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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 1789203" data-attributes="member: 18280">If you don't have the Dictionary of Imaginary Places, see if you can find it in your local library.  Something like League of Extraordinary Gentlemen would be absolutely brilliant, probably using D20 Modern as the base engine, with some standard D&D classes reworked into prestige classes.As another (albeit, kinda related) idea:I have been thinking about a Civil War-era setting set in a fantasy version of the Americas, where there are several American Kingdoms, several areas still controlled by Native Americans or European Powers, and Cortez was killed by the magically powerful South American Empires.  Most of the standard races would be right out the window, but hengeyokai (from Oriental Adventures) could be Animal Brothers (or Sisters) -- basically animals that can take on human (Native American) form.  Slavery would be an issue in some places, as would racial and gender stereotypes (an exploration of this would be part of the theme of the setting).  Not a lot of humanoids.  Perhaps some troglodytes in Mammoth Caves, and some Kuo Toa or other Lovecraftian humanoids located around New England.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> Classes would have to be modified, but you could use modified classes from Deadlands D20 as well.  If I was doing this one (and I might yet), I would use a very low-powered, low-magic set-up.  One of the really neat things about the CWE Fantasy Americas idea is that lots of historical maps could be used with little or no modification.  You could also do fantasy builds of historical figures, like Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone.  One of the problems (for some) with this setting would be the lack of normal dungeon adventures.  Sure, Mammoth Caverns, some Pueblos, and the zuggurat temples of the Mayas and Aztecs could be considered "dungeons" (maps are available, too), but overall you'd be dealing with Railroad Barons, Cattle Rustlers, and Hostile Incursions.  And Exploration.When the U.S. purchased Alaska from the Russians, one of the primary reasons was that the government wanted to get it on the search for living mammoths.  Could there be living mammoths in the Fantasy Americas?  Darn tootin!  And dinosaurs in South America.RCP.S.:  On second thought...forget that idea.  Fantasy Americas is mine.   <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid    :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> RCP.P.S:  Seriously, though, you'd need better rules for draw speed than simply using Quick Draw, or shoot outs at High Noon just won't be as much fun.  And rules for Poker.  Profession (gambler), Bluff, Sense Motive, and Innuendo would all be useful.  Innuendo especially for partner games like euchre, where overt tabletalk might get you strung up as a cheat.RCP.P.P.S:  Speaking of getting strung up, you'd also need rules for the ever-popular Tar-and-Feathering.  Otherwise, you couldn't emulate some wonderful scenes from Huckleberry Finn.RC</blockquote>

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