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What would it mean to take a traditional, linear story and adapt it to your gaming table?

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[โ€“] melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No one was saying that you should follow a story exactly. That wouldn't be very interesting imo, even if it was possible.

I feel like the most interesting way to do it would be to have it very explicitly in an alternate timeline. You could do this by killing a main character, or by otherwise having a major divergence. Then it feels less like just stealing ideas and more like a "What If?" story, and would help nip the urge to follow the story too closely.

I seem to recall a podcast or comic or something that was this but in a Star Wars universe, that opened with Luke Skywalker dying and the podcast/comic characters taking over for him. I tried to look it up but I can't find anything about it now. Wish I'd remembered the name.

Yeah, a starting point is doable