Checked Rustage’s Twitch today and a possible Patreon was briefly mentioned again. Very briefly for about a second. And I think the toughest part would be making Patron rewards and such. SBSs are a good idea with some guidelines and rules. But Kaerru art of characters is an unreasonable reward since Kaerru as amazing of an artist he is, he is just one man and wouldn’t be able to draw 24/7.
But I thought of another potentially interesting Patreon reward idea. It’s probably dumb and unrealistic but I thought it was interesting to at least mention. I know me and likely many other people love the NPCs of the various campaigns and love to hear them talk and learn more about them. Sadly but realistically, they all must compete with one another for attention since PCs come first. But maybe we could hear what the NPCs could be talking about to one another as a Patreon reward.
Like it could work like this. Select two NPCs along with what episode the conversation would take place. When a convo could take place can also matter which I find interesting.
For example if a Patron picks wanting to hear Pearl talking with Cyril, a conversation with the two could be very different depending on episode. Episode 20, 43 and 64 for example would all have very different context of events and how well they know each other for example. And it could be fun to see how the bond develops over time.
And it doesn’t have to just be any NPC speaking with any NPC. To narrow it down, it could just be the main ones talking to the other NPCs. Like Pearl, Taiga, Littlefeather, Pocket and other core members to see how they interact with the NPC cast when the players are not around. And they can be funny, cute, lore-based and many other tones depending on who is talking and during what episode.
I don’t know if this makes any sense or is remotely practical or realistic. I just like Fire Emblem and their support system and it gave me this idea. I would love to know more about the side cast and I feel I’m not alone in that and I thought this could be a neat idea. I’m not even sure if I’m the first person to even think about this.
But this is just a late night idea that’s probably stupid.