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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tinner" data-source="post: 3528701" data-attributes="member: 19667">How about this?The PC's are the ones who find the gate/barge/whatever lets them travel to Dino-World.Dino-World is the only setting they initially can access on the gate.Dino-World is an exploitable paradise, rich in natural resources, minerals, etc. The dinosaurs are the main danger, and also happen to be useful critters that can be sold for a profit as well.Give the PC's the opportunity to exploit this discovery in any way they choose. Do they try to start importing the abundant mineral wealth? Do they catch baby-dinos to raise as pets, or sell to biotech companies?Introduce the creeping horror as you like. Do the dinosaurs spread diseases among the earth population? If the PC's bring too much wealth back do they crash the economy of that item?Is there a hostile alien intelligence that creates the gates? Cause when you say dinosaurs, alien tech, and gates, I'm thinking Sleestaks!The key to this setting IMO is the theme of responsibility vs. exploitation. Are the PC's going to try to milk Dino-World for their personal wealth, or will they use their discovery more responsibly?Are the Dinosaurs just an exploitable varmint, or is there some greater reason for a world of reptiles? Do the PC's have a moral right to exploit these creatures?IMO this setting's big hook is almost one of Manifest Destiny. You can easily use this setting to examine themes similar to those found in colonial America, and the Westward Expansion of the USA.YMMV.</blockquote>

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