Temple of the Frog

[Amphimir Míriel]

Sci-Fantasy

The other day I was thinking of this setting for a 4E campaign... It's fantasy, with a heavy dash of Sci-fi, and very much a points-of-light setting...

 

[the Jester]

While not science fantasy in the sci-fi sense, Beyond the Magic Mirror offered up some tech (along with a reference to Zagyg and his six-guns, if memory serves).

//H

Wasn't in Murlynd?

 

[Plane Sailing]

But I think it's fitting that, in the earlier years when things were more advanced, the Jedi understood much more about how the Force works.

What, and in 20 years Obi Wan "forgot"? I don't suppose anyone in their forties would consider biology they learnt at school and say "Ah, it is a mystical force", would they? They may have forgotten the details, but not the basic principles.

I don't buy that at all. I don't know why Lucas decided to put a sciency veneer on his 1970's mysticism, but it helped mark out the nadir of the prequels for me.

Cheers

 

[Raven Crowking]

I don't know why Lucas decided to put a sciency veneer on his 1970's mysticism, but it helped mark out the nadir of the prequels for me.

The same reason he decided Greedo should shoot first.....

.......a strange desire to "answer" every criticism of the Star Wars milieu, even if the criticism itself was half-baked. Heck, he even went so far as to prove that the Ewoks weren't the most annoying species in the galaxy!


RC

 

[Gentlegamer]

I'm your
Turbo
LASER!!

Tell
me
there's
no
OTHER!

 

[AllisterH]

Heh...

How many of us were influenced by Thundarr the barbarian when we played Gamma World?

To this day, I think Thundarr had one of the most original backstories for any animation...

EDIT: Did the creators of Thundarr ever say if they were influenced by Gamma World?

 

[rogueattorney]

Gamma World debuted in 1978 and Thundarr in 1980. So, I suppose it's possible. However, the post-apocalyptic world was a pretty major part of the cultural zeitgeist back in that era of late Cold War fatigue. (Road Warrior and Mad Max, for example.) So, I think it's more likely that they both emerged from the same cultural stew.

Thundarr had some heavy hitters from the world of comics work as writers and designers - Jack Kirby and Steve Gerber to name just two - so it should be no surprise that it was a high quality show (relatively speaking for Saturday morning fair).

 

[grodog]

While not science fantasy in the sci-fi sense, Beyond the Magic Mirror offered up some tech (along with a reference to Zagyg and his six-guns, if memory serves).

True, true: Murlynd's house had electricity, VCRs, and various other technological oddments awaiting discovery by PCs.

Wasn't in Murlynd?

And also true! Encounters with Murlynd, however, also had a chance to include Zagyg, Heward, Keoghtom, Mordenkainen, Celestian, Fharlanghn, etc., so Harley wasn't really wrong, just misguided

 

[Henry]

True, true: Murlynd's house had electricity, VCRs, and various other technological oddments awaiting discovery by PCs.

Did anyone's group ever blow up his "Generator" and piss him off?

My group did. Wish or not, someone does get pissed when you burn half their house down.