So recently I have been reading my old copy of Dragonstar as well as some other materials about futuristic themes in rpgs, as well as my copy of the old Planescape setting, and I wondered about what ideas for scifi themed adventures could be used for the setting.
As a major fan of the "Golarion" setting's scifi elements, I really think the setting is becoming less and less "bog standard fantasy" in practically every way. As such, I definitely don't think a scifi-themed adventure adventure would be out of place at all. To give a couple ideas, the scifi themed adventure could be interdimensional or it could be a "space" themed campaign.
In terms of interdimensional adventures, I think there has been some really interesting precedent in places like Alushinyrra that I feel are really a step in the right direction for handling locations on the Outer Planes (unlike say, in earlier editions where Sigil's pop. was literally like a mere 250,000, pitifully small-- really a ton of DnD/PF pop. numbers were way too low). Really play up the differences in those places-- and note that the cosmopolitan areas could incorporate features of different worlds than Golarion, which is where the scifi element could come into play. Besides the Outer Planes though, I feel there are many adventures to be had just exploring things like alternate realities or others planes of existence.
In terms of "space" themed stuff I think incorporating magitech space ships as experimental designs for adventures originating on Golarion would be really neat, as could be an adventure in which the PCs are abducted by passing aliens. Exploring new worlds and encountering new civilizations would be really amazing.
So what ideas do you all have for a scifi themed campaign or module in the setting of Golarion?
Also, obligatory clamoring for a 2e "Tech Guide"!!
I mean, we just got a shiny new gazetteer of Castrovel, and Akiton got a 2e writeup before that; I'm dying to romp around the Green Planet, especially if I can get entangled in Lashunta and Formian intrigues! Both are Ancestries I'd love to have playable again, and both have cultures that feel distinctly alien from Golarion, while still working in a sword-and-sorcery mold.
One of my dream 2e projects would be an Iron Gods sequel AP, dealing with uniting the nation, seeing Casandalee's faith rise, and defending Numeria from a Dominion of the Black invasion. I hope it happens in some form someday.
I mean, we just got a shiny new gazetteer of Castrovel, and Akiton got a 2e writeup before that; I'm dying to romp around the Green Planet, especially if I can get entangled in Lashunta and Formian intrigues! Both are Ancestries I'd love to have playable again, and both have cultures that feel distinctly alien from Golarion, while still working in a sword-and-sorcery mold.
One of my dream 2e projects would be an Iron Gods sequel AP, dealing with uniting the nation, seeing Casandalee's faith rise, and defending Numeria from a Dominion of the Black invasion. I hope it happens in some form someday.
Apart from already published stuff, what specific ideas would you want to pitch? They don't necessarily need to "fit" in the "Golarion canon".
For example, one idea for an interdimensional adventure might be the PCs are contracted by a mysterious patron for work, only to discover the patron is a demon operating out of a metropolis in the Abyss, and they have to work for him, simultaneously acclimating to their surroundings as well as finding a way to conclude their contract.
I mean, we just got a shiny new gazetteer of Castrovel, and Akiton got a 2e writeup before that; I'm dying to romp around the Green Planet, especially if I can get entangled in Lashunta and Formian intrigues! Both are Ancestries I'd love to have playable again, and both have cultures that feel distinctly alien from Golarion, while still working in a sword-and-sorcery mold.
One of my dream 2e projects would be an Iron Gods sequel AP, dealing with uniting the nation, seeing Casandalee's faith rise, and defending Numeria from a Dominion of the Black invasion. I hope it happens in some form someday.
Speaking of that, I think the recent portrayal of Akiton in a certain AP is pretty neat, and conducive to "scifi themes."
I personally would retune some things around the portrayal and implementation of certain elements (although tbh this is all more a flaw of the base system than anything else) as well as the setting itself, but things like the new vehicles and weapons are real neat despite the aforementioned problems.
Also, I have guns (including "advanced" guns, so to speak) and the like be common on Akiton.
Ps: Also, gazetteer of Castrovel? Could you tell me where, please?
Ps: Also, gazetteer of Castrovel? Could you tell me where, please?
The back of Gatewalkers #1.
