In digging through some old possessions, I recently stumbled across a shiny new hardcover copy of Grim Tales and thought I'd quickly check to see if there would be any interest in a campaign. Grim Tales is a variant of d20 Modern which is advertised as "the high adventure, low magic campaign sourcebook for fantastic roleplaying in your favorite pulp genres."
I also have a copy of Slavelords of Cydonia which is NOT a metal album but in fact an epic campaign sourcebook written for Grim Tales with some badass cover art. The flavor text on the back of Slavelords reads:
In a time lost to history, the first Lethid War sundered the Earth and sank mighty Atlantis, the heart of the Sli'ess Empire. The cruel reptilian sli'ess were scattered, their interplanar network destroyed, and their technology lost. Mankind has forgotten the scourge of the Slavelords, and time has moved on.
Now, thousands of years later, tentacled shapes once again cast their shadow across the stars. The lethid are returning, eager to exact revenge on the Sli'ess Empire. Will Earth be caught once again between cosmic evil forces - or are there yet brave heroes to answer the call?
The cool thing about the campaign is that it can kick off in any time period - the Archaic, Modern, or Post-Apocalyptic Eras are how Grim Tales categorizes different settings. If we did get a campaign going, I would leave it up to the players to decide which of these eras to begin in.
Any interest? I'll link to the d20 Modern SRD here so you can get some idea of the system (very similar to Pathfinder/3.5), but know that Grim Tales does make a few exciting and deadly changes to the core rules which I'll go into further detail if there's enough interest.
Huh. Somebody else bought Grim Tales besides me. Heh. Dotted.
I'd be down too. Dot.
I own a copy of D20 Modern, so I'm semi-familiar, count me in.
I'm not familiar with Grim Tales, but I do enjoy d20. So a question about the setting, would you start in one era and then shift to one or more of the others, or would you just play in the era you started in?
Just realized that I actually got some replies to this! At the moment I've already got 1 campaign on my plate and 1 on the way, not to mention that I'd be going out of a hardcover book that I won't always have with me. Once my second game starts up I might be able to pull this together if there's still interest.