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Fiction Among the Dust - A What-If Duel between Felrix and Eli-Nesz

spawning of Bob said:
“Yeah, Trouble. Them troubulous goblins, the McCoy Boys are a’comin’ down outta the Bad Lands and they are juiced up plenty. I’d say they’ve just given someone a good lickin’ and they’re on their way here to celebrate. Say Piano-man, could you tone it down or tune it up a little? Sounds like you’re hittin’ the keys with dead rat.”

The Piano-man paused. He had indeed been playing the instrument by hitting each key, or large groups of them, with an armoured and undeniably dead rat. The rat was impaled on the end of a pitchfork. “No one appreciates my art,” he grunted. “I’m going upstairs to my balcony room which overlooks the street. Come along, Steinway.”

His grunting progress up the stairs was only slightly less musical than his “art”.
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So tragic. Artists are never understood in their own time.
 
Warden said:
Maybe, but I feel like the Bretonnians would clash too much with a western setting, unless a crusade got really lost somehow.

I do like the including of Da Toad Lickas!!! :D
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Yeah those guys are brilliant! But who knows, maybe a certain squire to a treasure hunting knight decides to break loose and become a gunslinger!
 
Bowser said:
Yeah those guys are brilliant! But who knows, maybe a certain squire to a treasure hunting knight decides to break loose and become a gunslinger!
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I doubt the two of them will make it out of the jungle alive at this point... more on that one later! I like the idea of a Knight-with-No-Name, maybe with a combustible lance who is questing across the desert.
 
I rode through the desert with a knight with no name,
It felt good to get out of the rain.
Na na nanana-na nana-na na na.
 
spawning of Bob said:
I have a short list of story leads and character ideas if anyone is looking for inspiration.
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Go on then, inspire us! I'm willing to take a crack at it, and incorporating your ideas with my own can only turn out amazing or awful. I am willing to take that risk.
 
Loose ends from last time:

Ti-Rakz is looking for a new hobby.
There is reference to a railway station. Which race would run steam engines?
What was the dwarf prospector mining for in them thar hills? What else might he find there? Who might jump the claim while he is in town?
With the goblin Boss McCoy out of action, what would the Hatfields do with the power vacuum? Who or what are the Hatfields anyway?
What about the Ironhide gang?
Does warp coffee have any other side effects? What happens if any one else drinks it? (The original and best warp coffee is found in Skaven's Plight)
Can the Underwriter be truly killed? (he represents Death to me) What other strings can he pull? Why is he so keen for the heroes to fail?
Is the Prospector better on the banjo than TiRakx is on the rat? Can any future characters play a fiddle?
Is there still a bounty on TiRakz? If they catch him, where do they need to take him to collect the bounty? (I like having TiRakz always one step ahead / behind, though)


Aside from that, there are some obvious western locations to place some story components:

The Bank
The Jail. While Felrix is locked up to dry out, Eli meets a mysterious stranger in the adjacent cell etc etc. Or the heroes bust out and are pursued by a strangely Sigmarine like Marshall.
The dusty trail, complete with ambush-ready arroyo.
The crumbling mine.
Anywhere with tumble weeds and those awesome cacti.

And unused stereotypes

The Preacher
The Doctor
The Cowherd. What kind of cows would the cowherd herd if the cow herd could herd cows?
The Sombrero wearing Desperado
The Drunk
The Claim Jumper
If you want to go Indians, having a Slann as the big chief might be interesting.

There is enough material to keep them chasing shadows for a long long time :)
 
spawning of Bob said:
Which race would run steam engines
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Steamhead Dwarfs or Empire... hmmm maybe a race to finish their railway tracks first to ensure they get the business and best routes. Empire seems evil enough to shoot people for their property though.

spawning of Bob said:
With the goblin Boss McCoy out of action, what would the Hatfields do with the power vacuum? Who or what are the Hatfields anyway?
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Possibly Orcs with fancy hats. Maybe some have feathers in their bonnets.

spawning of Bob said:
What about the Ironhide gang?
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spawning of Bob said:
Who
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Likely waiting for the steam engines to be built so they can take them over/blow them up/rob them. Hired muscle for either side building the rail.

spawning of Bob said:
Can any future characters play a fiddle?
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In a world of cowgirl rat people, stardust lizards from spaaaaaaaaaaaaaace, high fantasy dwarfs in a low fantasy setting, toad licking Goblins who have the holy grail of licking a powerful wizard toad, let's not get silly here. Playing the fiddle is just too far fetched a fantasy.

spawning of Bob said:
The Cowherd. What kind of cows would the cowherd herd if the cow herd could herd cows?
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Llamas.

spawning of Bob said:
The Sombrero wearing Desperado
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A Sepulchural Stalker, maybe get @Killer Angel in on this.

spawning of Bob said:
If you want to go Indians, having a Slann as the big chief might be interesting
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Wood elves led by a slann? Interesting concept.
 
spawning of Bob said:
If you want to go Indians, having a Slann as the big chief might be interesting.
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Sitting Frog.

Mage-chief who leads his tribe in resistance against the warmblood despoilers of his ancestral homelands.

Angered about the wholesale slaughter of the buffalosaur herds.

Scowls a lot.

Later forced to live on Lizardmen reservation (where he sold cheap pottery...?)
 
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