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Alystra Illianniis
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 Posted - 06 Mar 2011 : 01:56:28
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I'd like to add another setting to my list- Wonderland. Yup, that's right, I said Wonderland. When one really gets down to it, many of our best D&D ideas have come from this world! (Vorpal swords, anyone? Bandersnach, et al.?) Another I'd add after some more thought is the world of Harry Potter. Landover is another one I've loved. And I did have a brief flirtation with Everquest myself, primarily through the RPG setting book and my free trial account. I liked it much better than WoW. Though I'd love to get my hands on both setting books.
I'm also a big fan of d20 modern and d20 Urban Arcana as settings. Long have I wanted to run a game set in an alternate Earth with illithid mafia bosses, orc thugs, vampire CEO's and my favorite Modern/Urban Arcana beastie, the dumpster mimic!! The world of White Wolf's Masquerade and Werewolf ar other faves of mine- at least they were until my DM in that setting chose to be a chodemonkey and screw over the players with an INTENTIONAL TPK attempt./ Still like the setting, but I will never play with him again.
This brings up another world I like- Eberron. Yes, I know it;s been stated, but I like the Indiana Jones feel of that world, and some of its concepts have found their way into my own world. Mostly through gnomes, of course. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 : 02:07:30
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The "Ravinica" set from MTG really intrigued me... as I love the concept and imagery of a city-state which encompasses an entire plane. It kind if reflects what I've been trying to do with my work on Zhoth'ilam.
Indeed. It even has its own trilogy.
Marmell's Agents of Artifice is also set [partly] in Ravnica. Though he hardly focused on it.
Oh, I did not know that. I'll have to hunt down those books now.
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I'm also a big fan of d20 modern and d20 Urban Arcana as settings.
I'll add d20 Future to that as well, simply because some of the options presented could actually work in an urban fantasy campaign. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 : 02:20:43
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I was in high school when the first Harry Potter novel was released. And I've been a fan since then. I "grew" with it. Good thing my family are not like those over-zealous, self-righteous religious folks who think HP books are an abomination to Christianity and thus prevent their children from ever reading them. Not that children then and these days ever listen to their parents. |
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BlackAce
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 : 02:34:26
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| I've always been a big fan of Ankh-morpork/Discworld. I like my high fantasy and I like it when it doesn't take itself seriously. (One of the reasons I fell in love with the Realms was because of Ed's light-hearted writing style.) I find some of the fantasy settings that do become wrapped up in their own self-importance terribly dull. Wheel of Time and Earthsea both turned me off for that reason. I was prepared to dislike A Song of Ice and Fire for similar reasons but was impressed by the way Martin was able to subvert many of the classic cliches. Although I still think he uses far too many genre cliches for it to truly become a classic series of it's own. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 : 02:48:39
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LOL - I forgot to mention VG's!
Definitely anything by Blizzard - their Warcraft/Wow (Azeroth) and Diablo (Sanctuary) worlds are top-notch. I also fell in love with the worlds of Arcanum (great game!) and Dungeon Siege. I only got to play Elder Scrolls a little (the original kept crashing my comp), and the same for Fable (it was my son's, so I only got to play it when he brought his X-Box to my house) - both seemed like good worlds and I wish I could have seen more of them.
I also forgot three of my favorite settings, which all fall under the 'Weird World' category - the Well World, the Ring World, and the River World. All excellent novel series and truly original settings. I suppose I should lump-in the massive Majipoor, scorched Athas, the wonderous Pern, and the enigmatic Future of The Book of the New Sun (the Torturer novels) - all SF, but could easily translate into Fantasy. So many great ones {sigh}
And how can we possibly leave out the world that started it (D&D) all? Jack Vance's Dying Earth!
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Nobody else here likes Warhammer or Everquest?
Oh, I like WARHAMMER. In fact, I've been a fan since almost the earliest rules-set. Though, I'm really more inclined toward WARHAMMER 40,000 these -- which kind falls outside the category of fantasy that trad's looking for here.
I said Warhammer. I love that world, and borrow from it constantly. The same goes for Warmachine.
I just wish Warhammer had gone OGL with their RPG, rather then create a propriety system. I think all that did was keep non-WH fans from ever trying it.
And Sage, I mentioned quite a few SF worlds, and like those, I would say that 40K is definitely 'space-fantasy' (like SW), rather then hardcore Scify, and there are plenty of elements there that are translatable. In fact, speaking of SW, what would stop anyone from dropping Tattoine into an SJ campaign? Jawas, Wookies, Sandpeople, Ewoks (which I think of as "things we need to squish"), and best of all, Jedi! otherwise known as 'Psionic Harpers'. 
Fantasy settings don't necessarily have a 'time period' - you can even set them in the modern era: Cthulhu, WoD, Gothic Earth (which I already mentioned)... even Harry Potter. 'Modern Fantasy' seems to be all the rage these days - Warehouse 13, Eureka, Being Human, Twilight (movie) and True Blood (TV) series, Buffy (and Angel), Charmed, Stargate, Haven, Sanctuary, etc, etc...
Apparently Fantasy has 'eaten' the Scify and horror genres. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
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3750 Posts |
Posted - 06 Mar 2011 : 03:34:24
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Hey, MT, don't forget the world of Legend of the Seeker! Roar had some good inspiration in it, as did Hercules and Xena. The Merlin series (and the mini-series movie, though I don't believe the two are related) has some good stuff, too.
And I'm really surprised that no one has mentioned Neverland. Or the world of Taarna from Heavy Metal. |
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Chosen of Asmodeus
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 : 04:53:26
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I can't believe I left out the Hyborian Age of the Conan stories. This quote here;
Gleaming shell of an outworn lie, fable of Right Divine
You gained your crowns by heritage, but Blood was the price of mine
The throne I won by blood and sweat, by Crom I will not sell
For promise of valleys filled with gold, or threat of the Halls of Hell!
When I was a fighting man, the kettle-drums they beat
The people scattered gold dust before my horse's feet
But now I am a great king; the people hound my track
With poison in my wine cup and daggers at my back.
What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie?
I who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky.
The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing.
Rush in and die, dogs — I was a man before I was a king!
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 : 19:05:58
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i love the entire concept of the 'Hyborian Age', although as my Fantasy tastes matured, I find I enjoy 'pulpy' works less satisfying.
I really loved that the Hyborian period is part of the Marvel universe - VERY cool. 
The Indiana-Jones inspired 'alternate Earth' I would also classify as 'modern fantasy', and has some good stuff I borow from ("Kal-eee-Maaaar!"). It meshes well with many other series (including, even, the PotC movies). Real-World with just a dollop of magic - such fun!
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Hey, MT, don't forget the world of Legend of the Seeker! Roar had some good inspiration in it, as did Hercules and Xena. The Merlin series (and the mini-series movie, though I don't believe the two are related) has some good stuff, too.
I mentioned SoT (the novels); being a fan of those, I greatly dislike the TV series (which I feel doesn't stay true to the books). The other three series bored me, but they had some moments. I haven't really followed Merlin, but it looks okay (only saw one episode).
As for Neverland, that is one of the islands located in my vision of the Feywild. Time flows different in Faerie, so a setting where little boys can stay young forever is ideal for that region.
If one were to leave Earth's Feywild via sea, you would first have to head toward Prospero's isle, and then "Take the Third Star on the Left and on til Morning".
It is about halfway between Faerie (Toril's region of the Feywild) and Alfheim.
Someday I will DO that map.... |
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Lily M Green
Learned Scribe
Australia
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 : 20:25:29
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| I'm a little behind the times in that I'm only just reading (listening) to the books but I really like Philip Pullman's shifted Victoriana world in the Sally Lockhart stories and His Dark Materials. It suits my interest in the history of the time (and architecture - see Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes for great use of the gothic glory that is Manchester town hall). I like the idea that these are places we know, but not quite. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 07 Mar 2011 : 00:35:42
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I'm a little behind the times in that I'm only just reading (listening) to the books but I really like Philip Pullman's shifted Victoriana world in the Sally Lockhart stories and His Dark Materials.
Ah, yes. "His Dark Materials." A wonderful series, and a worthwhile source of inspiration for many a PLANESCAPE campaign.  |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
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Posted - 07 Mar 2011 : 00:41:43
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| Titan! How could I forget Titan! |
Dwarf, DM, husband, and proud of this! :P
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Alystra Illianniis
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 07 Mar 2011 : 04:51:23
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Well, to be more precise, MT, Hyborea was not exactly a part of the MU proper- it was an overlap between the 616 world of Marvel and the world of Hyborea that happened due to opening planar rifts by that insane sorcerer (his name escapes me ATM). The history was changed during the overlap, but changed back afterward.
I honestly never liked the Marvel tie-in myself. I hated it actually...and the comic that sent me over the edge is when Wolverine ended up King of Aquilonia!
I always considered Hyboria its own little place...with no connections. It worked better for me that way.
Just because Marvel bought some rights didn't make it right! |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
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Posted - 07 Mar 2011 : 06:52:36
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| Oh, but the Spider-Man/Red Sonya cross-over was SOOO awesome!! Sonya's spirit took possession of M-J (how PERFECT is THAT??!) and she became the red-headed bad-a$$ of Hyborea and Peter had to make her remember who she really was. Venom melded with what's-his-name, and all hell broke loose. I loved it. I'm a big fan of both Spider-Man AND the Red Sonya comics anyway, and that was just a double-dose of joygasms for me. Incidentally, I don't believe Marvel bought the rights- Red Sonya is still published under Dynamite. (IIRC- I can't remember exactly which house it is ATM.) |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Alystra Illianniis
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 07 Mar 2011 : 13:43:38
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| The setting for Dragon Age is pretty interesting. I've thought about buying the novels to get more into it. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 03:44:10
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I have read so many books that often the world doesn't matter as much to me as the characters. The characters in NA Trilogy were so real, people you could love and hate and actually want to read more about. That rarely happens for me anymore.
Favorite characters, yes, I would gladly list Kylar [or Azuth], Durzo, and Momma K. But favorite settings? I don't think so. Midcyru has its unique appeal, [it doesn't have elves, for one] but it hardly grabs me. Characters are unarguably the most fundamental element of fiction. They move the story; they either kill or elevate it, make the readers turn the pages almost as fast as blinking, or cause them to puke. The said three characters are outstandingly utilized in THE NIGHT ANGEL trilogy. And there are elements of that series which are somewhat akin to Feist's. The Shinga is like the Mockers; Kylar's personality is like the combined personalities of Jim and Pug; Durzo [for some reason] reminds me of Kaspar; Momma K is like Miranda [though hardly powerful]; the Godking is like a Dreadlord, or a Demon King; and so on...These are some of the reasons THE NIGHT ANGEL trilogy [despite its so-so setting] is still one of my favorite series. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 03:48:55
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Originally posted by Dennis
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The "Ravinica" set from MTG really intrigued me... as I love the concept and imagery of a city-state which encompasses an entire plane. It kind if reflects what I've been trying to do with my work on Zhoth'ilam.
Indeed. It even has its own trilogy.
Marmell's Agents of Artifice is also set [partly] in Ravnica. Though he hardly focused on it.
Oh, I did not know that. I'll have to hunt down those books now.
I think you will also like Dominaria. Imagine Thay; but this time, not as a nation, but an entire planet. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 05:28:08
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The "Ravinica" set from MTG really intrigued me... as I love the concept and imagery of a city-state which encompasses an entire plane. It kind if reflects what I've been trying to do with my work on Zhoth'ilam.
Indeed. It even has its own trilogy.
Marmell's Agents of Artifice is also set [partly] in Ravnica. Though he hardly focused on it.
Oh, I did not know that. I'll have to hunt down those books now.
I think you will also like Dominaria. Imagine Thay; but this time, not as a nation, but an entire planet.
I'm familiar with Ravnica, and the various factions that struggle for power. I just never read the books. Loved the card sets for the game, though. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 05:33:32
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In more than one occasion I considered buying the cards. But I don't play at all. Are the cards as thin as regular bookmarks? Because if they are, I might use them as such. |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 06:04:47
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The MTG fluff is off the hook - I wish the D&D guys produced stuff like that.
I forgot some of my favorites - cartoon/Anime's settings: Avatar/Airbender, Full Metal Alchemsit, Naruto and Inuyasha (not precisly the storylines or the characters, but those settings intrigue me), Thundarr the Barbarian (the moon split in two! AWESOME!), Pirates of Darkwater (fantastic seaborne fantasy), etc, etc...
Hated He-man and She-Ra, and most of the other toy-inspired cartoons. You want good, mature toons, you have to go outside The States. I liked Thundercats, though. 
I would love to see a fantasy version of a 'Resident Evil' scenario; you know, like a ruined Mad Max or Planet of the Apes post-apocalyptic world, but done to a fantasy setting (like, What if.... Sauron Won?). That would blend three of my favorite genres - Dark future, Fantasy, and Steampunk (made the Cyberpunk universe after a Skynet-type catastrophe). Hmph... actually, that IS cyberpunk LOL.
Probably why I want to run a circa 1386 DR Realms campaign. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 06:27:08
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I find The Winter Kingdoms fascinating. It's the setting of Gail Z. Martin's Chronicles of the Necromancer, and it's been incredibly detailed.
Osseria has its own interesting qualities, too. I just wish Forbes shed more light on the history of Hethnost. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 06:55:24
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You're right. Dynamite Entertainment holds the rights for publishing comics featuring Red Sonya.
Marvel did have rights to publish comics from the Howard Estate for some time...that was only temporary though; the Howard Estate RARELY would consider giving permanent rights to anyone for anything. |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 07:03:36
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MT, I'm surprised! I looted ideas from both He-Man and She-Ra (used to have the toys for both, and watched them!) as well as Thundercats, Voltron (both incarnations), Transformers (make em Warforged!), and Pirates of Darkwater. I'll add Brave Starr to that one- for the old west/space cowboy setting. (The mystical aspects would work great in Spelljammer!) And can I add The REAL Ghostbusters to that for all the fun creatures? LOL, Nyxus and Samhain just scream goulishly fun undead creepies to pit players against! Plus, Slimer would make such a fun NPC! (Okay, I've got a habit of throwing random goofy stuff into my games on occasion just for fun, but seriously, who WOULDN'T love to run him as a side-kick or "pet"?)
FMA is one of my faves, and I've borrowed from it for the alchemy and auto-mail aspects. Yu-Yu-Hakusho is another great anime one, along with Ninja Scroll, Y-Gi-Oh, and some of the more off-beat animes like Rozen Maiden and Princess Tu-Tu. (Beautiful stories, and very much fantasy!) I'm really surprised that no one has mentioned Record of Lodoss Wars, come to think of it. THAT is an anime world just RIPE for the plucking, especially since it already has so much D&D type content already! Heck, it even has dark elves! |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 07:29:29
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Originally posted by Markustay
The MTG fluff is off the hook - I wish the D&D guys produced stuff like that.
Without a doubt, it's some of the best fantasy-stuff put together by the folk at Wizards.
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... Pirates of Darkwater (fantastic seaborne fantasy), ...
Always loved that show. I wish it would hurry along to DVD-translation.
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Hated He-man and She-Ra, and most of the other toy-inspired cartoons. You want good, mature toons, you have to go outside The States. I liked Thundercats, though.
He-Man had it's moments, especially with some of the cool villains, like Kobra Khan, who featured as a Realms-derivative sarrukh NPC once, in one of my campaigns.
There's few 80's toons that can approach the Pure Awesome! of Thundercats, though. Mumm-Ra FTW! 
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I would love to see a fantasy version of a 'Resident Evil' scenario; you know, like a ruined Mad Max or Planet of the Apes post-apocalyptic world, but done to a fantasy setting (like, What if.... Sauron Won?).
Hmmm. You might like FFG's Midnight campaign setting. It's basically set up as a "What if Sauron Won?"-type world. It's actually one of the most supported and published 3e settings of the OGL-era.
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That would blend three of my favorite genres - Dark future, Fantasy, and Steampunk (made the Cyberpunk universe after a Skynet-type catastrophe). Hmph... actually, that IS cyberpunk LOL.
Check out the various d20 Modern supplements, like d20 Future line, which includes FutureTech, Cyberscape, and Apocalypse. Great stuff in those tomes. A number of third-party publishers put out some fantastic books for the genre too. I'll list the stack I have once I'm home.
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The Sage
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 07:30:14
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Originally posted by The Sage
You're right. Dynamite Entertainment holds the rights for publishing comics featuring Red Sonya.
Marvel did have rights to publish comics from the Howard Estate for some time...that was only temporary though; the Howard Estate RARELY would consider giving permanent rights to anyone for anything.
Yep. 'Twas about the same time that the license for Conan shifted from Marvel to Dark Horse. |
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Ayrik
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 07:34:32
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Dystopian fantasy, Markus? I can't actually think of any "pure" examples; they all seem to overlap into the sci-fi or "alternate history" genres ... basically they all end up being with something like Shadowrun or William Gibson's Difference Engine. I wish I knew of some better examples.
The movie Erik the Viking sort of touches upon the idea (set in a sort of Ragnarok-era world), but not at all seriously, it was mostly Monty Python after all. Funnily enough, Sword of Shannara (back in the early-/mid-1980s when it was essentially Terry Brook's only published book, well before any of the subsequent Shannara series and retcons even existed) was actually set in a fantasy world said to have emerged from the ashes of (our?) technological apocalypse.
I can easily imagine a Winterknight or one-eyed priest of Odin, fighting wolves and savage men in the icy wastelands of a world destroyed by arrogant Norse gods. Or pitting the children of Netheril's Fall in an eternal stalemate against proud barbarians, liches, and perhaps some other race (hungry phaerimm, arrogant elves, opportunistic dwarves, orcish hordes, evil dragons) convinced that humankind is undeserving of the power it once wielded ...
I suppose that 4E's dead Thay is apocalyptic enough, though it's not pure dystopia because it's only an isolated blight in a larger and generally much better world. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 07:35:08
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
MT, I'm surprised! I looted ideas from both He-Man and She-Ra (used to have the toys for both, and watched them!) as well as Thundercats, Voltron (both incarnations), Transformers (make em Warforged!), and Pirates of Darkwater.
Actually, if you're like me and you're reading the latest Transformers comics published by IDW, the notion of Transformers-as-warforged-type fantasy constructs, isn't as far fetched as it might initially seem. The folks at IDW have put together some fantastic ideas for the origins of the Transformers.
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I'll add Brave Starr to that one- for the old west/space cowboy setting. (The mystical aspects would work great in Spelljammer!)
I only had the opportunity to catch a few episodes of that series. It airing here was pretty well unreliable.
For space cowboy action and inspiration, though, I head for Cowboy Bebop. 
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And can I add The REAL Ghostbusters to that for all the fun creatures? LOL, Nyxus and Samhain just scream goulishly fun undead creepies to pit players against! Plus, Slimer would make such a fun NPC! (Okay, I've got a habit of throwing random goofy stuff into my games on occasion just for fun, but seriously, who WOULDN'T love to run him as a side-kick or "pet"?)
Both Real and Extreme Ghostbusters have a place in my child-heart. And I'm glad little Narnra's taken a liking to them both as well.
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Favorite Fantasy Settings
