2005 WotC d20 Modern product: d20 Apocalypse

[mythusmage]

It's not that I *need* it to be sober, I just always asumed the Apocalypse would be, well...a downer.

"If I did not find occasion to laugh, I would most surely die."
Abraham Lincoln

 

[mythusmage]

Now, who here is thinking of using d20 Apocalpyse to create a post-apocalypse campaign setting?

What about adapting it to horror or fantasy?

It went horribly wrong. Now the Earth hangs suspended, one face set permanently towards the Sun. Thanks to dweomers puissant, and the intervention of many deities, life continues. But a changed life.

And a changed unlife.

You are vampires, creatures of the night. Creatures trapped in a world of perpetual day. How do you survive, much less prosper? How do you gain the sustenance you need when you face perils unknown to your predeccessors? How do you hold on to ragged tatters of humanity when you hunger so? And how do you feed when the cursed Sun bleeds away your strengths?

And what is it about the Nightside that you avoid it so?

A Sere and Blasted Land, a d20 Apocalypse fantasy-horror setting.

Hope this gives you ideas.

 

[Emiricol]

Not me brother

Count me in for The Bomb destroyed civilization, warped everyone's genes, and what didn't die off is what was left to breed.

WooT

Preach on, brother! I concur. Praise TeflonBilly and pass the ammo.

 

[DMH]

What about adapting it to horror or fantasy?

Speaking of fantasy, wasn't there a fantasy PA setting from MEG?

As for d20 Apoc, I just bought Beyond the Horizon for conversion back to 5th edition. I will take a look, but unless the settings are amazing, I doubt I will buy it.

 

[Scarbonac]

Not me brother

Count me in for The Bomb destroyed civilization, warped everyone's genes, and what didn't die off is what was left to breed.

WooT

Mmmmm, nuuuuuuuuuuuuukes...

 

[MrFilthyIke]

Not me brother

Count me in for The Bomb destroyed civilization, warped everyone's genes, and what didn't die off is what was left to breed.

WooT

Well, being a huge fan of Fallout, I'm not against the idea of radiation. I just love the added "Robots Gone Wild" and the d20 GW "Naughty Nanites" ideas as well. I'm more prone to let people have negative mutations, and let them sink or swim and see which defect is actually a strength.

What I really want is Fallout, without me having to convert.

And nothing yet has quite captured that. But going back to "the bomb", that was a major part of the appeal of Fallout, the '50s style intros and art. I'm just terribly confused.

 

[Zethnar]

Mmmmm, nuuuuuuuuuuuuukes...

I dont know... The idea of Nano-bombs gone wrong or a supervirus are kinda cool too


To be honest I never expected to see D20 Apocalypse, but now that its on the way I can say I'm quite pleased. I'd heard that there were going to be 4 suppliments for D20 modern this year and I was struggling to figure out what they would be.

I guess this bodes well not only for the survival of the D20 Future line but suggests various setting books. d20 past, d20 apocalypse, d20 Western perhaps? d20 Cyberpunk? Maybe even d20 Starships (personally I'd love to see this one if it had a more detailed combat system and construction rules).

I do have one question though, is d20 Apocalypse in colour or will it be black and white? I know that most of these paperback books have been black and white but then star wars also had at least one that was colour (The Alien Anthology).

 

[bubbalin]

That sounds more like Tank Girl..

Somebody did that too, at least I spotted it, but I didn't stop long enough to browse.

 

[HAR-Vee]

We're all probably better off that WotC *doesn't* put out more d20 Modern products. The entire product lines of TGM and RPGO are amazingly high quality and these designers might have been discouraged from the space if WotC had a more complete line.

One of the benefits of the OGL to WotC is that they can pull from the best OGC out there to build the best supplements they can. Even so I'm not sure I'll be motivated to spend money on a 96 page "framework" when I can get 200 pages of Darwin's World 2 for less... including the framework and a wonderful, flexible setting.

 

[Tom Cashel]

Looks like a great supplement, especially considering my current campaign is a time- and dimension-hopping romp in D20 Modern.

Probably won't be buying it though. Not because I have any gripe with Mr. Drader's design work, but rather because designers who sink to the level of their online nemeses come across as extremely lame, to me. A half-dozen of Justin Achilli's posts on rpg.net cured me of any interest whatsoever in the new World of Darkness. And now Mr. Drader's comments have had a similar effect.

ArthurQ/BrooklynKnight may have a history of online skullduggery (according to a couple of you), but he is not a paid professional representing his product online. You are, Mr. Drader. You might consider striving to act more professional in front of the people who may (or may not) be buying your books.

But that's just my hunk of fnord. Mods, if you need to sacrifice a lamb to the ban-uillotine for restarting this line of conversation, feel free to chop off my head. My son's home from the NICU now, so I've not much time for posting anyhow.