tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post1695398723358330999..comments2024-02-28T01:11:56.474-08:00Comments on THE LAND OF NOD: Random Musing - The March of Progress in a Campaign WorldJohn Matthew Staterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-5750817344533463282010-12-14T16:12:43.429-08:002010-12-14T16:12:43.429-08:00Interesting take on this process. Love the graphic...Interesting take on this process. Love the graphic above. It's nice to see how other routes and other choices develop. Your assumptions (in regards to cultures, civilization, monster-density, etc.) are nicely arranged and ought to play out nicely. The remix-ability of things, as Scottsz points out, is very compelling. Looking forward to how you further develop this!netherwerkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361800925618339097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-62594466740874568352010-12-12T18:13:25.418-08:002010-12-12T18:13:25.418-08:00You can mix and match to your heart's content....You can mix and match to your heart's content.John Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-29823267979542431762010-12-12T08:22:48.801-08:002010-12-12T08:22:48.801-08:00This is interesting...
Can the classic content be...This is interesting...<br /><br />Can the classic content be mixed into different 'eras'?<br /><br />I'm picturing Call of Cthulu characters exploring Gygax's D-Series of modules... or the Temple of Elemental Evil placed beneath the basement of a skyscraper...<br /><br />Remix heaven.scottszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327316054801308727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-51640549702705582162010-12-11T22:29:21.108-08:002010-12-11T22:29:21.108-08:00Glad I could be of help.Glad I could be of help.John Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-49586207490092136362010-12-11T14:47:18.684-08:002010-12-11T14:47:18.684-08:00STOP IT! STOP GIVING ME INSPIRATION!
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I d...STOP IT! STOP GIVING ME INSPIRATION!<br />(hehehe)<br /><br />I don't know how but this set off a whole chain of thoughts that ended with me scratching down notes on my trusty always booted analog clipboad at 3:00am.<br /><br />Thank you! I just solved the problem of what comes next in my campaign series.xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814063435676111475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-24169400275796778732010-12-11T05:32:07.583-08:002010-12-11T05:32:07.583-08:00Looks like a decent enough campaign model. Once co...Looks like a decent enough campaign model. Once could also have era 3 end when civilization becomes the monster and turns on itself.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-69860918438373370632010-12-10T23:51:16.466-08:002010-12-10T23:51:16.466-08:00Well, I'm couching this in terms of playing D&...Well, I'm couching this in terms of playing D&D, where the heroes usually go to the monsters, rather than the monsters behaving even remotely rationally. As soon as you begin to apply reason to pulp fantasy, things break down quickly.John Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-16520358039039903182010-12-10T18:08:09.266-08:002010-12-10T18:08:09.266-08:00Ah. I see. But wouldn't a large number of po...Ah. I see. But wouldn't a large number of powerful monsters at Stage 1 just wipe out communities before heroes got to high levels? Or are you presuming powerful monsters are still fairly rare even at that point?Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-68321243580364982522010-12-10T17:29:24.337-08:002010-12-10T17:29:24.337-08:00Because the existence of many powerful monsters al...Because the existence of many powerful monsters also means the potential for high level heroes, whereas if you only have a few little, low-powered monsters, it would be very difficult for PCs to earn enough experience points to become high level, powerful characters. Thus, if you happen to have a ancient red dragon wake up one day and go on a rampage in stage 3, the chances that there is any heroJohn Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-67485760724513036532010-12-10T17:20:19.482-08:002010-12-10T17:20:19.482-08:00Interesting topic, though I'm not following yo...Interesting topic, though I'm not following you're reasoning. <br /><br />At Stage 3, you have very few poweful monsters, and large civilizations. Why would the likelihood of monsters laying waste to cvilization be high?<br /><br />Fewer monsters and widespread civilization would suggest to me smaller harm, over all.<br /><br />On the other hand, Stage 1 with more isolated, fragile Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.com