I think the idea of rendering all canon characters (Makoto, Ifurita, the Priestesses, etc.) as non-player characters is an interesting one; that way, everyone can call upon the characters from the show as-needed, without having to organize things with the character's player. I'm just as happy to go with a game playing as characters from the series, though.
But would I still be allowed to do the whole romancing thing with you any way rosh, seeing as I am going out with you?
I'm personally thinking about running one that takes place in a different time period altogether, probably a generation or two before the OVAs. *shrugs* I still need to do some background research though, but I think it would be interesting, because you could play in El Hazard, without having to worry about being upstaged by the show characters, or about the GM getting the show characters right, or whatnot.
Although it would be interesting to let people be people and see how the story evolves as people follow their own agendas and fight over their fave chara (Ifurita, for instance), etc
Same to me, I have to gather some background info, too. But isn't it good as well to gain it through playing WITH the NPCs? So you'll find out about their personality and their role in El Hazard pretty fast.Nevertheless, it's a good point! Another time period would be interresting...
No no, I, myself, need to gather some more background info for planning out my game. That way the background can be provided to the PCs when they talk to the NPCs or do ingame research, or whatever.
Another possibility would be a complete alternate universe or something of the sort.... which would actually allow leeway for minor character changes.... hm...
Another idea I had was that we could do our own El-Hazard spoof, similiar to the Wanderers and Sega Saturn, so that we could all go our own directions, without funky-ing up the true and beautiful El-Hazard.