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I think that's more down to the writers' choice of expression than the genre. Penny Dreadful is in a setting of traditional monster horror, which is closer to fantasy than scifi, and it addressed the theme of depression through allegory. Horror has been doing this for a long time, actually. Real...

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Can you give an example of one or more ways they can be treated differently? I realize that it's your preferred way in terms of fun or maybe immersion, and you aren't implying that it's the only way or the right way (I'm the same on that when it comes to a lot of these kinds of campaign...

By Sci Fi species, I'm referring to sentient and sapient species, for example the major races in Star Trek and Star Wars (Vulkans, Klingons, Mon Calamari, Wookies, etc) Do you think there is any significant difference between the two? Do (or would) you tend to treat them differently in how you...

My upcoming campaign has a mythically large city (the largest city in the known "multiverse") so its size is actually unknowable, but at least in the millions. I guess you could even think of it as "the realm of citiness". It's a trade hub between realms. My setting doesn't call them planes per...

Keep in mind that this won't be D&D but a homebrew OSR dungeoncrawl game I'm working on. Social skills like Insight (at least the way they work in D&D) won't be part of the game. If players wish to know something they either roleplay it straight, or roleplay it with the aid of specialized...

Yes, there are actually no strings attached, it's just a very large sum. If their PC dies, a new PC will have to start over, however. Well it's funny you say that. I didn't mention it, but in the backstory there is another option. Refugees are given 3 options: become Omi Gari, become Ru Gari...

I can't tell if you mean there's no indication of player choice or player character choice. Regarding player choice, you're correct. That's why a lot of poeple so far have said "your players need to be okay with this setting". I personally thought this was obvious, since it's GMing 101, but...

Immediate fact: I don't know much about forum software (I certainly don't know if EN World is custom or stock) but I'm tossing this out there anyway. There are times when I'd like to reply to someone's post in my thread but I'm concerned that the thread is moving too quickly and people will...

Yes, this exactly. My point was that the initial condition is that of impossibility. Now what are the players going to do about it? Keeping in mind that the level of power is so high here that their solution needs to be pretty clever, given that over aeons of this place's existence nobody else...

A fair enough number of people are getting "slave" vibes rather than the intended "treasure hunters in debt" premise. Out of the folks following this thread still, what do you think about this change to perspective? "Gari" translates to "debtor" rather than "servant" (idea courtesy of...

I find Mysterium's art inspiring in a way that gives ideas I wouldn't otherwise think about. It's also a niche refresher from the same old same old fantasy sci-fi art I've been looking at for decades. (these were simply taken from Google search)

I have a lot to think abut based on several replies, and even more to think about based on your last point, but I wanted to reply to this sooner to explain a bit more of the setting: What you're saying makes perfect sense, however: the magic that keeps The Well a secret from all beings is more...

Yes, I guess this really is my main hesitation. I think to make this work I need to present a clear vision and be able to sell the most fun parts and then back that up when we play. My motivation behind this setup isn't to have a thread of bleakness through it (all PCs start out as ostensibly...

Portals: How the portals exist, when they came to be and why they are is not something anyone knows, although the citizens of The Well believe the Kumpali is responsible for some part of it, since He has control over them. The records of the city itself are so old as to be impractical to study...