Post by driver on Apr 12, 2008 17:22:11 GMT -6
Obviously there's precedent for "science fantasy" elements in OD&D -- not just offshoots like Blackmoor and Arduin, but in the 3LB.
How many of you have added elements inspired by Gamma World or its source literature to your OD&D or other D&D campaigns?
My next homebrew may take place long, long after a "Great War" sort of scenario much like that in 1st edition GW -- a nebulously defined cataclysm in which inconceivably powerful weapons, not necessarily nuclear (in fact, probably magical in my campaign) altered the shape of landscapes, boiled the seas, etc.
The practical effect on the everyday campaign will be fairly minimal, as this will have taken place in the very distant past. Most of civilization has recovered to a technological and societal level somewhere between the Dark Ages and the Medieval period.
I'm thinking of placing a "Wasteland Gamma" somewhere on the fringes of the map, complete with plains of glass, dunes of ash, roaming bands of cannibal mutants, insane clockwork demons, carnivorous rabbits, automaton farms, and a big Ooze-land at the center. I've just always found that sort of thing cool, and think it would be fun to have a 1st edition Gamma World homage in the setting.
So, I'm curious about if and how other folks have added Gamma World or other post-apoc bits to their OD&D campaigns.
How many of you have added elements inspired by Gamma World or its source literature to your OD&D or other D&D campaigns?
My next homebrew may take place long, long after a "Great War" sort of scenario much like that in 1st edition GW -- a nebulously defined cataclysm in which inconceivably powerful weapons, not necessarily nuclear (in fact, probably magical in my campaign) altered the shape of landscapes, boiled the seas, etc.
The practical effect on the everyday campaign will be fairly minimal, as this will have taken place in the very distant past. Most of civilization has recovered to a technological and societal level somewhere between the Dark Ages and the Medieval period.
I'm thinking of placing a "Wasteland Gamma" somewhere on the fringes of the map, complete with plains of glass, dunes of ash, roaming bands of cannibal mutants, insane clockwork demons, carnivorous rabbits, automaton farms, and a big Ooze-land at the center. I've just always found that sort of thing cool, and think it would be fun to have a 1st edition Gamma World homage in the setting.
So, I'm curious about if and how other folks have added Gamma World or other post-apoc bits to their OD&D campaigns.
