kitsune9
Adventurer
Hello Gamers!
I know that some of the gaming companies out there managed to take our fantasy novels and convert them into campaign settings. Wheel of Time, Black Company, and Lankhmar are ones that jump to mind right off.
My question is...What fantasy novel(s) have you read that immediately screamed out to create a campaign setting for that that a professional game company has not done?
It can be a little as a character class taken from the novel to the entire world itself.
For me, I had a mercenary ranger who could "smell" evil deeds similar to the character Hurin in Wheel of Time, a very minor character in the early novels. The PC's hired him on as an elaborate tracker. The mechanic involved was that the character would have a scent ability that allowed him a bonus to track based on the deed done. If it was mass murder, the strongest vile deed, it would be a good bonus (+5) and the trail didn't age on the scent. Whereas a simple murder by someone who may not be evil would only net a +1 and the ranger had to stay on the trail or else the "scent" fades away.
I know that some of the gaming companies out there managed to take our fantasy novels and convert them into campaign settings. Wheel of Time, Black Company, and Lankhmar are ones that jump to mind right off.
My question is...What fantasy novel(s) have you read that immediately screamed out to create a campaign setting for that that a professional game company has not done?
It can be a little as a character class taken from the novel to the entire world itself.
For me, I had a mercenary ranger who could "smell" evil deeds similar to the character Hurin in Wheel of Time, a very minor character in the early novels. The PC's hired him on as an elaborate tracker. The mechanic involved was that the character would have a scent ability that allowed him a bonus to track based on the deed done. If it was mass murder, the strongest vile deed, it would be a good bonus (+5) and the trail didn't age on the scent. Whereas a simple murder by someone who may not be evil would only net a +1 and the ranger had to stay on the trail or else the "scent" fades away.