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Post by Admin on Oct 9, 2016 3:34:54 GMT
Please use this thread to post your ideas. Then, I will place them in the appropriate thread. To start: find a copy of EPIC OF AERTH, to get a feel for things. Read page 222, the most important page, IMHO. I'll start with a general overview of how the Presposia Aerth Campaign differs from Gary's canon. * Gary set a 17th c. default: I am moving things more towards the Ancient & Dark Ages, and, Swords & Sorcery. * The 'physics' of Aerth is here is based on 1e. Totally disregard this, if that is your want. * The first 7 AD&D books apply to anywhere on the planet. Some realms extend this set of possibilities. * I'll try to place everything from Dragon magazine on Earth, from OD&D to 2E. * There are spelljammer ports in Japan. * Adolf Hitler is the leader of Teutonia, with FOBs in the Inner Aerth. * Blackpowder weapons exist, and, they see much use in the Vargaardian colonies. * Cleopatra is the ruler of Aegypt. * Rasputin is in the court of Russ. * Julius Caesar is the leader of Rome, and, the Western Sea Alliance is now replaced with the Roman Confederacy. * Napoleon is the leader of Francia, and Francia is part of the Gallic Treaty. Change the Gallic Treaty to the Holy Empire. * The Atlantlan pantheon is the Melnibonean pantheon, with the addition of Poseidon, Orcus, and Belial. * Judaism, Christianity, and Islam exist, though they just began in the year 1000. (Current year = 1016). Phillistia = Jews, Rome = Christians, Yarbay = Muslims. * Julius Caesar has declared war on Islam. Troops will land on the western shore of Shamash, or, Hasur, perhaps. There is an active Crusade, which is just starting. I shall leave it at that, at the beginning: a wargame, perhaps. There is no canon, here: only possibilities, from which you must choose. Do not feel constrained by anything: here, your ideas are more important than Gary's!  Origins, Prespos  |
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Post by Admin on Oct 9, 2016 4:24:34 GMT
I'd like to do d100 tables, unique for every realm. I am addicted to d100 tables! d100, Pres Ps. d100 character table (easy chargen) d100 monster table d100 magic table etc. etc. |
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Post by tmao on Oct 9, 2016 11:43:52 GMT
Please use this thread to post your ideas. Then, I will place them in the appropriate thread. To start: find a copy of EPIC OF AERTH, to get a feel for things. Read page 222, the most important page, IMHO. I'll start with a general overview of how the Presposia Aerth Campaign differs from Gary's canon. * Gary set a 17th c. default: I am moving things more towards the Ancient & Dark Ages, and, Swords & Sorcery. * The 'physics' of Aerth is here is based on 1e. Totally disregard this, if that is your want. * The first 7 AD&D books apply to anywhere on the planet. Some realms extend this set of possibilities. * I'll try to place everything from Dragon magazine on Earth, from OD&D to 2E. * There are spelljammer ports in Japan. * Adolf Hitler is the leader of Teutonia, with FOBs in the Inner Aerth. * Blackpowder weapons exist, and, they see much use in the Vargaardian colonies. * Cleopatra is the ruler of Aegypt. * Rasputin is in the court of Russ. * Julius Caesar is the leader of Rome, and, the Western Sea Alliance is now replaced with the Roman Confederacy. * Napoleon is the leader of Francia, and Francia is part of the Gallic Treaty. Change the Gallic Treaty to the Holy Empire. * The Atlantlan pantheon is the Melnibonean pantheon, with the addition of Poseidon, Orcus, and Belial. * Judaism, Christianity, and Islam exist, though they just began in the year 1000. (Current year = 1016). Phillistia = Jews, Rome = Christians, Yarbay = Muslims. * Julius Caesar has declared war on Islam. Troops will land on the western shore of Shamash, or, Hasur, perhaps. There is an active Crusade, which is just starting. I shall leave it at that, at the beginning: a wargame, perhaps. There is no canon, here: only possibilities, from which you must choose. Do not feel constrained by anything: here, your ideas are more important than Gary's! Origins, Prespos stiky please! |
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Post by Admin on Oct 12, 2016 2:01:20 GMT
With regards to a structural basis of things, start with EPIC OF AERTH, of course. From there, I'd recommend the HR (Historical Reference) series of books, by TSR, for 2E. Beyond that, various TSR materials, esp. from the 2E era, will be helpful. Here's the .pdf checklist, if anyone is interested in filling out details of the setting. * EPIC OF AERTH * Vikings * Celts * Age of Heroes (Greece) * A Mighty Fortress (Cannons & Firearms) * The Glory of Rome * Charlemagne's Paladins * The Crusades * Oriental Adventures * Al-Qadim: Oriental Adventures * Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms * The Horde * Maztica These would be the major sources that I'm using. Now, there are other adventures, relating to the above, that I have not listed. As well, there are a LOT of 3E/d20 books that are great for providing further detail/inspiration. The over-arching idea is not historical realism, but a fun and dynamic setting that people can have fun with! I'd really like to see more in the way of dungeons, perhaps one traditional dungeon for each realm, perhaps a megadungeon. For the next year, I'll be setting up the base structure of the campaign: feel free to add in any way that you imagine. There are no wrong ideas. Prespos |
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Post by tmao on Oct 13, 2016 21:42:48 GMT
Nile Adamantine Crok
ac -4
at will stone skin, Shocking Bite 6D8 damage, reflect arrows
Int 8
Mutant (chaos)
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Post by tmao on Oct 13, 2016 22:12:16 GMT
Western Werewolf (France and Spain)
10 HD
lead by cunning "warlord " Class
rend for 4d6
AC 2
Only hit by cold iron weapons(well known weakness)
whole villages of (small 30 or so)
Roving bands of 12 (gypsy disguese)
very hard Lycanthropy to catch
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Post by tmao on Oct 13, 2016 22:16:13 GMT
Dungeon
Dwaven capital of empire
fell to evil
those that destroyed them remain
The angry remains of DEAD turned evil by holy followers of dead LG god(also evil due to insanity from cthuhu gods at final battle
Berserk Dwarven Zombie 4HD 2 attacks for 1d8+2 ac 11
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Post by tmao on Oct 13, 2016 22:38:56 GMT
Dungeon #2
Petrified Elven Mega tree fort
Golums overthrew elves and took over
Bugbear Wizard(war magic) rules 1/4
Wights of elves and liches everywhere
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Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2016 9:20:52 GMT
Here is the template for 1st Edition monsters.
Of course, feel to post in any edition that you like.
Template
FREQUENCY:
NO. APPEARING:
ARMOR CLASS:
MOVE: "
HIT DICE:
% IN LAIR:
TREASURE TYPE:
NO. OF ATTACKS:
DAMAGE/ATTACK:
SPECIAL ATTACKS:
SPECIAL DEFENSES:
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
INTELLIGENCE:
ALIGNMENT:
SIZE:
PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil
Attack/Defense Modes: Nil
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE:
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Post by kjatoragfoot on Oct 14, 2016 19:54:44 GMT
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Post by romlonewolf23k on Feb 25, 2017 2:40:38 GMT
Hi. Some time ago, I started up a Maximum Xcrawl campaign; a post-modern fantasy setting in a fantastic alternate Earth, where dungeon-crawlers are actually superstar athletes taking part in a live-on-pay-per-view death sport. The core nation of the setting is the North American Empire, with scant details made of the rest of the world. I decided to adapt Aerth for use to flesh out the rest of the world. And I'm still planning on using some of the world info introduced here with few modifications, since I'm going with a schizo-tech setting combining some elements of high and low tech, and plenty of magic and techno-magic.
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Post by Admin on Feb 25, 2017 2:47:27 GMT
Hi. Some time ago, I started up a Maximum Xcrawl campaign; a post-modern fantasy setting in a fantastic alternate Earth, where dungeon-crawlers are actually superstar athletes taking part in a live-on-pay-per-view death sport. The core nation of the setting is the North American Empire, with scant details made of the rest of the world. I decided to adapt Aerth for use to flesh out the rest of the world. And I'm still planning on using some of the world info introduced here with few modifications, since I'm going with a schizo-tech setting combining some elements of high and low tech, and plenty of magic and techno-magic. That's really cool, and, I'd never even thought about an Aerth that somehow advanced into the modern world. In the Aerth pages, I just basically try to gather anything and everything that would be inspiration for a campaign. Although I am pretty much devoted to AD&D, I have heard that both RIFTS and GURPS have good sourcebooks, full of excellent ideas. Let me know if you have any questions about a specific region of Aerth. I'm very interested to hear about what you come up with, in your campaign. Thanks! |
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Post by kjatoragfoot on Mar 18, 2017 22:58:47 GMT
Somewhere on Aerth, Arielle the Warrior Princess rules over an enclave of crab people (called "The Sebastians").  |
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Post by Malcadon on Mar 19, 2017 3:54:06 GMT
Somewhere on Aerth, Arielle the Warrior Princess rules over an enclave of crab people. Nice pic!  I love Mermaids, but I hate shell-bras.  (made using Neptune's Daughter app from DollDivine)That is more like it. |
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Post by kjatoragfoot on Mar 19, 2017 16:05:57 GMT
The assassins teapot: Allows you to serve different liquids depending on where you put your finger.
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Post by kjatoragfoot on Mar 22, 2017 0:15:30 GMT
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Post by jamerowe1 on Mar 29, 2017 0:59:09 GMT
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Post by dragonspipe on Mar 29, 2017 19:30:27 GMT
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Post by jamerowe1 on Mar 30, 2017 1:34:47 GMT
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Post by dragonspipe on Apr 1, 2017 4:11:05 GMT
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Post by subaltari on Apr 1, 2017 4:37:22 GMT
Orchids Reminds me of the book The Orchid Thief, which inspired Charlie Kaufman's film Adaptation. What would the RPG adaptation of this story look like? |
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Post by dragonspipe on Apr 4, 2017 0:29:25 GMT
Orchids Reminds me of the book The Orchid Thief, which inspired Charlie Kaufman's film Adaptation. What would the RPG adaptation of this story look like? could be one of those adventures wherein a Romanesque Civilization comes into a clash with Celtic Druidry. The city-states are rapidly wiping out a species of rare orchid or other plant , which has sacred / medicinal value. A Ranger seeks to cultivate a strain which can be grown commercially, and this leads to a quest for an item, seeds, or boon of Nature herself. Maybe a little too "Star Trek" morality playish but I think it'd be good if not too black & white. |
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Post by dragonspipe on Apr 8, 2017 1:55:44 GMT
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Post by jamerowe1 on Apr 10, 2017 3:57:16 GMT
Now THERE is a proper Evil Priestess.
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Post by Malcadon on Apr 10, 2017 4:30:26 GMT
Now THERE is a proper Evil Priestess. In my settings, she would be a good, neutral or evil Priestess and/or Sorceress. (Although, she would have more cuts and henna on her.)  |
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