I've always had very fond memories of The Dark Crystal ever since I saw it at a drive-in when I was young kid. It was dark, but that's what seemed to make it so cool.
But there seems to be plenty of scope for a campaign set in the world of the Dark Crystal itself. Perhaps a campaign could be set just before and after the Crytal was fractured? The PCs could be Gelflings, or Podlings. Skeksis running around trying to kill the Gelflings. UrRu passing on invaluable magic an knowledge. Garthim and Crystal Bats galore. Ruins, weird and wonderful creatures in the forests trying to eat the PCs!
Or perhaps the PCs are Pod People (or even a few more Gelflings that had survived in secret), in a campaign set closer to the time of the movie. Their lives spent living, fighting (the Garthim and other Skeksis nasties) and hiding in the dark forests. Constant fear of being captured and taken to the castle to have their life force drained out of them by the Skeksis in order to keep themselves young. In fact, there could be missions to rescue fellow Podlings already captured...
Really, the world is just begging to be used for an RPG as it has more atmosphere in it's title than most RPGs have in 100 sourcebooks!
I've always had very fond memories of The Dark Crystal ever since I saw it at a drive-in when I was young kid. It was dark, but that's what seemed to make it so cool.
But there seems to be plenty of scope for a campaign set in the world of the Dark Crystal itself. Perhaps a campaign could be set just before and after the Crytal was fractured? The PCs could be Gelflings, or Podlings. Skeksis running around trying to kill the Gelflings. UrRu passing on invaluable magic an knowledge. Garthim and Crystal Bats galore. Ruins, weird and wonderful creatures in the forests trying to eat the PCs!
Or perhaps the PCs are Pod People (or even a few more Gelflings that had survived in secret), in a campaign set closer to the time of the movie. Their lives spent living, fighting (the Garthim and other Skeksis nasties) and hiding in the dark forests. Constant fear of being captured and taken to the castle to have their life force drained out of them by the Skeksis in order to keep themselves young. In fact, there could be missions to rescue fellow Podlings already captured...
Really, the world is just begging to be used for an RPG as it has more atmosphere in it's title than most RPGs have in 100 sourcebooks!