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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1532616" data-attributes="member: 812"><p>Stuff you think is cool.</p><p></p><p>Nothing is more important. Nothing sucks more than running a campaign and not being excited about it.</p><p></p><p>Before I start any campaign I make a "Cool List" -- literally a list of things about this campaign setting/idea/concept that I think are cool. Reasons for doing it in the first place. When Barsoom veered off into weird jungle territory, I made such a list. Here it is:</p><p></p><p><em>STUFF WE THINK IS COOL</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Ant people</em></p><p><em>Spider people</em></p><p><em>Snake people</em></p><p><em>Ruined jungle temples</em></p><p><em>Caves hidden behind waterfalls</em></p><p><em>Riding dinosaurs</em></p><p><em>Jungle traps</em></p><p><em>Overgrown cities inhabited by savages</em></p><p><em>Smart irritated trees</em></p><p><em>Dinosaurs</em></p><p><em>Power-mad petty tyrants</em></p><p><em>Loopy priest-kings</em></p><p><em>Incredibly decadent courts</em></p><p><em>Slavegirls</em></p><p><em>Eunuchs</em></p><p><em>Thrown to crocodiles</em></p><p><em>Gladiators</em></p><p><em>Desperate struggles for freedom</em></p><p><em>Really Big Bugs</em></p><p><em>Pygmies. Pygmy mummies.</em></p><p><em>Gongs</em></p><p><em>Rope cities up in the treetops</em></p><p><em>Dank caverns carved out of salt formations</em></p><p><em>Natural caverns</em></p><p><em>Seedy taverns populated with desperadoes</em></p><p><em>Raised by dinosaurs?</em></p><p><em>Nasty poisonous/carnivorous plants</em></p><p><em>Dinosaur riders who lead dangerous animals away from villages and suchlike. Big heros</em></p><p><em>Taboo regions guarded by spirits.</em></p><p><em>Taboo-breaking people. With blue hands.</em></p><p><em>Shapeshifters. Who recognize Isaac as one of them.</em></p><p><em>Women warrior cultures who don’t let men hold weapons</em></p><p><em>Ashen plains</em></p><p><em>Laughing idols</em></p><p><em>Rift valleys, canyons, cliffs, caves, mountains</em></p><p><em>Volcanoes</em></p><p><em>Carnivorous plants – vines, sundews, flytraps, mobile fungus and other goodies.</em></p><p><em>Blowguns</em></p><p></p><p>I didn't nearly get all this stuff in, but it was a useful reference for me whenever I was dreaming up ideas. I'd just look through the list and go, "Yeah, I want me some of that next game..."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 1532616, member: 812"] Stuff you think is cool. Nothing is more important. Nothing sucks more than running a campaign and not being excited about it. Before I start any campaign I make a "Cool List" -- literally a list of things about this campaign setting/idea/concept that I think are cool. Reasons for doing it in the first place. When Barsoom veered off into weird jungle territory, I made such a list. Here it is: [i]STUFF WE THINK IS COOL Ant people Spider people Snake people Ruined jungle temples Caves hidden behind waterfalls Riding dinosaurs Jungle traps Overgrown cities inhabited by savages Smart irritated trees Dinosaurs Power-mad petty tyrants Loopy priest-kings Incredibly decadent courts Slavegirls Eunuchs Thrown to crocodiles Gladiators Desperate struggles for freedom Really Big Bugs Pygmies. Pygmy mummies. Gongs Rope cities up in the treetops Dank caverns carved out of salt formations Natural caverns Seedy taverns populated with desperadoes Raised by dinosaurs? Nasty poisonous/carnivorous plants Dinosaur riders who lead dangerous animals away from villages and suchlike. Big heros Taboo regions guarded by spirits. Taboo-breaking people. With blue hands. Shapeshifters. Who recognize Isaac as one of them. Women warrior cultures who don’t let men hold weapons Ashen plains Laughing idols Rift valleys, canyons, cliffs, caves, mountains Volcanoes Carnivorous plants – vines, sundews, flytraps, mobile fungus and other goodies. Blowguns[/i] I didn't nearly get all this stuff in, but it was a useful reference for me whenever I was dreaming up ideas. I'd just look through the list and go, "Yeah, I want me some of that next game..." [/QUOTE]
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