u/mathologies

Hey all. Looking for

feedback on / impressions of my pitch
Other movies/books/games/shows i can include as touchstones for people

Revised:

You're gift-bearers. You carry presents and messages between villages across a Wilderness that changes every few days – today's lava field is next week's wildflower meadow – and the giant pale scorpion blocking your path has your mother's eyes.

Most people can't handle it. You can. You know how to read a shifting landscape, find rare objects, and turn a dangerous crossing into a story worth telling. Which matters, because the people of the villages judge you by what you bring them. Arrive with something beautiful, something storied, something they couldn't get themselves; and they'll take you in, equip you, and tell you what you need to know. Arrive with nothing worth giving and you'll feel it.

And Stars Like Fireflies is a medium-complexity narrative-forward tabletop fantasy RPG about fragile people, the mythic wilderness that might break them, and the hospitality that makes survival mean something.

~~Previous version:~~

~~You’re~~ ~~gift-bearers~~, carrying presents and messages safely from village to village. The Wilderness between the villages changes every few days – bursting into thick forests, melting away into lava fields, growing spires of jagged black glass, crumbling into dunes of ash and bone dust. Most people can’t handle it. But you and your traveling companions know how to read and traverse the changing landscape. You know how to find rare and unusual objects. You know how to survive crossing paths with a giant fire-breathing iguana, a living avalanche, or a great, pale subterranean scorpion that has your mother’s eyes. You know how to turn a dangerous trek into a captivating story. And the people of the villages love you for it. Which is helpful, because the only thing harder than navigating the Wilderness is figuring out what gifts to bring your hosts so that you can look good without making them look bad.

~~And Stars Like Fireflies~~ ~~is a tabletop RPG about fragile people surviving mythic threats – and the hospitality, gift economies, and mutual obligations that make survival both possible and meaningful.~~

Approximate touchstones include Frodo and Samwise traveling together in the Lord of the Rings, and Ged on his journeys in A Wizard of Earthsea. System inspirations include Wildsea, Eternal Ruins, Ironsworn, Heart: The City Beneath, Blades in the Dark, Cairn, and Powered by the Apocalypse games like Monster of the Week,

Thanks!

different art styles in same game?

feedback on pitch? touchstone suggestions?