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<blockquote data-quote="Lurks-no-More" data-source="post: 4161639" data-attributes="member: 8226">The first thing I'd do would be to ditch the &quot;medieval&quot; component. It was forced in, again, by the way Spelljammer had to act as a connection between Krynn, Oerth, Faerun and more. (Also, a lot of AD&amp;D gamers seemed to have a phobia of firearms even in settings where they fit the themes.)I want handguns and cannons and horribly temperamental alchemical grenades in a &quot;fantasy 1600s&quot; vibe, with pirates and explorers, treasure fleets and a wild, restless setting where a bunch of stalwart adventurers with a Hammerhead can make their fortunes, and leave a mark on the star charts.And no, this is not at all incompatible with my loathing of silliness. I'm looking for weirdness, even humor, but it has to be a setting which takes itself seriously, no matter what the characters themselves do. Thus, no incompetent tinker gnomes with haphazard hamster-driven junk ships, or capitalistic penguins, or other similar &quot;ha-ha-ain't-we-funny&quot; critters which are amusing for three minutes, if that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lurks-no-More, post: 4161639, member: 8226"] The first thing I'd do would be to ditch the "medieval" component. It was forced in, again, by the way Spelljammer had to act as a connection between Krynn, Oerth, Faerun and more. (Also, a lot of AD&D gamers seemed to have a phobia of firearms even in settings where they fit the themes.) I want handguns and cannons and horribly temperamental alchemical grenades in a "fantasy 1600s" vibe, with pirates and explorers, treasure fleets and a wild, restless setting where a bunch of stalwart adventurers with a [i]Hammerhead[/i] can make their fortunes, and leave a mark on the star charts. And no, this is not at all incompatible with my loathing of silliness. I'm looking for weirdness, even humor, but it has to be a setting which takes itself seriously, no matter what the characters themselves do. Thus, no incompetent tinker gnomes with haphazard hamster-driven junk ships, or capitalistic penguins, or other similar "ha-ha-ain't-we-funny" critters which are amusing for three minutes, if that. [/QUOTE]

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