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bandersnatch
26th March 2008, 10:26 PM
It is time I become more active on this site, so I figured I'd see if I can start up a game here. I wouldn't start any of these before mid-may, since school will be kicking my butt shortly with research and modeling projects, but I might get to one of them during the summer.

Planescape: Scoundrels of the Blood War
Setting: PLANESCAPE, nuff said.
System: D&D, ECL ~10-12.
The premise: Characters would be part of a mercenary group that has fought in the blood war under the Baatezu. The game would obviously revolve around the Blood War, though I have more an espionage/intrigue/assassination campaign in mind, with large scale battles thrown in for fun, occasionally. At the beginning of the game you'd be on leave in Sigil. Characters would obviously be alredy quite experienced plane travelers.

Dark Sun: Slave Tribe Chronicles
Setting: Dark Sun.
System: D&D from official DS website, ECL ~6-8
Premise: After the fall of Abalach-Re the sorcerer Queen, the City state of Raam fell into chaos. Within this turmoil a group of slaves managed to free themselves and escaped into the wastelands. This would be a non-traditional DnD game, where players would have to try and get a slave tribe (of initially 40) to survive and possibly even prosper in the harsh environment of Athas. Players would still take control of characters, but through those characters, manage and direct the tribe. This game doesn't have to be about micromanaging resources, but can be if players enjoy it.

Lost Outpost
Setting: Homebrewn sci-fi. Think of a Firefly/Cowboy bebop-esque theme and mood, though I can add aliens and psionics into it if people would like a more fantastic sci-fi setting.
System: D20 modern/sci-fi, maybe SAGA if people prefered that. ~level 8-10
Premise: After the war with the Abberration the human republic splintered into waring factions and volatile galactic nations. Furthermore numerous Hyperspace gates were destroyed, and the large spacestations built on the edges of the known universe were cut off from the empires they belonged to. The game would take place on one of those space stations and the party would have its own ship, doing odd jobs in the nearby galaxy. Maybe they would get involved with in the various territorial conflicts or wars for independence, maybe not.

Fallout
Setting: Fallout
System: D20 modern, level 6-8, since the fallout RPG stopped existing
Premise: Characters could either belong to a vault, or to the brotherhood, or be lone wolves who survived the wastelands on their own. The game would take place in one of the last few surviving metropolises in the midwest; now controled by an unscrupelous enterpreneur. Despite his autocratic rule crime syndicates and numerous organizations continue to wage wars against each other.

You wouldn't have to know any more about the Dark Sun, Planescape, Fallout settings, than what you can read up on in the Wiki. So familiarity with either setting is not required.

Regnier_Leinhart
26th March 2008, 10:44 PM
I chose Lost Outpost because it came down between that and Fallout. Unfortunately I prefer the original PnP version instead of the D20 version.

mexal
27th March 2008, 08:59 PM
I would enjoy any of these except the Dark Sun one.

The Speaker in Dreams
28th March 2008, 02:19 PM
It's all about Darksun, baby!

:dwarf:

superhal
29th March 2008, 12:42 AM
I'm liking Fallout, but i won't mind any others, as long as i play. I'm not experienced, hence why i want to play, i've been playing for a few months now with a couple of friends, so someone PM me if they are interested.

bandersnatch
29th March 2008, 12:43 AM
Interesting. Id have thought Planescape would have garnered the most votes and Dark Sun the least. Then again one of the three votes is mine and doesn't really count.

superhal
29th March 2008, 01:03 AM
Interesting. Id have thought Planescape would have garnered the most votes and Dark Sun the least. Then again one of the three votes is mine and doesn't really count.
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So, are you gonna make a game? :orc:

colonialbob
29th March 2008, 03:17 AM
I voted for Dark Sun not because of the setting itself (to be honest, I don't have much experience with any of them... which obviously rules out Planescape (probably my second choice). I just thought the concept sounded interesting.

eric
29th March 2008, 03:28 AM
I voted fallout cause I am a old Aftermath player :)

bandersnatch
29th March 2008, 04:55 AM
I voted fallout cause I am a old Aftermath player :)
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Heh... Fallout and Dark Sun are actually quite similar. Dark Sun is just a fantasy post apocalyptic world, destroyed by the Cleanisng Wars. So it looks like post-apoc is most people's favorite here.

There is a Wiki entry for Dark Sun, and I can provide some basic info as well. People who dislike Psionics severely though might want to stay away from that setting.

colonialbob
29th March 2008, 05:55 AM
Ooh psionics... never played with them, but I'm willing to learn... although I'd probably still rather take the non-psionic role in the party, if there is one.

mexal
29th March 2008, 12:10 PM
Actually I quite like the Dark Sun setting, it was the concept that didn't appeal!

CountFalchiezVander
30th March 2008, 02:09 AM
I prefer plane scape and Dark Sun because of the more darker/chaotic characters you can build.

bandersnatch
6th April 2008, 05:41 AM
Ok, looks like Dark sun won out. I'll be sending Barrok a pm during the next week and set up a forum. If people want to fiddle around with character gen already, though, here are some guidelines:

ECL 7
Point Buy: 34
You may start with one enchanted item (psionic or magic) of up to 6000 cp (cp=gp on Athas). Otherwise you only have 800 cp to spend on general items (including potionfruits/ tatoos and scrolls).

Sources: PHB, Sandstorm, Expanded Psionic Handbook (no races), Spell Compendium and anything from this (http://www.athas.org/products?publisher=Athas.org) website. Other sources like Complete series and Races of would have to be approved and/or reworked, to preserve the Dark Sun flavor.

Obviously characters would have been slaves (either captured or born into). Slavery is so ubiquitous in Athas that they can fill almost any role: from accountants and scribes to gladiators and entertainers. For those who are not familiar with the setting the wikipedia entry here provides some basic info (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Sun). I'll give more details on the setting later, as well.

Anaxiamander
1st May 2008, 02:18 PM
Did this get off the ground, after? I took a quick look around but couldn't find anything to be the case. I'd love to take part in such a game, if one's in the works.

bandersnatch
5th May 2008, 08:34 AM
School has been keeping me pretty darn busy during the last month, and will be for at least another week. :(

It'll get off the ground eventually, though. Something around mid-may most likely.

Anaxiamander
5th May 2008, 08:51 AM
Awesome. I will surely be looking forward to it. If I fail to notice, be sure to let me know when you get things going, okay? Thanks.