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Settings like Dark Sun

Started by Llew ap Hywel, July 24, 2017, 03:42:24 PM

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Justin Alexander

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August 04, 2017, 01:19:10 AM Last Edit: June 23, 2018, 02:41:52 AM by Justin Alexander
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Voros

#31
August 04, 2017, 01:36:54 AM
Can''t see how Psionics is tacked on in DS, loads of the monsters and races are based around it, magic is set up in relation to it and it is central to the history/setting.

artikid

#32
August 04, 2017, 04:38:51 AM
Quote from: Justin Alexander;980405... waiting for the part where that's a bad thing.
It's not bad, but it's kinda unoriginal for a setting that is considered oh so original.
It's like talking to a guy that wants you to know about this new setting he made: there's Suaron the black lord that made this ring, the ring got lost and found by the fallen middling Gallum...

Quote from: Voros;980407Can''t see how Psionics is tacked on in DS, loads of the monsters and races are based around it, magic is set up in relation to it and it is central to the history/setting.

As I said YMMV

Eric Diaz

#33
August 05, 2017, 08:15:41 PM
The right answer is Tekúmel.

Also Zothique, Dune, Barsoom, Carcosa, DEN , etc.

If you want 10 alternatives for inspiration:

http://methodsetmadness.blogspot.com.br/2015/10/mad-sun-part-i-inspirations.html
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tenbones

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August 08, 2017, 09:57:52 AM
Quote from: Eric Diaz;980712The right answer is Tekúmel.

Also Zothique, Dune, Barsoom, Carcosa, DEN , etc.

If you want 10 alternatives for inspiration:

http://methodsetmadness.blogspot.com.br/2015/10/mad-sun-part-i-inspirations.html

and in one masterstroke post... we've been defeated.

Willie the Duck

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August 08, 2017, 12:22:22 PM
Quote from: finarvyn;978046I think that the "problem" that most players have with Dark Sun is that it is designed to kill you. The desert is out to get you, the creatures are badass, the world can be a really grim place and many players don't like that. I had similar issues with players and Ravenloft; they liked the concept of a vampire setting but the reality sucked for them because it was so grim all of the time.

I have never carefully read the rules, so I honestly do not know if the rules support this situation or not. But I have read the world overview and such and my impression is, "Given the external survival pressures, the infighting, and all the rest, it is not realistic that the PC races/civilizations exist  in its present form in this situation." Eaten by elves, starved, dies of thirst, broken into subsistence-based settlements, I don't know. Whether it is too hard to be a PC given the monsters and opponents in the setting, I don't know.

Eric Diaz

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August 08, 2017, 09:22:07 PM
Quote from: tenbones;981290and in one masterstroke post... we've been defeated.

Very nice of you to say, kind sir! Humble in victory and graceful in defeat, I see! :D
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