Science Fantasy campaign

[Grompi]

Modern Awakenings is a setting like what you describe.

This is not a slam, just some friendly feedback, mate.

It's extremely hard to find useful information on your site. None of the links are intuitive, so one has to guess where useful info might be. If one has the time and patience to delve into the downloads, forums, topics, and what have you, then one can find some interesting bits. The problem is, few persons will spend the time your site requires to find the good stuff. The typical surfer will look at the menu, go "huh?", and try a couple clicks, say "frag this", and leave.

While it's exciting to you and those who know you that you had a child, that's not important to someone who wants to see your world. Yet the topic about your joyous occasion is given top billing!

You need direct links to your summary of your worlds and all of the info about them. Otherwise, you'll lose more interested parties than you gain. I bet some who've read this forum have gone to your site and already done just what I've said in this post: gone to your site, got frustrated in a few moments, and gave up.

That's a shame, because it looks like you've done some interesting things. Your website isn't helping you.

Yeah, I just got issue 101 toady/yesterday and read the article fully. Might do it that but still looking. This is close.

If ye use Iron Lords of Jupiter let us know how it works for ye, eh? I like the idea of a "planetary romance" with the "space/time rift" angle that allows PCs from differing eras on Earth (or elsewhere).

Thanks!

 

[mroberon1972]

This is not a slam, just some friendly feedback, mate.

It's extremely hard to find useful information on your site. None of the links are intuitive, so one has to guess where useful info might be. If one has the time and patience to delve into the downloads, forums, topics, and what have you, then one can find some interesting bits. The problem is, few persons will spend the time your site requires to find the good stuff. The typical surfer will look at the menu, go "huh?", and try a couple clicks, say "frag this", and leave.

While it's exciting to you and those who know you that you had a child, that's not important to someone who wants to see your world. Yet the topic about your joyous occasion is given top billing!

You need direct links to your summary of your worlds and all of the info about them. Otherwise, you'll lose more interested parties than you gain. I bet some who've read this forum have gone to your site and already done just what I've said in this post: gone to your site, got frustrated in a few moments, and gave up.

That's a shame, because it looks like you've done some interesting things. Your website isn't helping you.

If ye use Iron Lords of Jupiter let us know how it works for ye, eh? I like the idea of a "planetary romance" with the "space/time rift" angle that allows PCs from differing eras on Earth (or elsewhere).

Thanks!

Actually, even when the site was new and all of the items were easy(ier) to find, there was not a lot of interest. Simply put, the setting is not finished. Until it is, there still will not be a lot of interest.

Correction: There will probably only be a few interested when it is finished.

About the site: If you have a better design, then show me. I took the design from several other boards I have used. I'm not a web designer, and never passed myself off as one. It just serves the job of being a place to post setting info as some of it is done. I get pretty close to zero hits to the site anyway. This means that no one even comes for the first look you talk about.

I'm not bitter about it, just saying that it really does not matter at the moment.

Regardless, I usually post a direct link when someone wants things anyway. Works fine that way.

And about my new son: Thats the second to top billing because it was dated the most recient. That's the way the PHP board I'm using posts things. Newest to the top. Also, read the captions. It's called humor.

Anyone else think the site is too hard to find things in?

Mr. Oberon

 

[Grompi]

This means that no one even comes for the first look you talk about. *snip* I'm not bitter about it, just saying that it really does not matter at the moment.

And about my new son: Thats the second to top billing because it was dated the most recient. Also, read the captions. It's called humor.

Cool. Just trying to help. Ye seem a bit touchy about it, especially with that last, little sarcastic comment, which I emphasized above. Once again, someone I post to chooses to talk about the negative things I say, and says nothing about things like, "That's a shame, because it looks like you've done some interesting things." I won't bother ye anymore, if ye don't care.

Congrats on the son.

 

[mroberon1972]

Cool. Just trying to help. Ye seem a bit touchy about it, especially with that last, little sarcastic comment, which I emphasized above. Once again, someone I post to chooses to talk about the negative things I say, and says nothing about things like, "That's a shame, because it looks like you've done some interesting things." I won't bother ye anymore, if ye don't care.

Congrats on the son.

Actually, I ment what I said. Don't take everything as sarcasim from me. Trust me, you will know sarcasim from me when you see it.

What the main comment was: If you can do better, show me.

I'm not sure why everyone takes that as a statment that I believe they cannot do better. Take the sentence as it stands. If you can make a better site, then show it to me so I can make mine better.

About the number of new viewers: Nope, don't get many at all. Just the way it is... I guess I'm just not active enough so that people see links.

Finally, about my son: you're welcome, and thanks for the congrats. The part you highlighted definitly WAS sarcasm. Sorry, telling a guy not to post about his newborn son on a website he pays for is usually considered bad form. That CAN get a guy to become touchy. Especially when the newborn son still does not sleep through the night. <Zzzzzzzz....>

Mr. Oberon

 

[Desdichado]

I said before that I do not have time to create my world and that is why I am looking for one made already.

I always find that statement to be counter-intuitive. To run a ready-made world such as Forgotten Realms (not really applicable to your genre, but I'm more familiar with it, so let's use it as an example) you need to read the big 300+ page Campaign Setting book, the Monsters book, probably the Magic of Faerun book, maybe Lords of Darkness, maybe whatever regional book (Silver Marches, Underdark, Unapproachable East, etc.) To say that you do have time to read all that, but that you don't have time to create a world makes no sense to me at all.

Also, I still think Dragonstar is the way to go. You say the temptation to leave the planet is something you want to remove, but I don't understand that at all. If you're running the game, remove the ability to travel to different planets and you're set. I don't understand what's so complicated about that.

 

[Kesh]

Ever seen Babylon 5? They didn't exactly go world-hopping in that series. You can do a space-fantasy game set on a colony world or station, and provide enough adventures right there. The occasional trip out to another world would be a special event.

 

[tecnowraith]

Ok there is a big difference in in creating world and reading it. Creating doese take longer, trust I tried. Creating and deciding what to put in like ecomnics, culture, goverment and all does take time. Plus you want to do something different and it have to work well. I have seen so many games/campaigns that the world does not work.

How long do you think it have taken some to create let's Ebberon, the creator said it has been goping for 5 years. That statement tells you something. To create a good world and having time to write it and creating something different, and repeating others (which I have seen done) is not easy.

I have Seen Bab 5, and yes they do go to other worlds even if it simple to transport a box.
I just do not want the tempation for myself. And do try to concive me to do it.

So try again.

 

[tecnowraith]

Look I am just looking for an alternative plan and simple ok. Dragonstar is D&D space, Gate Crashers is on Earth with elments fantasy future, Modern Awakenings is the same as Dragonstar so something has to be different.

All the other Scince Fiction is space opera which I do not want.

And I am looking for d20 so give me something different. If there is non a D20 game then cool.

 

[Desdichado]

Ok there is a big difference in in creating world and reading it. Creating doese take longer, trust I tried. Creating and deciding what to put in like ecomnics, culture, goverment and all does take time. Plus you want to do something different and it have to work well. I have seen so many games/campaigns that the world does not work.

How long do you think it have taken some to create let's Ebberon, the creator said it has been goping for 5 years. That statement tells you something. To create a good world and having time to write it and creating something different, and repeating others (which I have seen done) is not easy.

No, you trust me! I've tried too. In fact, I've done it successfully many, many times. Besides, have you ever read the Dungeoncraft articles that used to be online? That's how you build a campaign setting without spending nearly as much time and effort as you would to read one.

Sorry, though, I don't know of a setting that has all of the specifics you're looking for. Which is exactly why I suggest you build it yourself. But I still don't understand why you're reluctant to modify Dragonstar to just remove the ability to travel between worlds. I mean, really, do you think someone did market research just on you and built the ideal campaign setting for you personally? I'd be real surprised if you find exactly what you want anywhere.

 

[Von Ether]

Mechanicaly speaking what you may want is a low-level Mutants and Masterminds game. I heard that a few people were doing their own "HeMan/Thundarr" games with those rules. d20 BESM might work too.

Settingwise, there isn't much out there d20-ish that hasn't been mentioned before. I think that the Poly issue with the Iron Lords of Jupiter that offered wierd tech and no space flight on an alternate dimension version of Jupiter is what you are looking for (unless that is the very issue of Poly you are talking about.)

As a side note on that issue. IROJ was a good start, but it seemed that something was missing. Can't put my finger on it though, perhaps the concept was too ambitious for a 30 page minigame.