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Sapphire and Steel
Mar. 26th, 2003 04:12 pmThe more I see of this series the more I like it. Too bad I only have two Assignments left unwatched...
As I watched Assignment IV, I kept wondering if it'd be possible to make a reasonable roleplaying scenario (and that's "roleplaying" as in sitting around a table talking, not as in computer games or fake LJ journals) out of the series. The main problem would be that the powers of the agents and their enemies are very vaguely specified. Sapphire seems to have a bunch of fairly general detecting/analyzing powers. Steel has strength and some measure of control over temperature. Lead is very resistant to most everything and quite strong. Silver can do weird stuff with machinery. The enemies can do really weird things with light, time and (for some bizarre reason) children's rhymes. Sapphire and Steel also have a fascinating habit of treating normal humans as if they were little more than pets.
As I watched Assignment IV, I kept wondering if it'd be possible to make a reasonable roleplaying scenario (and that's "roleplaying" as in sitting around a table talking, not as in computer games or fake LJ journals) out of the series. The main problem would be that the powers of the agents and their enemies are very vaguely specified. Sapphire seems to have a bunch of fairly general detecting/analyzing powers. Steel has strength and some measure of control over temperature. Lead is very resistant to most everything and quite strong. Silver can do weird stuff with machinery. The enemies can do really weird things with light, time and (for some bizarre reason) children's rhymes. Sapphire and Steel also have a fascinating habit of treating normal humans as if they were little more than pets.
