I have been musing starting a new story as I keep looking at my old stories and additions to other writers stories meaning to add new threads but keep hitting writers block. I have a tentative idea, on a favourite topic of mine of gender swapping. Jumanji; I really liked the recent movie reboot and the one character of a young woman going into the game in a male avatar. Of course this led me to think that this would be fun reversed. So the basic idea is Jumanji goes online after the storeroom at Brantford high school where the game was found is turned into a computer room and the box comes into contact with the internet router. Various people enter the game and some or all find themselves gender swapped, either by their choosing opposite gender avatars or by accident. Throw in a little steampunk and the Mummy into the bowl and stir and the adventurers are off to discover a pyramid in the middle of the jungle housing the immortal and imprisoned Princess Ahmenet. Considered so dangerous an ancient Egyptian expedition carried her far to the south of the kingdom to entomb her in undeath forever. Along the way there will be encounters with white slavers and lusty jungle tribes with bizarre sexual rites and of course a rival team of bad adventurers also after the pyramid.
Possible characters; (Freddy Foulkes-Harde) Lady Frederica Foulkes-Harde Victorian aristocrat, explorer and inventor. Lady Federica leads the expedition. She speaks with an impeccable Victorian English accent no matter how hard the character in her avatar tries to speak in their natural accent or attempts to swear. Strengths Expert in archeology and ancient languages. Keen inventor with many useful steampunk items in her inventory. Commanding presence. Weakness Her inventions are untested in the field and can fail with amusing results. Image https://pin.it/4ypzr5jmaet3fd Jane Smith Jane was lost and orphaned in the jungle aged six when her parents dirigible airship crashed whilst attempting to cross the dark continent. Raised by a troop of chimpanzees she has only recently come into contact with western explorers and acts as the party's guide. Strengths Extremely athletic and naturally gymnastic. Good knowledge of animals and plants. Can summon a jungle animal friend once per day to assist her. Weakness Total gullibility syndrome. Has no concept of lying or metaphors. Image https://pin.it/k64oedqlt2hul2
I like the premise, I think it would benefit from some randomness. Wasn't there talk of adding a RNG to CHYOA a while back? Did that ever get included?
That could be interesting, I did not know this was being worked on. Other story and RP sites I have used have included a dice rolling feature.
The pyramid of Ahmanet stands in the darkest and unexplored region of Jumanji. The local tribe, descendants of the warrior priests of Egypt guard the site fanatically, killing all who venture close. Ahmanet is imprisoned in it's trap filled depths condemned to an eternity of living death for the slaughter of her father and entire family. She will use guile and seduction to gain the sympathy of the adventurers and win her release. Once free she will need to feed upon male essence to regain her strength and power, her magic holds the key to escape from Jumanji as she can open a portal to the real world. Princess Ahmanet (NPC) Passed over as the ruler of Egypt when her father finally had a son, Ahmanet swore vengeance on all men and made a pact with the goddess Isis and slew her entire family. Subdued by the Pharoah's priests before she could gain unstoppable power she was entombed alive. On learning of the real world outside of Jumanji she will attempt to open a portal to reality and conquer the real world. Strengths Immortal Magic user Gains strength and power as she feeds. Weakness ?
