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Zombie Slayers, generalized questions.

Started by Shedeo, January 03, 2007, 04:01:10 PM

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Shedeo

Greetings, all.  I posted this campaign setting up a long, long, long time ago.  Then I disappeared for a good long time.  Now I'm back.

Anyways, I just had some rather generalized questions, one that's at least fairly important, the other that's more a matter of opinion than anything else.  The setting itself hasn't been posted on the forums, and this is my first post in ages.

Okay, so for number one.  My setting has undergone many, many changes.    Its gone from being set in the future, to set in the past, and everything in-between.  Now the setting is rather loosely futuristic (basically replacing magic with technology in most cases) but still retains all the important things about a DnD setting.  Kind like how the SWRPG works pretty well (maybe not mechanically, but that's besides the point.)  Now, originally there was going to be classes setup kind of like how they are in Dungeons and Dragons, but I found that I couldn't quite capture all the things that I wanted to.  Well, one day while I was playing Dirge of Cerberus (which the setting of ZS is also not unlike that of FF7) I was doing what I always do- Absentmindedly figuring out how I'd work everything in the d20 system.  This time, I just happened to be working it out in d20 Modern, and felt like I'd been hit by a brick.
Which leads me to my actual question.  I understand (especially since I was around back then) that the CBG was originally (and from what I can tell, primarily still is) a Dungeons and Dragons based group.  The question is- would it be acceptable to post my setting up even though its based on the d20 Modern system?

The second quesion is, as I stated before, a matter of opinion.  Since I've already stated that the setting is set loosely in the future, its also primarily human.  Now, all space science-fiction aside, most things that are based loosely in the future have Human as the primary or only race.  But in my setting, there's more races than just that.

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Apart from Humans (and Vampires/Lycans) we have,...
Anari = High Humans, basically think something like Tolkien's Elves.
Greyloth = Masters of the mind and technology.  Underdark race.  Basically think Protoss (from Starcraft) and the Mindflayers.
Octavians = Underground-dwelling (but not Underdark) race that resemble upright otters.
Tsuki = Another Undergound-dwelling race, they live primarily in the water.  They appear like the Octavians, but are more animalistic and have different colored fur.  They are also much smaller.
Burgunds = Kind of like Planetouched, cept 1/10 vampire, 1/10 Lycan, 8/10 Human.
Basilisk = Somewhat a subrace of human, they come in many variaties.  Kind of like the Yuan-Ti.
Chas = Humans that hid in the underdark.  Basically not that much different from normal humans.  Essentially Drow Humans.
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And that would be it.  Am I overdoing it?  Is it alright to have these races in the setting?  Stuff like that.

Epic Meepo

Quote from: ShedeoThe question is- would it be acceptable to post my setting up even though its based on the d20 Modern system?
Is it alright to have these races in the setting?  Stuff like that.[/quote]
Sure is. Go for it.

EDIT: (I've seen much stranger systems than d20 Modern and much stranger races that those appearing above proposed for campaign settings already posted here.)
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Although d20 is probably the dominant system here (as most places) there is still quite a diversity of game systems. d20 Modern would probably be well represented too. But any game system would be okay. As long as you are focused more on setting and fluff, there's no problem at all. The more esoteric your system, the less likely to get significant help/comments on crunchy stuff, or course.

As for races, I'd say that your list gives me the impression of futuristic fantasy rather than sci-fi. If that's the impression you are going for, you're golden. If not, maybe you need to rethink, or rewrite.
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Shedeo

Thank you both for you quick and speedy replies.

Anyway, the question about the races wasn't so much if they were acceptable at all, more so that I was wondering if it kind of screwed with the concept of a d20 modern/loosely futuristic setting, speaking that they all come from the same planet.

And yes, Snakefang, you are correct.  It is closer to a futuristic fantasy than science-fiction, especially if you go for the awesome explanation.  Science Fiction is based on the technology and how it effects the world.  Fantasy is fantasy regardless of the technological level, and focuses on the humans, using the world around them as a backdrop.  So in that sense, Star Trek is (arguably, of course, but for the sake of this example) science fiction while Star Wars is Fantasy.

But yes, the setting's somewhere in the middle.  The scientific advancements made effect the world (and the heroes) greatly, but its mostly about the heroes.