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So a friend and I had discussed having Third Earth as a potential setting. For myself, I'd be interested in seeing a mix of a couple different things even if I'm not sure where, exactly, to go.
From Thundercats:
I liked the 2011 reboot to a degree (I was not happy when they canceled it and left it on a cliff hanger). My thought is that Third Earth (Trigeo?) orbits around a gas giant and there are other moons as well, which can influence things on the planet.
Naturally the standard races would include Catfolk, Lizardfolk, Dogfolk, Vanara, Tengu (or some variety of bird folk), and Ratfolk.
I might add to that the Berbils (who would probably be some form of living construct) and humans (in the old series there were a number or, at least, humanoids close enough to pass).
I'm not sure if Wolos and Bolkins would be separate races or some variety of human. Trollogs and Giantors would probably be NPC races, but I prefer to avoid NPC races since inevitably someone wants to play one anyway.
From the new series there could be Elephants, Tiger Sharks, Fishmen, and Petalars (they'd need a much longer lifespan to work as a PC race, though) and from the old series I could see using Tuska, Mudhogs, Brute-men, and Snowmen.
Thoughts on races?
There's a list of natural areas on Third Earth here and some from New Thundera here. And, of course, there are places on Third Earth from the 2011 series here. I could probably use all the places but if anyone has any preferences I'd be interested in knowing.
Should I build characters and magic items and places for it? Would it be interesting to include places/item from other series like He-man or She-ra?
Any other thoughts? Suggestions?
Are you going to subdivide the native Thundarians by race? After all, if you go by the original series, Cheetara had one hell of a sprint speed (clocked doing a mile in 30 seconds), Panthro (and Lion-O) were incredibly strong (Panthro deadlifted the Thundertank in one episode!), and so on.
Are you going to subdivide the native Thundarians by race? After all, if you go by the original series, Cheetara had one hell of a sprint speed (clocked doing a mile in 30 seconds), Panthro (and Lion-O) were incredibly strong (Panthro deadlifted the Thundertank in one episode!), and so on.
I was thinking that there would be alternative racial traits that could work for the Cats, but it's a little hard to know how much of that would come from racial stats and how much might come from some class they belong to. For instance, it's easy to imagine that Cheetahs might have Fleet-Footed (3 RP), Sprinter (1 RP), and/or Fast (1 RP) as an alternate trait. If you couple them with a class that gives Fast Movement (such as Barbarian or Monk) you could end up with someone with quite a bit of speed. It wouldn't quite be superspeed, but it would probably be close enough to count.
I had an idea to create a Thundercats setting a while back. I was going to re-skin different types of Shifter from Eberron as each of the types of cats. Cheetara would be longstride, Panthro would be beasthide, Lion-O would be a razorclaw or longtooth, Tigra would be razorclaw, and Jaga and Lynx-O would be dreamsight, etc.
I always found it weird that Panthro was the strong one, cnsidering a black panther is just a variant leopard. He should have been the most athletic/master swordsman of the bunch, as leopards are considered the best hunters of all the great cats...not a bodybuilder type (which should have gone to lion or tiger).
==Aelryinth
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Back in the 80s I played an assassin that was sent to kill the Thundercats. I boiled Snarf alive in a pot of soup.
I never really liked the old cartoons, but I thought the 2011 reboot was pretty cool. I'd like to see more of that setting.
Mum Ra was awesome in the reboot.
<BzzZZzztt> "Quiet dear, we're talking."
The stones and shield and armor...wow.
I, too, was upset when the series was cancelled. It was so good.