I don't think you should be nervous Six, Afterall, the Warhammer Empire background seems to be very much set in the Renaissance period IMHO..

Absolutely right Steve - look at some of the names of Special Characters etc as well as the geography [Tilea anyone?]

Go for it six remember it is fantasy 
I might draw the line at T34 but all it means with the rennaisance figures is that they are a bit more advanced in technological endeavours than some of their neighbours.
Look at Da Vinci and see what he came up with, years ahead of his time.

LOL I suppose if they can do it in HeroScape.....   


hehe cheers guys

Six 

UPon saying this, I will be using an Alienesque figure from SF12 alongside cavemen, who treat it as a god, then rebel

Oooo   I love to see imagination in action... good stuff Maenoferren 

cheers six 

I'd have thought the setting writes itself, simply by taking all the Pendraken fantasy ranges and meshing together a narrative for them to cooexist.

Given that this is 'DungeonWorld' and therefore very much paying homage to the origins of the roleplaying game, i think it wouls also be preferable to return to the traditions of those early beginnings also.  that is the bizarre, pseudo-medeival setting inspired by Tolkien, Moorcock, and i guss the imagery of Frazetta and his peers.

For inspiration on the narrative i'd look to Fire and Ice by Ralph Bakshi, or perhaps Michael Moorcock's fantasy worlds.  The Dying Earth novels in particular perhaps?

I'll have a think and propose something if i get some time this weekend.

... Fritz Leiber (Fafhrd and Gray Mouser), Mervyn Laurence Peake (Titus Groan and Gormenghast), Stephen Donaldson (Thomas Covenant), Edgar Rice Burroughs (John Carter of Mars), H.G. Wells (too many titles to name), Arthur Conan Doyle (The Lost World comes to mind)...... the list is truly endless - read `em all  

Oh the joys of make belief   <--- happy smile

Oh, and I still think Ralph Bakshi did the best version of Lord of the Rings I`ve seen to date, although I know I`m in a minority here.

Six  

Quote from: sixsideddice on 18 March 2011, 11:42:55 AM
Oh, and I still think Ralph Bakshi did the best version of Lord of the Rings I`ve seen to date, although I know I`m in a minority here.

Personally I've always prefered J.R.R. Tolkien's version as augmented by my imagination. 

QuotePersonally I've always prefered J.R.R. Tolkien's version as augmented by my imagination. 

Well, idubitably..... yet its good to see images renders to the screen for those less inclined to read, at least to be able to share in the experience.

Quote from: sixsideddice on 18 March 2011, 11:42:55 AM
... Fritz Leiber (Fafhrd and Gray Mouser)

Some of all-time favourites...I always wanted to be the Mouser - which is why I would always naturally gravitate towards being a Thief when roleplaying - he's too cool 

Thanks for the reminder six - going to have to go rummage for my Leiber collection now 

QuoteSome of all-time favourites...I always wanted to be the Mouser - which is why I would always naturally gravitate towards being a Thief when roleplaying - he's too cool  

Thanks for the reminder six - going to have to go rummage for my Leiber collection now  

hehe Nik,

same thing happened to me before Christmas, I was rummaging through old boxes and re-discovered my Leiber collection... I`d forgotten I still had them, so it was like an early crimble pressie for me. Yeah Mouser was my first introduction to thieves too, and had a big influence on how I played them in our early rp games. I LOVED the whole concept, the crowded city streets, seedy guilds,  - the smell of the spices and wines selling on the bazaars, the fog bound alleyways....  aaaah it was magic.

Did you ever see the D&D 1st ed Lankhmar city module, it was really good. I still have my copy of that somewhere. One of TSR`s better supplements.

Six  

Quote from: nikharwood on 18 March 2011, 07:24:46 PM
Some of all-time favourites...I always wanted to be the Mouser - which is why I would always naturally gravitate towards being a Thief when roleplaying - he's too cool  

Thanks for the reminder six - going to have to go rummage for my Leiber collection now  

Aaah the classic poll; what character class are you!

I always favoured Magic-user, or at a push Paladin.

Damn you all, i promised i wasn't going to get sucked into Dungeon World...i give in...order coming your way Leon...

EDIT:  Gah!!  You buggers just cost me £90...impulse buys make me feel so dirty...the taint of Capitalism reacts badly with my Communist flesh...

Quote from: Luddite on 19 March 2011, 08:40:46 PM
Aaah the classic poll; what character class are you!

I always favoured Magic-user, or at a push Paladin.

Damn you all, i promised i wasn't going to get sucked into Dungeon World...i give in...order coming your way Leon...

EDIT:  Gah!!  You buggers just cost me £90...impulse buys make me feel so dirty...the taint of Capitalism reacts badly with my Communist flesh...