Age of Sathar

[pming]

Hiya.

Just wondering peoples thoughts on playing AoW, but using the Star Frontiers game system. I figured, "Worms...Sathar, why not?". I'm currently converting The Whispering Cairn, and adjusting background, etc. for it. So far, it's going surprisingly well. I've set it on Greyhawk, a planet, that was once occupied by the Sathar a thousand years ago. It's right on the edge of the Frontier, and I have the BG set up to reflect Star Frontiers.

For those who have played through the whole thing, can someone give me a run down, or point me to on online 'outline' of the whole AP? I only bought the first 3 pdf's, but if it looks like it might be fun I'll pick up the others.

Thanks!

EDIT: Oh, sorry...for those young'in's who don't know what Star Frontiers is, it's a sci-fi RPG that TSR put out in the early 80's (my first Sci-Fi RPG...and, IMHO, one of the best if not THE best ones still around; fast, easy, expandable, long out of print...can't really go wrong with that combo! :) ).

[Bill Lumberg]

Wow, I haven't heard the word "sathar" in ages. They were converted to 2E in Dungeon 71 in a great adventure called "Wildspawn".

The Age of Worms ultimately boils down to preventing an imprisoned demi-god from being freed from a monolith he is imprisoned in. His agents attempt to trigger events that will make his freedom possible, like sacrificing the blood of gladitorial champions in a stadium.

A common element in the adventures is undead creatures that replicate themselves by infecting living beings with worms. The worms infest the living and turn them into undead beings that continue the process. I am sure that the sathar could bioengineer a pararsite that affects living beings this way without needing them to be undead.

I have the sathar come to Oerth to find a particular species of worm that would work for this experiment or to test the worms on a fairly weak world before trying it on a stronger planet.