Let me tell you what I love.

RATKIN

Seriously. Love them. Love the fluff. Love the crunch. Love their whole tone and groove, which is so different from the rest of the Breed Books, but is the perfect marriage of form and style. Of all the alternate were-creatures from the Old World of Darkness I think the Ratkin are the only ones they got just right.

I've always wanted to play in a Ratkin Game (not a Ratkin in a Werewolf game, which is an entirely different thing), but I've never found anyone willing to run one for me.

So, following the spirit of Godard who said that the only way to criticize a movie is to make another movie, I'm going to start my own Ratkin Game.

WHAT I WANT TO DO
I want to run an all-Ratkin game that will trace a single, closed narrative wherein each character receives some creepy transmissions from Momma Rat instructing them to gather in some unknown city and get some things done for the Cause. We run the mission(s), make stuff explode, knock dudes down and scar 'em up, have a giant pile of misanthropic fun, story ends, we part ways. Done.

HOW I WANT TO DO IT
The thing I want to hit extra hard is the CRAZY. I don't mean I want a pack of rat-shaped Fishmalks dancing around in their grandmother's underpants rubbing themselves in peanut butter (although it may very well may come to that), but I want to emphasize the power and primacy of the Wyld in Ratkin life and psychology.

I plan to splinter the narrative into something almost non-linear. Time and place will be hazy and confusing, there'll be spirit visions, transmissions from Mother Rat, and lots of good ole fashioned hallucinations. Both your own insanity and 'reality' will all seem equally solid and you'll never be sure which is which and which is the other. There will also be some houserules on the way some traits work to make things even more chaotic and unpredictable.

I want to focus on the Ratkin as being outside the System. They don't wear matching socks, don't come to work on time, don't follow rules or care much for municipal by-laws. The modern world (the human world) is absolutely awash in the Weaver.

And the Ratkin? They. Just. Don't. Fit.

So does this sound like an absolute hoot to anyone else? Does anyone even remember the Ratkin Book anymore? Anyone want to come and be an explosive, nay, psychotic, element in service of pure, undiluted chaos where wanton destruction and mayhem are not just encouraged, but required?

Then come on over.

It's gonna be fun.
This message was last edited by the user at 17:49, Wed 15 Oct 2014.

The application turn-out was surprisingly low. So I'm going to bump this for a day or two and see if I can't shake a few more oWoD devotees out of the tree.

If you love the Old World of Darkness, Ratkin, creepy vision-quests, lots of role-playing and blowing things up, then you should come have a look!