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<blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 4574109" data-attributes="member: 7533">[bq]From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Man's civilization is cast in ruin!Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn...A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice![/bq]It just popped into my head the other day...&nbsp; Using 4th Edition rules in a setting that still cleaves to the core conceits put forth in the rulebooks, while at the same time mixes standard high fantasy with pulp science fiction.I'm thinking along the lines of Gamma World, Rifts, Flash Gordon, Masters of the Universe, Thundarr the Barbarian and the like.The idea would be to use as much of the ruleset and basic setting info as possible as is. Make slight flavor adjustments as necessary, and add as little new stuff as possible.Brainstorm with me.For example, commensurate to the genre I'm emagining, the 'Prime Material Plane' is an alternate post-apocalyptic version of Earth.&nbsp; Venus could translate into this setting's version of the Feywild, lush with overgrown forests, jungles, and swamps, beneath its clouds.&nbsp; Mars likewise could take the place of the Shadowfell; all desolate wastes, dusty deserts and eerie badlands.&nbsp; Jupiter with its tempestuous storms, becomes the new Elemental Chaos, complete with the Abyss as a penal colony of sorts.Dragonborn and Teiflings could be &quot;aliens&quot; from the swamps of Venus and the deserts of Mars respectively.Stats for a few new standard weapons, like guns and maybe lasers, would be needed, but most technology could be emulated simply by using the same rules for magic items.What do you guys think, could it work?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pbartender, post: 4574109, member: 7533"] [bq]From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Man's civilization is cast in ruin! Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn... A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice![/bq] It just popped into my head the other day... Using 4th Edition rules in a setting that still cleaves to the core conceits put forth in the rulebooks, while at the same time mixes standard high fantasy with pulp science fiction. I'm thinking along the lines of Gamma World, Rifts, Flash Gordon, Masters of the Universe, Thundarr the Barbarian and the like. The idea would be to use as much of the ruleset and basic setting info as possible as is. Make slight flavor adjustments as necessary, and add as little new stuff as possible. Brainstorm with me. For example, commensurate to the genre I'm emagining, the 'Prime Material Plane' is an alternate post-apocalyptic version of Earth. Venus could translate into this setting's version of the Feywild, lush with overgrown forests, jungles, and swamps, beneath its clouds. Mars likewise could take the place of the Shadowfell; all desolate wastes, dusty deserts and eerie badlands. Jupiter with its tempestuous storms, becomes the new Elemental Chaos, complete with the Abyss as a penal colony of sorts. Dragonborn and Teiflings could be "aliens" from the swamps of Venus and the deserts of Mars respectively. Stats for a few new standard weapons, like guns and maybe lasers, would be needed, but most technology could be emulated simply by using the same rules for magic items. What do you guys think, could it work? [/QUOTE]

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