Opinions on "Lands of the Linnorm Kings"


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Hi all,
I am a sucker for all things Viking. Any opinion on this? I don't play Pathfinder, and I don't have other Golarion campaign supplements, so:
1) would it be easy to adapt to D&D 3.0?
2) can it stand alone as a mini-setting? I'd probably merge its ideas with the old D&D GAZ7 "The Northern Reaches."

Thanks,
Antonio

Liberty's Edge

1) It’s actually fairly light on rules crunch, and that being said with only a little work it would be compatible with 3.0

2) I know what you’re referring to and used to do this. Yes, it stands alone strong just as well as meshing with the surrounding lands so it’s not dependent on the surrounding territories. It’s loaded with a lot of cool ideas, NPC’s (with only the most basic stats like class and level) and plots and stories.

Hope that helps!


Thanks! I'll buy it, then!
My idea is to take LotLK, GAZ7, and Deities and Demigods's info on the Asgardian pantheon and merge them.


A followup question: what gods are worshiped in the LotLK setting? Can they be "mapped" to the Asgardian pantheon? Are there actually clerics, or is it truer to Vikings' take on religion (i.e. no priesthood.)

Liberty's Edge

The area of religion is left wide open to interpretation. Each region has a little collection of basic info and in there are the predominant gods from the Pathfinder world Golarion. Sometimes there’s some basic info on how they’re revered, some taking on a mythical Viking feel. So swapping any of that out would be a breeze too.


rabindranath72 wrote:


2) can it stand alone as a mini-setting? I'd probably merge its ideas with the old D&D GAZ7 "The Northern Reaches."

It's closest to "Soderfjord Jarldoms Writ Large", with a higher power/magic/Metal quotient. Less gastro-intestinal disease, more Blonde Valkyries vs Giant Norse Dragons. The Northern Reaches stuff should work very well to 'ground' it, though.


rabindranath72 wrote:
A followup question: what gods are worshiped in the LotLK setting? Can they be "mapped" to the Asgardian pantheon? Are there actually clerics, or is it truer to Vikings' take on religion (i.e. no priesthood.)

There's not a lot about religion. You could just add in the actual Norse pantheon with no problem. I thought the late-era Norse did have some priests, but either approach would work. The setting is more a Heavy Metal Album Cover take on Vikings, so details of daily life and societal structure are sketchy at best.

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