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Okay, so I'm not sure when I'll be ready to run this, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
I recently picked up Relics and Rituals: Olympus, and I am totally diging this setting. Think of it as Greek Myths doen with D&D. So, I want to run a one-shot of this (I'd love to run a campaign of this, actually, but I'll start with the one shot).
So, here's the story.
In the land of Helena, there sits a great city, Poseidenus. Legends tell of how the city was created by two great heroes, a human warrior named Dextor, and a sea elf sailor named Exionmadros. These two were brought to the land where Posidenus would be built by the great god Poseidon himself. The god of the sea then aided the two in building a mighty city-state. In the time sense, Poseidenus has grown into a major trade port, and houses many people from all the major races.
Recently, a rival city-state to the south, Volun, has declared war against Poseidenus for what they declare is the great hubris of the sea god’s city. Though many heroes arrived to aid the great city, and aid from the city of Selena, a sea elf city ally, Poseidenus is loosing the battle, and is about to come under siege by the Volun army. Now, a small group of heroes must band together to find a way to save their city from certain destruction.
Anyone interested?
Chris
I recently picked up Relics and Rituals: Olympus, and I am totally diging this setting. Think of it as Greek Myths doen with D&D. So, I want to run a one-shot of this (I'd love to run a campaign of this, actually, but I'll start with the one shot).
So, here's the story.
In the land of Helena, there sits a great city, Poseidenus. Legends tell of how the city was created by two great heroes, a human warrior named Dextor, and a sea elf sailor named Exionmadros. These two were brought to the land where Posidenus would be built by the great god Poseidon himself. The god of the sea then aided the two in building a mighty city-state. In the time sense, Poseidenus has grown into a major trade port, and houses many people from all the major races.
Recently, a rival city-state to the south, Volun, has declared war against Poseidenus for what they declare is the great hubris of the sea god’s city. Though many heroes arrived to aid the great city, and aid from the city of Selena, a sea elf city ally, Poseidenus is loosing the battle, and is about to come under siege by the Volun army. Now, a small group of heroes must band together to find a way to save their city from certain destruction.
Anyone interested?
Chris
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Can my character have a clockwork owl?
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[quote="devlin1"]Can my character have a clockwork owl?[/quote]
Ummmm... no.
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Ooh, sorry. That's a deal-breaker. :P
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[quote="Neuro"]The Antikytherans would be so disappointed.[/quote]
Not to mention Harry Hamlin.
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[quote="Cthulhu"]This could be cool, I'd try it. By the way Antikytherans is a "google whack" (a search that produces only one result for you non-geeks).[/quote]
Try searching on 'Antikythera device'. Just about the coolest thing to ever be found lying around under the ocean.
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Agreed. Always knew those Ancients (capital "A") were up to something....
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[quote="Eorin Silverleaf"]I have got to be a Celt. I could not be a roman or greek pansy![/quote]
Except that there were no Celts in Greek myths (or Romans, for that matter).
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So, in between the jokes and references to bad movies, is anyone other than Gotetsu and Cthulhu interested in this?
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[quote="cczernia"]or elves for that matter. :P[/quote]
True. But I can throw elves into the game and still keep a Greek feel. A celt would just be wierd.
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[quote="BlanchPrez"]So, in between the jokes and references to bad movies, is anyone other than Gotetsu and Cthulhu interested in this?
Chris[/quote]
Ok, the only movies referenced were
And if Cthulhu and I are the only ones, we could do the "Hercules and Aeolus" thing. :D
Or maybe Xena and Gabriel. :shock:
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[quote="Gotetsu"][quote:7700a03a21="BlanchPrez"]So, in between the jokes and references to bad movies, is anyone other than Gotetsu and Cthulhu interested in this?
Chris[/quote]
Ok, the only movies referenced were
And if Cthulhu and I are the only ones, we could do the "Hercules and Aeolus" thing. :D
Or maybe Xena and Gabriel. :shock:[/quote:7700a03a21]
I liked both those movies. Lots of good high adventure with not much thought to it.
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[quote="Gotetsu"]Elves were Norse, weren't they? As were Dwarves. Who's gonna a run a Norse Game? :D[/quote]
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[quote="Gotetsu"]Ok, the only movies referenced were[i]Clash of the Titans[/i] and[i]Jason and the Argonauts[/i] . Which one was "bad"? :?[/quote]
Maybe he was referring to the movie references as being bad, not the movies themselves... :?:
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[quote="mordraine"][quote:b6625198fb="Gotetsu"]Ok, the only movies referenced were[i]Clash of the Titans[/i] and[i]Jason and the Argonauts[/i] . Which one was "bad"? :?[/quote]
Maybe he was referring to the movie references as being bad, not the movies themselves... :?:
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[quote="BlanchPrez"]So, in between the jokes and[b]references to bad movies[/b] [/quote]
Nope! He called 'em bad movies. The heathen.
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Clash of the TItans was the movie I was refering to, and while I liked that movie over all, the fact that it had mechanical owls in it really bugged me to no end.
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[quote="BlanchPrez"]Clash of the TItans was the movie I was refering to, and while I liked that movie over all, the fact that it had mechanical owls in it really bugged me to no end.[/quote]
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No... was there? I don't remember that. You lie!
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