You Got Sci-Fi in my Fantasy!

[the Jester]

Jester, if you repost it I'll try to cut responses from this thread and put them in the other. It might not work, but it's worth a shot.

Thanks, PC! I'll do that when I get home from work this afternoon!

(But what's your opinion on the topic? )

 

[Piratecat]

I personally dislike sci-fi anachronisms in my fantasy. That's why Spelljammer and Dragonstar (and even Iron Kingdoms to a lesser extent) don't work for me; for some reason, mixing genres has a bad tendency to scuttle my suspension of disbelief.

I like horror, though, and tend to enjoy horrific D&D. I wouldn't want to have Clthulhu show up in the D&D game, though. I'd rather keep those separate.

 

[Aaron L]

I mix Call of Cthulhu in with my Dragonstar game. The Cthulhu Mythos itself is a mix of sci-fi and fantasy, and the inclusion is just natural. Magic and alien gods in space, I can't get enough.

 

[Gnarlo]

Been a genre mixer ever since the first Best of Dragon where I read about the mixing of Metamorphosis Alpha and D&D. Went on to DM and love Barrier Peaks, did a Gamma World crossover, I've got the monsters from Tremors in my FR campaign now, can't wait until my players uncover the Gnomish Conspiracy of Planetary Overlords and start Spelljamming, and I loved the crashed Kilrathi spaceship in one of the out of the way farm fields in the Ultima 7 computer game.

My campaign may be 90% straight D&D, but there's enough evidence scattered around to let folks know there is more out there.

 

[Mouseferatu]

I personally dislike sci-fi anachronisms in my fantasy. That's why Spelljammer and Dragonstar (and even Iron Kingdoms to a lesser extent) don't work for me; for some reason, mixing genres has a bad tendency to scuttle my suspension of disbelief.

I like horror, though, and tend to enjoy horrific D&D. I wouldn't want to have Clthulhu show up in the D&D game, though. I'd rather keep those separate.

What he said. I did the sci-fi-in-D&D thing once (well, a few times) when I was a kid, but I haven't liked the idea in years. I'm not saying it can't work, but only very rarely, as a break from "real" D&D, and only when the setting is specifically designed to accomodate it.

Though I have to disagree with the larcenous sea cat on one issue. I'd love to run a D&D game involving the Cthulhu mythos. Horror and fantasy (or horror and sci-fi) mix a lot better than fantasy and sci-fi, and I'm more likely to use the "Cthulhu in D&D" chapter of D20 Cthulhu than I am any other part of that book. (Though I'd never put the PCs up against Cthulhu himself, anymore than I'd have them fight Zeus.)

 

[MarauderX]

guess my option is "crossed over(shadowrun-ish), didn't like it, tried it again into a different one(marvel superheroes), didn't like it, tried a third(steampunkish), didn't like it."

I'd have to say: not gonna do it. Would have to recommend: don't do it. RBDM is one thing, to torture players in this fashion borders on repulsively vile.

 

[frankthedm]

I sprinkle libral amounts of horror. Using "1 = botch" injects some humor. I have guns and blastpowder but they are not reliable [ see previous ] Magic can power spacetravel, but is not a safe bet.

 

[evileeyore]

Just remember "Teh Truth is Out There".

 

[Kesh]

I'm working on a game that blends Dragonstar with d20 Modern and BESM d20.

 

[Silver Moon]

I'm the vote above for "I like to mix westerns in with my fantasy games." We have a campaign that mixes D&D and Boot Hill rules, set in 1881 on a world with D&D races and religions. The setting has been great, and we're just started our fourth module in the campaign. Check it out, the "Story Hour" is at the following link:

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28906

So far the story has received a number of favorable comments, including those from Col_Pladoh (Gary Gygax), Piratecat and Tallarn.