Back when Big Eyes, Small Mouth (BESM) was young and so was I, I was trying to find a way to break into the RPG writing / design field. I saw BESM, and figured that the sort of 'small press' that Guardians of Order was at the time would be easier to break into. And so, inspired by 'demon hunting' anime (mainly Devil Hunter Yohko at the time, but also 3x3 Eyes, Vampire Princess Miyu, etc.), I decided to work on doing an original world based around that sort of thing.
It was rejected largely on the grounds that they just weren't that interested in world backgrounds, namely backgrounds that were relatively close to existing material. In retrospect, I can understand their position better. Personally, I don't think Agile Dragons was that good... it had some interesting material, but it's simply competent rather than great.
Nonetheless, it now sees the light of day. Since this is sample work as part of a proposal, it's incomplete. Sadly, I haven't made another submission on this scale since.
All the files are in old Wordperfect format... which most modern copies of Microsoft World should be able to translate.
This was the proposed outline for Agile Dragons.
This is the rough introduction.
Here's what exists of the player's section.
A fragmentary start to the character section.
And the start of a GM section.
Looking back on it, I can see why I didn't touch it again. It's all pretty derivative, and though smidgens of material is interesting, it's nothing that really excites me like some of the aforementioned Maelstrom material. Certainly, were I to do something in the "modern occult" genre for Anime, I'd aim for something more original and interesting. Hellsing and Demon City Shinjinku are probably the closest properties they've used since, and they've done a very fine job with them.
