literary campaign settings you'd like to see

[jhanzur]

I would like to see Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series think of some of the cool prestige classes that could be made from that world Dreamwalkers,Confessors,War wizards,Mord-sith,seekers,Baku Ban Mana blademasters and Prophets just to name a few of the cool possibilities

Have to agree...

 

[gregweller]

I've got to agree with Gravity's Rainbow d20 (and even a Mason and Dixon d20) and a CoC d20 setting of Naked Lunch -- Bradley the Buyer as a shoggoth lord! Another Burroughs that would work is 'The Wild Boys'. Just look at the Duran Duran video of that.

'Photo falling word falling Breakthrough in Grey Room Towers Open Fire' Huzzah!

 

[Daebryn Bladestorm]

...if you liked the Keltiad --that is the Irish-as-decendents-of-the-Atlanteans-who-went-into-Space series, isn't it-- I'd like to recommend Julian May's Sage of the Pliocene Exile. First book is The Many-Colored Land. They might be out of print. I can't vouch for the quality of the writing, but the characters, sheer pulp inventiveness and general verve of the series is hard to beat. There will always be a place in my heart for Aiken Drum, the Non-born King, and his terrific choice of coat-of-arms...

Another series like this that I would love to see done as ANY type of setting book for ANY (ok almost any) system is Katherine Kerr's Deverry series!!!!! It has a very stong celtic feel to it while still mixing in a good dose of High Fantasy.

As for other series that I would like to see: L.E. Modesitt's Recluse

and

I would strongly second (or is it third or fourth?) Lackey's Valdemar stuff (I also wish she would write more Diana Tregarde stuff )

and

Edding's Elenium and Belgariad.

Brust's stuff would definately be cool as a setting for D20.

I would also like to see d20 versions of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover

and

S.M. Sterling's Fifth Millennium.

And lastly, I would really like to see WoT ..... oh wait, we already got that one huh?

 

[Hopping Vampire]

i'd like to see Riftwar, Lone wolf and cub AND possibly the Wayfarer Redemption, Band of Four and the prydain chronicles (Lloyd Alexander).

 

[Shadowdancer]

Dennis L. McKiernan's Mithgar novels.

Martin's "Song of Fire and Ice" novels.

Cook's "Black Company" novels.

 

[Furn_Darkside]

Just finished Neil Gaimen's American Gods - my first exposure to him. I'd definitely be interested in a d20 Modern campaign based on that book.

I have heard people suggest using the Nobilis rpg for this setting.

FD

 

[Mallus]

A few more things...

1) Oops, just reread my prior post. It's the "Saga of the Pliocene Exile" by Julian May. Which are, in order, "The Many-Colored Land", the "The Golden Torc", "The Non-Born King", and "The Adversary".

2) William T. Vollman, huh? I've only read a bit of his short fiction {where I was hoping they weren't autobiographical tales drawn from his time as a "tourist" in SE Asia}. I've leafed through "You Bright and Risen Angels" more than once at the bookstore. Maybe I'll actually buy it.

3) And another: Cormac McCarthy d20 {hey, maybe they could tie it in with TSR's old Boot Hill game...}. I swear to God that "Blood Meridian" has more violence than 10 average D&D campaigns. And alignment would be simplified as the only valid choices would be evil.

It's really nice to see such a wide variety of influences {ok, even if the lit. stuff is joking} affecting the gamers 'round here. OT: the last time I was at the art museam here in Philly, I was struck by how some paintings in the modern section looked like comic book covers I liked.... Then the burst of stupidity subsided as I realized I was looking at the favorite artists of some of my favorite artists in the comics world. So maybe Pynchon d20 is so crazy after all --though personally I'd prefer DeLillo d20, if I had the choice...

 

[Vaxalon]

I wouldn't want to run "American Gods" in D20, though Neverwhere would probably work.

"American Gods" involves too many strange powers to handle in a rules-heavy system like D20. I'd probably run it in a simple system like Story Engine or the system from Over the Edge.

 

[Replicant]

Does anybody else who's read George RR Martin's terrific "Fire and Ice" series see the inherent difficulty of converting this to D20?

Among the problems: Brutal, unforgiving combat. You need a system even grimmer and gritter than Ken Hood's ruleset to capture anything close to the feel.

No magic healing, and almost no magic for that matter. Save for a few shadowly incantations by Melisandre, everything is resolved by warriors on the battlefield. Wounds are crippling and take months to heal.

No classes: Everyone is more or less a fighter, perhaps tinged with rangers and an occasional rogue.

Almost entirely human-centric: Where's the monsters? The Others, a few giants and an almost-extinct race of dragons are it.

Methinks GURPS or stripped down Basic Role Playing, paricularly for reasons 1 and 2, would be much better suited.

 

[The Cardinal]

Does anybody else who's read George RR Martin's terrific "Fire and Ice" series see the inherent difficulty of converting this to D20?

...

Methinks GURPS or stripped down Basic Role Playing, paricularly for reasons 1 and 2, would be much better suited.

exactly! In fact, not only is GRR Martin a GURPS player himself, almost 2 years ago I've also had an e-mail exchange with him in which he clearly stated that he sees GURPS as a very good system for a potential "Ice&Fire" RPG...