Ancient Egyptian-Themed Custom Set: Let's Brainstorm!
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Posted on March 31, 2015, 1:10 p.m. by pookypuppy6
So even though I haven't come close to finishing Quarahal, my steampunk/sky pirate themed set (I guess you could say I ran out of steam on that one), I feel another set idea has come to me that I want to explore...ANCIENT EGYPT! Yes, starting with a tiny basis of knowledge from playing Pharaoh on the PC, seeing the first two The Mummy movies, and reading about Cleopatra and Alexandrian Egypt before Rome did it over, I am looking to make a set based on Egyptian mythology of sorts.
So, what kind of things would you think you'd see in an ancient Egypt-style set? For example, what kind of myths t include?
What kind of mechanics might the set have? Obviously I am considering pre-existing mechanics such as Exalted or Undying or Unearth, but what other kind of mechanics may thematically work in a set like this? Maybe something to do with artifacts? Maybe Curses? What kind of new mechanics might be flavourful for ancient Egypt?
What species/tribes/kinds of creature live here? I imagine humans (obviously), but also zombies and skeletons in the tombs, along with scorpions and insects, giant sand wurms and crocodiles in the river, plus ostriches. What about more serious tribes, like leonin/cats (fit in well with Bastet the cat goddess) or Hound people similar to the Alnok (goes well with Set or Anubis)
Any other off-the-wall ideas, like cards that represent the ten plagues of Egypt or just trawling down the Nile for knowledge, don't be afraid to put it past me! Also, I don't mind you dredging up old cards I don't know about that do very similar things to the above intention!
Leafbladefighter says... #4
Clearly leading question to thread host is not clear enough.
April 2, 2015 11:12 p.m.
Leafbladefighter says... #6
pookypuppy6 created a list of things we came up with. Last I heard he was going to work on the set alone now.
April 2, 2015 11:15 p.m.
pookypuppy6 says... #9
I will report on what happens if anything good happens, but please don't get your hopes up guys. I'm very poor on motivation in general so it's not likely to be particularly fruitful. I also just had something very stressful happen to me today that is going to be taking up a lot of my attention for the indefinite future, which won't help.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #1
I know there is none. on the otherhand, I have nothing to explain why I wrote all that aside from just needing to express my displeasure about what happened to wowtcg.
April 2, 2015 7:13 p.m.