a similar fasion as the PDA and computer screens were used in doom 3. also have a few campain books that could be used for story ideas
anyway, tell me what you think.
premise: (taken from white wolfs website)
A century-and-a-half in the future, humanity ventures into space and encounters strange alien races and diverse new worlds. Even as humanity struggles to find its place in this new age, Earth is assaulted by a menace from its past - twisted, once-human creatures called Aberrants.
The world's greatest defenders against this menace are psions - men and women who possess formidable psychic powers, and who wield unusual biotechnological devices. With guidance from the enigmatic Æon Trinity, psions hope to protect humanity from its own twisted reflection so that Earth's peoples may take their rightful place among the stars.
Take to the stars in Trinity, White Wolf's Storytelling game about a high-tech, psi-powered future! As humanity's next step in evolution, you can venture into the depths of space and uncover all manner of mysteries - or you can scheme among the nations and corporations of Earth as they extend their grasp into our solar system and beyond. Battle the hideous Aberrants, monstrosities that seek to destroy our people and our planet.
Investigate the unearthly Qin, beings at once supremely human and disturbingly alien. Learn the true power of the Æon Trinity, the cryptic organization whose goal is to unify all living things against a malevolent cosmic force. Yet the advanced technology and wondrous psi powers at your disposal go only so far; your wits must be sharp if you are to survive the perils and possibilities of the 22nd century.
good guys:
Trinity - organization whose goal is to unify all living things against a malevolent cosmic force. (they are kind of the top of the food chain as far as orders go)Æon
Psi Orders: There are 7 Psi Orders (with 5 being active, the other two are not due to happenings in the game world) each of the specializing in a different Psionic field. each order is led by a "proxy"
The Aesculapians: vitakinetics (think healers)
Interplanetary School for Research and Advancement (ISRA): clairsentients (think psychic/shaman type guys, usually the spys and pilots for Æon)
The Legons: psychokinetics (cryokinesis, pyrokinesis, telekinesis) there are 7 different legons. (think the muscle)
Ministry of Psonic Affairs (Ministry): telepathy
Nova Forca de Nacionales (The New International Force): bokinetics (shape shifters)
Orgotek: Electrokinesis (can control electric and magnetic fields)
Upeo Wa Macho (The Horizon): teleporters, they are MIA
Chitra Bhanu: quantakinetics, they got the nick name of dark psions because their powers were so much like the abberants (to be discussed later) which lead to their downfall.
Qin: Friendly Alien race they actually wear a body much like ours to keep from freaking every day people out. they have an embassy on Luna (the moon) and thier technology is very organic
Bad Guys:
Abberants: mutants (think x-men gone bad, every one is different)
Chromatics: communicate through very advanced bioluminesence, and can also use it to camo flauge themselves, they can also manipulate light (apperantly psionicly)
Unknown:
The Coalition: many alien races on one big ship heading towards earh, not sure if they are friend or foe.
Technology:
Hardtech: mechanical
Bio-Tech: biological, must be formated to the user to be most effective
there are both hard and bio tech weapons, vehicles, and computers. including VARGs which are like mechs or gundams.
My idea for a mod using these elements.
you are either a member of one of the Legons, or Orgotek (as their powers are better for combat etc...) with the other orders playing as NPCs or behind the scenes.
after you pic an order, you pic a mode for your character to specialize in (or possibly all 3 and maybe get points for completing missions and objectives to distribute among the different modes for your order)
The Legons (psychokinesis):
cryokinesis - freeze stuff (idea for an attack would be one that freezes your enemy solid (or for a stronger enemy slows them down) and then you can use a melee or gun or something to shatter them
pyrokinesis - burn stuff (maybe an archvile type attack)
telekinesis - levetate yourself and/or other objects (possibly be able to levetate, or maybe toss boxes into enemys, or toss smaller enemys around)
Orgotek (electrokinesis):
Electromanipulation - allows you to control electrical impulses in organic beings (maybe a stun/shock attack)
Photokinesis - preceive and direct the flow of enerty accross the elctromagnetic spectrum (create holograms/decoys, generate a laser beam by focusing his will, maybe a lighting ball attack similar to the cacodeamons)
Technokinesis - taps into and can control energy flow though mechanical technology (possibly opening doors, hacking computers, controling vehicles/sentry bots)
Level ideas:
Underwater complex
space station
lunar base
city
military complex
alien homeworld
Freaky scenerio:
this would probably have to be scripted. but the chromatics are able to manipulate light. so imagine you are walking though a space station or something, all of a sudden the lights start wigging out, you see a faint shimmer in the corner (think predator invis, or maybe use the translucent skin idea from the revanats) and it dissapears. you hear foot steps around you but can't see anything, you turn on your flashlight only to find out it isn't working... you fill in the rest, i think this type of game would be perfect for the doom 3 engine.
i have a few more ideas that i will post later, i am just tired of typing, lol
tell me what you all think. while i don't really have much in the way of coding or maping skills, i can do sounds and flesh out a good story (have a few ideas for a couple good ones) and i have almost all of the source books for this game which has some good info that could be used in a similar fasion as the PDA and computer screens were used in doom 3. also have a few campain books that could be used for story ideas
anyway, tell me what you think.