So I drew the short straw at work and have found myself with extended shifts and not a lot to do during them. And during my mental wanderings today, I thought something like "Dude, wouldn't it be cool if there was, like, a fantasy version of Stargate, where characters from different fantasy universes like Crystal-Steampunk-Matriarchy and Egalitarian-Greco-Magocracy could use fixed magic portals to go back and forth and hang out and go on adventures, but, there was, like, an ancient evil that rose from a time when too many worlds were connected, and armies marching back and forth that stretched the portals to their limits, and now it's coming back and these worlds pool their champions together to try and combat the evil?"
"So you mean like a D&D version of Rick and Morty, having adventures in each others' theme park universes where they're fighting a greater evil?"
"Yeah, but without the socipathic alcoholic mad clockwork sorcerer/scientist."
"Totally. He could be a sociopathic scientist or an acloholic scientist, but not both."
"Sure. But first, each writer would need to come up with a unique fantasy world to offer. Ripping off Gondor is cool. Actually using Gondor would be verboten."
"Why you gotta suggest that? Gondor was pretty cool-"
"Gondor carries fantasy baggage. You use Gondor, we know it's a decaying fantasy kingdom in the shadow of a great evil with a loon at the helm. Show, don't project. If you use the Hidden Leaf Village from Naruto, everyone knows what to expect. Make your own Ninja Village. Even if all you do is put a mustache on everyone. Make an effort. I can easily see us passing the DM ball to each other to have adventures in each others' sandboxes if we wanted."
"Alright, but what was the other thing?"
"What other thing?"
"You said 'But first' a minute ago. That implies something else."
"Oh yeah. Second, everybody would need to make a champion to represent their fantasy universe in the battle-slash-adventure to come. Just... keep it real. You don't get an army at your beck and call. You're a champion, not Empress of the Moon."
"Yeah that might be cool," I thought to myself, "but does anyone else think it's cool too?"
"So you mean like a D&D version of Rick and Morty, having adventures in each others' theme park universes where they're fighting a greater evil?"
"Yeah, but without the socipathic alcoholic mad clockwork sorcerer/scientist."
"Totally. He could be a sociopathic scientist or an acloholic scientist, but not both."
"Sure. But first, each writer would need to come up with a unique fantasy world to offer. Ripping off Gondor is cool. Actually using Gondor would be verboten."
"Why you gotta suggest that? Gondor was pretty cool-"
"Gondor carries fantasy baggage. You use Gondor, we know it's a decaying fantasy kingdom in the shadow of a great evil with a loon at the helm. Show, don't project. If you use the Hidden Leaf Village from Naruto, everyone knows what to expect. Make your own Ninja Village. Even if all you do is put a mustache on everyone. Make an effort. I can easily see us passing the DM ball to each other to have adventures in each others' sandboxes if we wanted."
"Alright, but what was the other thing?"
"What other thing?"
"You said 'But first' a minute ago. That implies something else."
"Oh yeah. Second, everybody would need to make a champion to represent their fantasy universe in the battle-slash-adventure to come. Just... keep it real. You don't get an army at your beck and call. You're a champion, not Empress of the Moon."
"Yeah that might be cool," I thought to myself, "but does anyone else think it's cool too?"
