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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 4652376" data-attributes="member: 2205">Probably more descriptive.&nbsp; I can come up with organic names 'til the cows come home.&nbsp; I don't want anything too New Agey though; psionics is magic in this setting... it just uses the rules for psionics instead of the vaguely Vancian regular rules for magic that D&amp;D normally uses.No, they really don't.&nbsp; What's the big meaning behind &quot;Dragonlance&quot;, &quot;Forgotten Realms&quot; or &quot;Greyhawk?&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Birthright&quot; or &quot;Dark Sun&quot; or &quot;Planescape&quot; or any number of others are also names based on similarly vague premises.Sorry, Umbran.&nbsp; As a matter of fact, I can't think of a single setting that meets the criteria you claim for &quot;most&quot; settings.&nbsp; The exact opposite seems to be true.&nbsp; Those setting names are, at best, a minor component detail of the setting blown up big.In any case, I don't want to get bogged down with too many descriptive elements, but it's a humanocentric setting, with no spellcasting, no &quot;Tolkienian&quot; races, and leans heavily on the Expanded Psionics Handbook and Complete Psionic as rules material.&nbsp; I'm also taking the three non-warforged Eberron races as well.&nbsp; Psionics isn't so much &quot;psionics&quot;, defined as being &quot;mental magic&quot;; psionics is just what magic is in this setting.&nbsp; I'm hoping to get past the novelty value of the setting rather quickly and not draw too many comparisons to standard &quot;magical&quot; settings if I can help it, but I'm definately looking for an &quot;old school&quot; pulp fantasy feel: humanocentric, high-octane action and adventure, the occasional pseudo-scientific feel, and a very non-medieval, non-Tolkien vibe.&nbsp; A hybrid of Barsoom, Conan and Sergio Leone, with smaller city-states rather than vast empires, and broad expanses of bandit and monster-haunted wilderness in between.&nbsp; Points of light, I guess, since that's the new buzzword, although these are relatively big and bright points of light in this case.Maybe as a quick and dirty descriptor; sorta like Star Wars without the spaceships and blasters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 4652376, member: 2205"] Probably more descriptive. I can come up with organic names 'til the cows come home. I don't want anything too New Agey though; psionics [I]is[/I] magic in this setting... it just uses the rules for psionics instead of the vaguely Vancian regular rules for magic that D&D normally uses. No, they really don't. What's the big meaning behind "Dragonlance", "Forgotten Realms" or "Greyhawk?" "Birthright" or "Dark Sun" or "Planescape" or any number of others are also names based on similarly vague premises. Sorry, Umbran. As a matter of fact, I can't think of a single setting that meets the criteria you claim for "most" settings. The exact opposite seems to be true. Those setting names are, at best, a minor component detail of the setting blown up big. In any case, I don't want to get bogged down with too many descriptive elements, but it's a humanocentric setting, with no spellcasting, no "Tolkienian" races, and leans heavily on the [I]Expanded Psionics Handbook[/I] and [I]Complete Psionic[/I] as rules material. I'm also taking the three non-warforged Eberron races as well. Psionics isn't so much "psionics", defined as being "mental magic"; psionics is just what magic is in this setting. I'm hoping to get past the novelty value of the setting rather quickly and not draw too many comparisons to standard "magical" settings if I can help it, but I'm definately looking for an "old school" pulp fantasy feel: humanocentric, high-octane action and adventure, the occasional pseudo-scientific feel, and a very non-medieval, non-Tolkien vibe. A hybrid of Barsoom, Conan and Sergio Leone, with smaller city-states rather than vast empires, and broad expanses of bandit and monster-haunted wilderness in between. Points of light, I guess, since that's the new buzzword, although these are relatively big and bright points of light in this case. Maybe as a quick and dirty descriptor; sorta like Star Wars without the spaceships and blasters. [/QUOTE]

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