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Mixing fantasy/sci-fi/western in od&d retro clones?

Started by cnath.rm, June 12, 2013, 09:21:07 PM

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The Traveller

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June 13, 2013, 04:41:13 PM
Nah my players hated it. The first appearance of a gun was met with nigh mutiny, it doesn't work for some people. They'll merrily play a SF game, but don't get cheese on their ice cream.
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The Ent

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June 13, 2013, 05:06:17 PM
Myself I wouldn't go for guns and so on but lightsabers, power armor, chainblades, the whole WHesque space fantasy look. Have gods, demons etc be Aliens of various sorts, etc, that kinda thing. Bal-Sagoth + Daniken + Kirby + Northwest Smith + Cherryh's Morgaine, etc.

For the Western thing, the typical oldschool hexcrawl is pretty Western-y to begin with...

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June 13, 2013, 07:56:28 PM
Quote from: K Peterson;662237No, it was Don Kaye who played that character in Greyhawk, and he did have a name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murlynd

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June 14, 2013, 06:35:04 PM
My current DCC campaign has a very strong element of sci-fi.
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