Recent content by Aragorn300

For spells we could actually use something simular to the one Decipher used; Casting spells leads to fatigues, exhaustion, etc. This could be used in any system; All have some form of fatigue. And the spell list in the Decipher Core were all spells used in tolkien's books and the movies...

With the new prequel movie by JJ.Abrams coming out, and Decipher dropping it, the Classic Star Trek setting would be excellent.... yes, I know every incarnation has it's adherents (I kind of like DS9 and Enterprise best) but the the classic has these things going for it; * Familiarity=people...

Actually I think Nemo should be the space pioneer--after all he appearently can create endless energy from sea water...turning that into a rocket propulsion would be simple. Verne also created the less popular Robur The Conquerer who invents powered flight and even a craft that flys, moves...

Yea, the animated definitely had a good look. Unfortunately, 20 years of japanese mecha anime tends to make Heinlein's original vision now sound like a mecha cliche. Making an all new look might be best. I think a good artist could take present body armor like the Dragonskin used by soldiers...

There have been several interesting graphic novels that used steampunk in the last few years. One (the name escapes me) had the british empire taking the martian spacecraft back to mars in retaliation. And then of course there is Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlmen...the graphic...

My theory was mostly just to get everyone back to the original discussion. :wink: Unfortunately, mssr Barbarossa is probably correct...Not only Verne and Doyle but hundreds of others...When I first read alan moore's graphic novel "league of distingused gentleman" I was appalled to discover...

Part of the deal with CYBERpunk settings is over-reliance on competing corporations...There are other groups competing in the real world, why not the cyberworld? *cyber-religions= people who literally worship the net...after all if they *Hollywood North---since Vancouver is the new hot spot for...

OOPS....I meant to say in my last comment nudity was not needed to read it. There is nudity in the written REH but it left it to the mind's eye to interpet.

Sigh...enough Euro vs US on nudity/violence!...Africa has twice as much problems with violence and rape than either and most Africans don't even have a tv! In South Africa men are raping pre-teens because they think it prevents and/or cure aids and in norther africa 13 years go around with...

Part of the problem is the fact you have levels in any D20 which means you have to work up to what you want to play, and that means newbies have to learn, add, and figure 5 or 6 levels worth of stuff. I have been working on a Leveless version of d20 for another project. Since I am going to put...

Perhaps a better track would be for Mongoose to do a new steampunk setting...make their own martians and base space travel on something like Verne-like cannons (an anti-inertia device for the crushing accelleration is no less unscientific than an aether flyer), and place it earlier...perhaps in...

One thing I hope is that it is more like the novels than the movies. Visually, the movie was fine for starships, vehicles and the bugs, and the power suits from the novel probably most resemble the suits in the Anime "Appleseed". In game terms, becoming a citizen could be hot stuff, gaining...

BenGunn is correct on all counts!...I was just starting off the thread with a taste of the delicious complexity of that particular shared universe. It is a hard sci setting that is quite realistic. My personal favorite novels were actually "Go tell the Spartans" and it's sequel which...

Wonder if King has ever gamed? He's into every other form of media. And yea, if Mongoose can get the rights it should use Runequest...the setting would obviously not be OGL, but the Rune-OGl would make it easy for GM's to add their own little tweaks and post them without fear of lawsuit.

If I may suggest a series that could work for 2000 years worth of timeline: Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven's shared universe that culminates in the classic "Mote in God's Eye". For those not familiar, they break into two series with one timeline. It begins with the idea of a CoDominion--The...