D&D campaigns inspired by other RPGs

[JPL]

Unknown Armies would be interesting source material...the avatars, anyway.

Exalted: The Sidereals has an alternate version of the Divine Realms that could form the basis of a very high-level campaign...maybe even something where the PCs are fledgling gods.

 

[Tonguez]

I had considered doing In Nomine inspired game where the PCS get to be Solars or whatever

 

[Calico_Jack73]

Another example would be Dark Ages: Inquisitor. I really like this game, but the odds of me getting anyone I know to play it are about nil. However if I ran a D&D game in a homebrew setting wherein players were members of a secret church group dedicated to hunting down evil creatures and enemies of the faith, I wouldn't have a problem. Do you see what I'm getting at?

Starman

Yes I do... I tried to get my group to give Werewolf a shot but they don't want to learn a new system. I may try working a werewolf theme into a D&D campaign at some point... perhaps some non-corrupted version of the werewolf template that doesn't involve alignment change.

 

[Starman]

Settings tend to be easier to use whole cloth. You just have to change certain assumptions about the way the world works when using a different engine.

It may be easier, but I think you can make an interesting campaign that blends the two aspects together. Typically, a D&D campaign is high fantasy/high adventure. Ars Magica, for example, can be high fantasy (the games I've played tend to be more middle fantasy) and are rarely high adventure. Take the core concepts of the game and shape a D&D campaign around it, though, and you make for some interesting possibilities.

Starman

 

[Umbran]

Though would you put some all-knowing overlord in place of The Computer?

I figure a LN deity would probably fit the bill, there.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I figure a LN deity would probably fit the bill, there.

Why not CN?

 

[qstor]

Theres a Green Ronin book that would fit well in an Ars Magica inspired D&D game. I forget the title


Mike

 

[maddman75]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer has influenced my opinion on every game. For one, it has given me a much greater appreciation for the importance of pacing and timing. The drama points system I've ported to a couple of games now, and won't run a game without some similar mechanic. (if it doesn't have one, I'll import Buffy's). And I no longer think in terms of Challenges and Encounters, but in Sets and Scenes.