Open Legend makes a fantastic, fast-moving story engine but the story that you tell is yours. This is a game setting that could be used to play at several different levels of influence and power.
Power Levels
A 'street' level game about young adults learning to cope with magic and power in their normal lives. (Stranger Things)
A 'local' level game where the players work to protect and understand their community of magicals, dealing with exotic threats and mundane predjudices. (Buffy)
A 'nation' level game could have the players battling enormous magical threats while being chased by the government under the threat of jail or dissection. (X-Files)
A 'world' level game pits the players against magical forces that will destroy the world if they are not stopped. The governments of the world seek to control and shackle the players at every turn. (Avengers)
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See more Campaign Power Levels
Here are a few campaign concepts:
The Hacker: this dwarf handles all the computers and security. Also uses a custom drone in combat.
The Operative: once a member of a government squad, now a seeker of truth and an ace shot.
The Arcanist: a half-elven magician that reads the past of objects and the minds of liars.
The Thief: a breaking and entering specialist. Also a Halfling.
The Face: the smooth-talking leader of the crew with devil horns and a wicked smile.
An expanded example of the Infiltrators
Infiltrators
The party is a devoted to learning the secrets that corporations and governments want to hide from them.The Hacker: this dwarf handles all the computers and security. Also uses a custom drone in combat.
The Operative: once a member of a government squad, now a seeker of truth and an ace shot.
The Arcanist: a half-elven magician that reads the past of objects and the minds of liars.
The Thief: a breaking and entering specialist. Also a Halfling.
The Face: the smooth-talking leader of the crew with devil horns and a wicked smile.
An expanded example of the Infiltrators
Seal Cove
A street-level game where the team works to solve the mystery of a small fishing town. This one is an example of campaign design that incorporates how to build opposition and support, as well as how to weave your character design into your world design.
Seekers
Exploring the world and fighting to save the world.The Archdruid: An ancient Elven magician that protects the natural world above all else.
The Mystic Ninja: The half-elven student of the last great ninja clan, trained to destroy evil.
The Shapeshifter: A Dragonborn sorcerer with absolute control over their body.
The Colossus: An indomitable Troll warrior who solves problems with his fists and forehead.
An expanded example of the Seekers.
Still, this is a story about exploration, the unknown, and the choices that the players make. You can make the world entirely your own, leaving behind those things you don't need and embracing those that you enjoy.
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