[d20 Past] What should be in Volume II?

[takyris]

That's a shame. I'd love to see something like ancient Greece -- give me a chance to use the "Warfare in Historical Greece" or whatever it was book that I got awhile back. Or, failing that, a campaign set just before the fall of Atlantis.

In terms of stuff that they might do... what about the New World and its colonies? Set it early enough that the colonists were still trying to live with the Native Americans and not eradicate them. Although now that I think about it... I'd greatly enjoy a one-shot involving, say, being a British investigator pressed with discovering how an entire colony could disappear, buildings and all, in less than six months. But I think that as a player, I'd get tired of such a world fairly quickly. It's one of those periods that feel repressed and stuffy, and even though I know that that's not actually the case, it doesn't lend itself to the feeling of adventure.

We've got good stuff for the Old West already, although that hasn't stopped WotC from coming in and doing it "officially" in the past. If I wanted to run a Wild West game, I wouldn't feel like I desperately needed WotC's help...

I'm sure there's good Victorian or almost-Victorian Sherlock-Holmes-era stuff, but I'd like to see a WotC treatment of that. That's got some good possibilities in terms of letting people sleuth around while war looms in the background.

 

[Ranger REG]

That's a shame. I'd love to see something like ancient Greece -- give me a chance to use the "Warfare in Historical Greece" or whatever it was book that I got awhile back. Or, failing that, a campaign set just before the fall of Atlantis.

Maybe when they decided to do d20 Classic. That way they can cover Greece, Rome, and Egypt.

For now, I want more game information for the time period of 1450 to 1940 (maybe 1945). I was so hoping they adapted V is for Victory WW II mini-game (from Poly magazine) for d20 Modern ruleset.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Or, failing that, a campaign set just before the fall of Atlantis.

For an Atlantis type game I'd reccomend blending Mongooses' OGL Ancients and Avalanche Press' Twilight of Atlantis.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

The Wars of Religion.

The Salem Witch Trilas (This time with real witches...)

The Bone Wars (Fossil hunting with guns... no fatalities, but it happened.)

Hatfield & McCoy D20

Solomon Kane

The Auld Grump

 

[JPL]

Well, the pirates setting should cover some Solomon Kane - type material. Use the Shaman for the native witch doctors, use the Sorcerer for the evil necromancers, that sort of thing.

So far, I think WWII sounds like the best bet as something a lot of people would actually want to play. As with cowboys, pirates, and cliffhanger heroes, everyone has at least a general feel for the conventions of the genre and the feel of the era.

Of course, one could always use the Pulp Heroes setting as the template for more of a fantastic Sgt. Fury or Hellboy version of WWII.

 

[Yuan-Ti]

The Wars of Religion.

The Salem Witch Trilas (This time with real witches...)

The Bone Wars (Fossil hunting with guns... no fatalities, but it happened.)

Hatfield & McCoy D20

Solomon Kane

The Auld Grump

I think of all this list, I would be most interested in a Solomon Kane OGL.

Or maybe The Auld Grump d20.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

What is so hard about doing Ancient Greece with D20 Past?

The biggest differences are equipment and mastercraft items, from what I can see. A few feats (eg Personal Firearms Proficiency) become useless, and a few AdCs (such as the Techie) have to vanish. That's about it, as far as I can see.

 

[arscott]

my suggestions:

Italian Renaissance:
From Leonardo DaVinci to Cesar Borgia, Social And Political intrigue in an land of city states, breathtaking artwork, and the ocasional helecopter prototype.

Early Cold War:
Communists are everywhere. They seek to destroy the american way of life at every turn. Whether they're subverting capitalist governments in europe, fighting them directly in Korea and Indochina, or Secretly conspiring to infiltrate the State Department (and even Hollywood!) on the home front, they represent a clear and deadly threat. But the greatest danger of comes from our own hysteria.

Something Else:
It'd be nice to get away from a western-world paradigm. Something in Africa, India, or China might be nice. But that may be too close to something already being done in the first volume.

 

[HalWhitewyrm]

Italian Renaissance:
From Leonardo DaVinci to Cesar Borgia, Social And Political intrigue in an land of city states, breathtaking artwork, and the ocasional helecopter prototype.

This is what I was expecting out of d20 Past, actually. Since it doesn't come in it, I'll see what the book has to offer and just go and write it myself. Works for me.

 

[Narder]

I would very much like to see WW 1 & 2 covered. This era, coupled with dark magic and/or strange scientific experiments gives for great adventures IMO.