The Future of Pirene · 5:26am Jul 22nd, 2014
So in just a few days I'm going to be posting the Epilogue (which will be a two-parter as I suspected it would be) which will really, truly, finally mark the end of the tale, and I've come to thinking about what comes after...
To a large degree, I need to start working on projects which will have an actual return on investment (beyond the love and affection that you dear people have given me.) That means I won't really have huge amounts of time to work on Pony stuff, though I'm sure something will occur to me. The era of writing huge pony novels, though, is basically over.
I'm not "quitting" the fandom (I'm not that kind of prima donna), and I still plan to be involved with my groups and with my friends and read other people's stories, but I do need to move on with my life and work.
What does that mean for Pirene, though? It's a big setting that, as anyone who has read it can tell, has potential in both its future and its past. This story may be over, but what about all the other stories that might be told? I don't want to see them go unsaid, but I also won't have the time to do them justice.
And that's where I go somewhere I wasn't expecting to go at first. A few people have approached me in the past with interest in doing additional Pirene stories, and, after consulting with some of my close friends and editors, I've decided to go ahead and give my blessing.
To that end, I've spent some time trying to collect my various notes, behind-the-scenes information, and thoughts on the setting into a coherent document (Hah!). If someone out there wants to write a story set in Pirene's future or past (or concurrent to the original tale!) drop me a line and I'd be happy to discuss possibilities. If you have an idea and want to see what I think about it or if you're interested in cooking something up, I'll at least entertain it.
Best of luck to you on your future endeavors! Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us while you wrote this story!
someone make..... Pirene tabletop rpg plz
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We're using Scion, but I'm less than impressed, even with the house rules.
http://www.herosjourneyrpg.com/ might be worth giving a shot.
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you already made one?! that's kinda cool
my first random thought was to "borrow" from something like Changeling: The Lost and focus on the goblins, haha. I wouldn't know how to make this work in practice, though.
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That did have an influence on the goblins as they appeared~
Personally I'd prefer GURPS or another hardcore generic system, but I can see a few others.
Modified Exalted, perhaps. FATE. Basic Roleplaying.
The main thing a system would need is rules for Ichor, Goblin Magic, and Unicorn Magic.
Also some stuff that never made it into the book that show up in the Pirene Bible, like the magitech of ancient Babel.
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Goblin Magic: Changeling the Lost - Any contracts built to have affinity for the Wizened Seeming, and some that aren't.
Pony Magic: Mage the Awakening (Silver Ladder Book) - Make proximi legacies for each tribe, picking and choosing spells that reflect what they can do.
The big issue with GURPS is that magic is important to Pirene, and Magic is kind of the biggest drawback of GURPs.
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Yes, you'd have to make your own system for the magic.
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Somehow I never consciously made that connection to Changeling, even though I probably should've.
A lot of magic systems I've seen seem too restrictive, taking away the fun and creativity and, well, magic of it all. Though on the other side there's the infamous ones that are lenient enough to allow anyone to break the world with loopholes. But maybe there's some good ones I've never heard of.
I'm not too experienced with all these systems myself, but it might be kinda fun to brainstorm how to put together magic for Pirene in some customized way.
(Hero's Journey does look interesting)