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<blockquote data-quote="Silverblade The Ench" data-source="post: 4854211" data-attributes="member: 19083"><p>Noumenon,</p><p>well I'd have had a point about Dark Sun "adventuring" being as much about survival as anything else, as "heroics" and the like aren't very common <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p>One of my player's characters was a dope peddler and the other a truly psychotically vicious gladiator: hey what do you think people do for a living in such harsh places, TV fashion consultants? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Spelljammer:</p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">D&D adventuers in space, aboard flying ships, vs Mind Flayers, Beholders and negoi who have <em>fleets </em>and battleships...!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Magic "helms" are used to power the ships, some consume magic or psionics for power, negoi use "Lifejammers" that consume life energy for power, which is a fate that can happen to an adventurer!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Elven Imperial Navy used to keep wha tlittle peace and safety there was, but they are fading in power and glory</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Trading and carrying interesting passengers can be part of the fun</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many bizarre and even humorous creatures, from giff to dohwar (think Ferengi crossed with penguins), and horrendous ones like the Witchlight Marauders (orcish living Doomsday weapons that can destory entire worlds)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Travel between many of the worlds of D&D, sail to Faerun or Greyhawk between the stars! It's also <em>beautiful</em>, see the ship designs and my Spelljammer art plus RL space pics for why it can be a great setting for the imagination.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Swashbuckling high adventure!! Plus tinker gnomes (if you like Steam/Magic-punk or just gnomes and good humour), dwarves sailing space in asteroids carved into works of art (Spelljammer dwarves <em>move </em>their mountains!), Elves have a snobbish Plane-spanning very lawful Navy..in other words, races and folks can be very different.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Very cosmopolitan and very strange, less of the "Infernal" and "Blood War" conflict of the Planar settings, and more of the "major trading/conquering" political chicanery of the great races and powers. But some stalwarts are in Spelljammer too: the Gith are pirates who raid illithid convoys and anyone else they meet by shunting their ships between the Planes. Orcs have evolved into the "scro", <em>intelligent </em>orcs, and back with a vengeance!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Giant Space Hamsters! It's a setting that can laugh at itself, but is also very serious (neogi buy slaves from mind flayers for instance and their fate is, ick, grizzly). Capn' Jack Sparrow would fit right in.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> GIVE 'EM BROADSIDES ME HEARTIES!! hey, ship to ship battles are fun!!!! <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Gives a rationale' for characters of any type/race to be played</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Amassing a fleet of ships, or a trading empire, or preventing slavery across the multiverse (see the "Pragmatic Order of THought") and other avenues of adventure are open to you which are a bit beyond the norm.</li> </ul><p></p><p><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silverblade The Ench, post: 4854211, member: 19083"] Noumenon, well I'd have had a point about Dark Sun "adventuring" being as much about survival as anything else, as "heroics" and the like aren't very common ;) One of my player's characters was a dope peddler and the other a truly psychotically vicious gladiator: hey what do you think people do for a living in such harsh places, TV fashion consultants? ;) Spelljammer: [LIST] [*]D&D adventuers in space, aboard flying ships, vs Mind Flayers, Beholders and negoi who have [I]fleets [/I]and battleships...! [*]Magic "helms" are used to power the ships, some consume magic or psionics for power, negoi use "Lifejammers" that consume life energy for power, which is a fate that can happen to an adventurer! [*]The Elven Imperial Navy used to keep wha tlittle peace and safety there was, but they are fading in power and glory [*]Trading and carrying interesting passengers can be part of the fun [*]Many bizarre and even humorous creatures, from giff to dohwar (think Ferengi crossed with penguins), and horrendous ones like the Witchlight Marauders (orcish living Doomsday weapons that can destory entire worlds) [*]Travel between many of the worlds of D&D, sail to Faerun or Greyhawk between the stars! It's also [I]beautiful[/I], see the ship designs and my Spelljammer art plus RL space pics for why it can be a great setting for the imagination. [*]Swashbuckling high adventure!! Plus tinker gnomes (if you like Steam/Magic-punk or just gnomes and good humour), dwarves sailing space in asteroids carved into works of art (Spelljammer dwarves [I]move [/I]their mountains!), Elves have a snobbish Plane-spanning very lawful Navy..in other words, races and folks can be very different. [*] Very cosmopolitan and very strange, less of the "Infernal" and "Blood War" conflict of the Planar settings, and more of the "major trading/conquering" political chicanery of the great races and powers. But some stalwarts are in Spelljammer too: the Gith are pirates who raid illithid convoys and anyone else they meet by shunting their ships between the Planes. Orcs have evolved into the "scro", [I]intelligent [/I]orcs, and back with a vengeance! [*] Giant Space Hamsters! It's a setting that can laugh at itself, but is also very serious (neogi buy slaves from mind flayers for instance and their fate is, ick, grizzly). Capn' Jack Sparrow would fit right in. [*] GIVE 'EM BROADSIDES ME HEARTIES!! hey, ship to ship battles are fun!!!! :devil: [*] Gives a rationale' for characters of any type/race to be played [*] Amassing a fleet of ships, or a trading empire, or preventing slavery across the multiverse (see the "Pragmatic Order of THought") and other avenues of adventure are open to you which are a bit beyond the norm. [/LIST] :) [/QUOTE]
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