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Foxhelm
Senior Scribe
Canada
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 Posted - 04 Jun 2011 : 11:25:53
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Figured this might be the best section for this slightly off topic...
Has anyone run a D&D game based on the ancient astronaut theory? That the gods/devils/demons/etc could be aliens from an extra-terrestrial (from another planet) or ultra-terrestrial (aliens from another dimension)?
That dragons and other monsters could be E.T., U.T., or genetic experiments? That magic (Arcane, Divine, Primal) could be energy from extra-dimensional sources, advance sciences or even more selective psionic powers? Artifacts/magic items could be advance scientific devices?
Any one tried this or would want to try this?
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 04 Jun 2011 : 14:56:41
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I've seen the theory once or twice, in Spelljammer material, that a lot of life on various worlds is there because of an ancient race that for their own reasons scattered the races and critters there. Kind of a cross between ancient aliens and panspermia.
Also in Spelljammer material, there's a world simply called Below, that the Arcane keep stocked with all sorts of critters, to protect their secret base and also for guided tours. It's an Ed article, and it says that PCs can encounter anything from modern soldiers to cartoon characters there.
Numeria, on Golarion, is a land dominated by the wreckage of an ancient starship. They've got all sorts of high-science devices there, including some that mimic magical devices but are purely weird technology. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 04 Jun 2011 : 16:25:35
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| There is, also, in the Realmslore, an incredibly ancient and evil god -- whose name has long been forgotten -- and is now simply referred to as "the Dragonking." Speculatory tidbits scattered by Eric Boyd throughout the lore suggests that this deity came from the Far Realm... making brief incursions into the Prime Material of the Realms via the powerful artifact known as The Dragonking's Eye. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
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Posted - 04 Jun 2011 : 19:55:30
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Originally posted by The Sage
There is, also, in the Realmslore, an incredibly ancient and evil god -- whose name has long been forgotten -- and is now simply referred to as "the Dragonking." Speculatory tidbits scattered by Eric Boyd throughout the lore suggests that this deity came from the Far Realm... making brief incursions into the Prime Material of the Realms via the powerful artifact known as The Dragonking's Eye.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 05 Jun 2011 : 01:38:40
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Originally posted by The Sage
There is, also, in the Realmslore, an incredibly ancient and evil god -- whose name has long been forgotten -- and is now simply referred to as "the Dragonking." Speculatory tidbits scattered by Eric Boyd throughout the lore suggests that this deity came from the Far Realm... making brief incursions into the Prime Material of the Realms via the powerful artifact known as The Dragonking's Eye.
Thats in Waterdeep: City of Splendors, right?
Aye. And the 2e Volo's Guide to All Things Magical as well. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 05 Jun 2011 : 04:02:21
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"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 05 Jun 2011 : 19:37:41
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There is also, of course, all the most ancient D&D stuff relating to the supertechnology Blackmoor civilization. Although written for the earliest 1E Greyhawk setting (and TSR's earliest Gamma World RPG) and only obliquely referenced in scattered bits of subsequent Realmslore ... it also seems to have been entirely forgotten by 3E.
Spelljammer lore claims that elves, and perhaps orcs and men and even dragons, arrived to the Realms from other worlds. Early Realms timeline sometimes agree with these claims. |
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