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New Twists on Old Settings.

Started by Serious Paul, September 21, 2007, 12:16:57 PM

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Ian Absentia

#15
September 22, 2007, 02:10:37 PM
Quote from: darI'd love to see a fantasy world done Traveller style. An ocean that stretches on forever and worlds are Islands/Continents sprinkled throughout the blue (like worlds in the black of traveler).
Wow, like "Gulliver's Traveller".  That's really a neat idea.

Personally, I don't have a problem with updated spins on old settings.  Sometimes, an old setting had a great concept, but the actual execution may seem quaint by standards a quarter-century on.  A really good setting doesn't need to be completely re-imagined, but spinning familiar concepts to appeal to contemporary sensibilities can be fun.

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Warthur

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September 23, 2007, 01:06:53 PM
I'd like to see a version of Planescape divorced from the old, slightly-too-nailed down model of the planes inherited from the Manual of the Planes - preferably junking most of the defined planes for a setup where there's a nigh-infinite number of wildly different planes. This'd be a setting where Sigil is the one immutable constant in the ocean of chaos which is the multiverse.
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Pete

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September 23, 2007, 01:56:14 PM
Quote from: WarthurI'd like to see a version of Planescape divorced from the old, slightly-too-nailed down model of the planes inherited from the Manual of the Planes - preferably junking most of the defined planes for a setup where there's a nigh-infinite number of wildly different planes. This'd be a setting where Sigil is the one immutable constant in the ocean of chaos which is the multiverse.

I'm drifting into OT here, but speaking as a Planescape fan, I agree with this completely.  In my sporadic campaign I use a "soap bubble" model for planes, inspired by Beyond Countless Doorways -- a d20 planar book developed by a few Planescape alums.  

Basically I combine the Astral and Etherial planes into one, calling it the Ether.  Any and all planes are essentially demi-planes floating in this soup.  So you'll have things like several fire-based planes but there's no "Plane of Fire" that represents some platonic ideal of fire for the multiverse.  Nailing down a bunch of planes on a Great Wheel always seemed odd to me.
 

teckno72

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September 24, 2007, 12:47:32 AM
No, there are still plenty of good ideas.  They're just not as easy to sell a corporation, because you have to do all the homework before you put it out (and, then, it's still iffy).  Nah, these guys (corporations) want to make sure that they'll make money on it, so they use something that has already proven itself.  It is a shoddy way of doing things, unless you're an owner of stock.  Never mind that there's the possibility that they might make more on something new.  Corporations are VERY short-sighted, for the most part.   :(
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signoftheserpent

#19
September 24, 2007, 04:25:17 AM
'corporation'?
 

teckno72

#20
September 24, 2007, 09:41:15 AM
Okay, I'm thinking that the same thing applies to rpg companies on a smaller scale.  I just said 'corporations.'  I'm sure some gaming companies are incorporated...:o
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Aos

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September 25, 2007, 03:50:26 PM
Quote from: John MorrowSo have we hit the end of creativity so all that's left are remakes?  Based on what I see in the movie theaters, on TV, and on the radio, it's sure starting to see that way.  And, no, being "edgy" doesn't automatically make the new versoin cool.

This harummph is a remake of older more original harummphs dating back to the time of A. Africanus. The fact that it uses written symbols forming words as opposed to grunts and gestures does not automatically make it more evolved.
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