The Dungeon-OOC:Argent,LazarusLong42,ferretguy,silentspace,Wynter Wolf

[Uriel]

Has anyone else ever read Phillip Jose Farmer's 'The Dungeon'?
The series centers around a group of Prisoners in some wierd mega Dungeonthat encompasses an entire World (essentially), whole levels as Seas, Deserts, traditional 'Dungeon' settings, Elemental Oriented Levels etc...the nature of the setting means that the protagonists come from all over the Universe/Multiverse.

How would folks feel about a game set in a setting like this one?

D&D, any other D20 (Including Modern, Dragonstar etc...Deadlands whatever) for characters.I would exclude Star Wars,Wheel of Time or any other game based on an existing Literary Series merely for the sake of not cross-pollinating Books (and I'm not a big fan of Star Wars...here come the Flames, and Yes, I was there for the 1st one, and I loved it then as a child.)

I'm not saying that I am running one right now like this, but it's a thought. It could easily be a 'shared world' thing as well, as the whole Dungeon encompasses a massive amount of space.
Multiple DMs. The primary goal is survival,so, while Gold and Magic Items are nice finds, food and water are even better. (I would remove spells that create instant food/water, though not ones that purify/remove poisons etc...to keep the flavor of the game).

Thoughts?

 

[Sixchan]

I've not read the book, but I'll be getting it if I find it! It sounds a bit like the film 'Cube'. I'd be interested in playing, for sure!

 

[Uriel]

It's actually a 6-part Series.
Less 'The Cube', more Journey to the Center of the Earth etc...lot's of travelling.

 

[Sixchan]

Well, I'll be sure to get the first one first then.
Cube or not, it still sounds cool, and I'd still like to play. Anyone else?

 

[Uriel]

OK, I'm NOT saying that I'm about to run this game, but, I bet this will get a better response.

6th Level Class Levels or ECL or combo.
Any D20 Fantasy, Sci-Fi or Modern/Real World published setting except for those liscensed from other literary/movie sources (No Star Wars, WoT, whatever). 1/2 Starting money, no more than half that on any one item.Clerics be aware, any spell that creates food/water is BLOCKED some how. You will be switching your allegiance to one of the 6 Monitors (Call em Gods, if you like, They are where your Powers now spring from...)
Some Clerics have refused to Convert.
They Died.
Alignment will be a very shifty and 'Grey' thing.
Good people sometimes must do unsavory things to survive in 'The Dungeon'.
Resources are tight, and a group has to have a Leader.4-6 Players sounds right.

Edit:Maybe I can trick someone else into running this...I wanna play

 

[Uriel]

THE DUNGEON


Lothrim the Unlucky, newly 'birthed; Sorcerer.
'Anyone seen my new Familiar, she's a beautiful Hawk...'

Stares from the assembled group, and the smell of cooking soup.
Hram: "Er...No (looking at the pot)...um,Lothrim, want some chicken soup?"

Lothrim: "Chicken, where'd you get Chicken!?!"

Life is harsh in The Dungeon.

 

[Chauzu]

This would sound like a really fun game to play. Count me in if you decide to do this.

 

[Sixchan]

Cool...Hey, could we like...Mix classes? Like 2 levels of Fighter, 2 levels of Fast Hero and 2 of Strong Hero? Hmm...Probably too complicated. Well, I'll make up a new character and hope someone DMs...

 

[GoldenEagle]

Sounds cool. I'd play

GE

 

[Uriel]

As far as mixing Classes, you would have to start as the Fast Hero, for example, as you are 'Fished' from your Wo rld (Earth, etc...) and deposited in The Dungeon for whatever purpose the Monitors have.After incarceration, class advancement would be 'basic fantasy' be default, with Wizard requiring access to Spells, others pretty much as normal. Who knows, there might be high tech areas to advance in less primitive Classes. If I were running it, I would relax Mixing and Exp penalties, as well.