What would you want out of a game based on Ancient Egypt?

[Hjorimir]

Hamunaptra looks so good it hurts.

 

[Brennin Magalus]

Historical accuracy? Pulp? Sword and Sorcery Action? What? No poll this time.

I would like for it to feature the fantasy language of Reformed Egyptian.

 

[Sir Elton]

I would like for it to feature the fantasy language of Reformed Egyptian.

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Reformed Egyptian is a alternate writing system for Demotic, not a full language.

 

[Macbeth]

Ahhhhh... Hamunapatra... *drool*

I can't wait for October.

 

[iblis]

I would like something loosely based on history, but highly magical and mythic.

Different core classes and races. Different gear/items too. (...different from the core rules in both cases, that is).

If it had all these things, and was at least fairly well done, I'd buy it immediately. After all, I can always mod n tinker if need be.

 

[Dr_Rictus]

I would like something loosely based on history, but highly magical and mythic.

Different core classes and races. Different gear/items too. (...different from the core rules in both cases, that is).

So, basically, like Oriental Adventures for Egypt.

 

[Voadam]

Mythology, magic, and a good sword and sorcery adventure. Lots of cool setting appropriate monsters.

 

[Turanil]

I'd love something flavored like the movie "The Scorpion King" personally.

All the cool gods and magic, but none of the tedious historical accuracy.

Ditto.

I also would like something reminding of Dark Sun (for desert cities, monsters in the desert, etc.), of Conan (cities of dark mages), etc. Plus I want it only a portion of the land, and not too much crunch, so I can include it in my own campaign world. I want to be able to use the Sibbecai race from Arcana Unearthed in that world!

 

[Dr. Strangemonkey]

While I agree that I don't want thing too mapped out, I still want a huge map.

I want the ability to play Greeks, Khemmites, Libyans, Sea People, Caananites, and Babylonians in Egpyt as well as straight Egyptians.

Not saying that I want the focus to be shifted away from Egypt, but for me you can't have Egypt without some of the structure of the world that it rested in.

And I would totally agree with historical flavor and spirit and mystical crunch. Oriental Adventures and Arabian Adventures strike me as the only way to do something like that right.

At the very least, it seems to me to be easier to strip magic away than to add it in.

 

[Jaws]

Ditto.

I also would like something reminding of Dark Sun (for desert cities, monsters in the desert, etc.), of Conan (cities of dark mages), etc. Plus I want it only a portion of the land, and not too much crunch, so I can include it in my own campaign world. I want to be able to use the Sibbecai race from Arcana Unearthed in that world!

Ditto. Ditto.

I want guidelines on how to incorporate it into my Diamond Throne campaign using Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed.


Mayhem and scowls

j.