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<blockquote data-quote="chronoplasm" data-source="post: 4753005" data-attributes="member: 73795"><p>OK, so here's this idea I want to pursue for a setting.</p><p>I want to take Gygaxian fantasy and mash it up with the cold war era.</p><p> </p><p>Nuclear Weapons</p><p>Bomb Shelters</p><p>McCarthyist Witch-Hunts</p><p>The Space Race</p><p>First rumors of UFOs</p><p> </p><p>Sources for inspiration:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Old campy science-fiction films where the alien invaders are clearly supposed to symbolize Communists.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Arthur Miller's play <em>The Crucible, </em>a response to McCarthyism using the Salem Witch-Trials as an allegory.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Dr. Strangelove</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Hellboy</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>James Bond </em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Lord of the Rings</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Animal Farm </em>and <em>1984</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Russian folklore (Baba Yaga, etc.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">American folklore (Super Man, etc.)</li> </ul><p>OK, so here are my thoughts:</p><p></p><p>The Communists will be represented by a faction known as <u>The Neurarch Collective</u><em>.</em></p><p>I'm combining Mordor from <em>Lord of the Rings</em> with alien-invaders from McCarthyist science-fiction. </p><p>The goblins and orcs will be little green men in 'silver suits', but less shiny and more rugged.</p><p>The half-orcs, bred to look more like humans, are used as infiltrators. This is where influence from <em>The Crucible</em> will come in as communities will execute any one they suspect of being an orc.</p><p>The eye of Sauron is Big Brother from George Orwell's <em>1984</em>.</p><p>The One Ring is a nuke.</p><p> </p><p>The orcs and goblins of this world are united by a psionic hivemind. They have highly advanced technology that appears crude and primitive due to its ruggedness. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Capitalists will be represented as a group of kingdoms united together by a faction known as <u>The West Tower Company</u>. </p><p>The divinely-righted kings of the golden lands have been overshadowed by a conclave of merchants and mercenaries. The company has a much larger sphere of influence than any of the kings, and it has been using its money and power to influence over the temples, thus giving them a high degree of indirect control over the kings and emperors of the land. </p><p>They have been cultivating religious-fanaticism throughout the kingdoms in order to cement their control.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Both factions have been competing for dominance over the floating cities in the sky, but have been kept in check by powerful artifacts and the threat of mutually assured destruction.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Your thoughts? Suggestions? <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="chronoplasm, post: 4753005, member: 73795"] OK, so here's this idea I want to pursue for a setting. I want to take Gygaxian fantasy and mash it up with the cold war era. Nuclear Weapons Bomb Shelters McCarthyist Witch-Hunts The Space Race First rumors of UFOs Sources for inspiration: [LIST] [*]Old campy science-fiction films where the alien invaders are clearly supposed to symbolize Communists. [*]Arthur Miller's play [I]The Crucible, [/I]a response to McCarthyism using the Salem Witch-Trials as an allegory. [*][I]Dr. Strangelove[/I] [*][I]Hellboy[/I] [*][I]James Bond [/I] [*][I]Lord of the Rings[/I] [*][I]Animal Farm [/I]and [I]1984[/I] [*]Russian folklore (Baba Yaga, etc.) [*]American folklore (Super Man, etc.) [/LIST] OK, so here are my thoughts: The Communists will be represented by a faction known as [U]The Neurarch Collective[/U][I].[/I] I'm combining Mordor from [I]Lord of the Rings[/I] with alien-invaders from McCarthyist science-fiction. The goblins and orcs will be little green men in 'silver suits', but less shiny and more rugged. The half-orcs, bred to look more like humans, are used as infiltrators. This is where influence from [I]The Crucible[/I] will come in as communities will execute any one they suspect of being an orc. The eye of Sauron is Big Brother from George Orwell's [I]1984[/I]. The One Ring is a nuke. The orcs and goblins of this world are united by a psionic hivemind. They have highly advanced technology that appears crude and primitive due to its ruggedness. The Capitalists will be represented as a group of kingdoms united together by a faction known as [U]The West Tower Company[/U]. The divinely-righted kings of the golden lands have been overshadowed by a conclave of merchants and mercenaries. The company has a much larger sphere of influence than any of the kings, and it has been using its money and power to influence over the temples, thus giving them a high degree of indirect control over the kings and emperors of the land. They have been cultivating religious-fanaticism throughout the kingdoms in order to cement their control. Both factions have been competing for dominance over the floating cities in the sky, but have been kept in check by powerful artifacts and the threat of mutually assured destruction. Your thoughts? Suggestions? :) [/QUOTE]
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