tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post6535039943547730031..comments2024-02-16T22:05:32.773+02:00Comments on LotFP: RPG: Media InfluencesJimLotFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-48160409124125265682008-07-02T06:32:00.000+03:002008-07-02T06:32:00.000+03:00Here's my short-list...See my blog, for the explan...Here's my short-list...<BR/>See my blog, for the explanations!<BR/><BR/>1. H.P. Lovecraft<BR/>2. Ray Harryhausen<BR/>3. He-Man<BR/>4. Thomas Malory<BR/>5. Planescape/RavenloftA.P. Kloskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719352533858966154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-25595794229173765812008-06-28T03:12:00.000+03:002008-06-28T03:12:00.000+03:00Great idea! I'll definitely post about my influenc...Great idea! I'll definitely post about my influences when I get a chance to ponder them a bit more.<BR/><BR/>But I just have to say that I totally agree on the Carpenter influence. I've often said that his movies are what would happen if people made their campaigns into films.David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-72548863728210618732008-06-27T20:19:00.000+03:002008-06-27T20:19:00.000+03:00John Carpenter is one of my favorite filmmakers. ...John Carpenter is one of my favorite filmmakers. I know he prefers a low budget, but some of his stories are just fantastic.<BR/><BR/>And yeah, I've done Assault on Precinct 13 in a D&D campaign, or at least something close to it. We called it The Battle of Bright Tower Keep. Take six 2nd-level PCs, put them in a small keep with two dozen soldiers and a couple of higher level NPCs, then surround them with 150 orcs and half a dozen ogres. That was one hell of a battle. The players were truly in fear for their PCs' lives, right up until the reinforcements (which they had no idea were coming) arrived.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-89356366233491919792008-06-27T19:07:00.000+03:002008-06-27T19:07:00.000+03:00You know...There is one thing I always take from T...You know...<BR/><BR/>There is one thing I always take from Tolkien.<BR/><BR/>Dwarves and their culture as I extrapolate from the Moria sequence. I always think I want to write a megadungeon based on a dwarven hold like that.<BR/><BR/>But then I wonder if it's really Tolkien I'm riffing off of, or Warhammer (which admittedly took everything wholesale...).<BR/><BR/>Actually... Warhammer (the RPG, not the wargame) and its world should probably have been on my list because I play a more Renaissancey type of setting in my game, and while WHFRPG didn't start that for me, it certainly made a lot of sense and I took a lot of inspiration from it.JimLotFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-952439330746790822008-06-27T08:47:00.000+03:002008-06-27T08:47:00.000+03:00I am always influenced somewhat by whatever I am r...I am always influenced somewhat by whatever I am reading (or watching currently) in my current AD&D campaign so far I have been inspired by (to pick six):<BR/><BR/>The Jeeves and Wooster tv series, Jane Austen, Philip Jose Farmer, Jack Vance, Jean Auel and Les Clay pool. <BR/><BR/>What I think is interesting is how choices in your campaign based on a transient interest can take on their own life and evolve into something far different than their origins.ligehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00652431558688176341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-12611710165951924022008-06-26T22:33:00.000+03:002008-06-26T22:33:00.000+03:00I can list five-ish. But eventually I'll probably ...I can list five-ish. But eventually I'll probably work the bonus-point/extra-description into a full blog post to save space (linking back to yours, naturally).<BR/><BR/>Influences:<BR/>My most confusing dreams<BR/>Vladimir Nabokov and Ivan Turgenev<BR/>The Kalevala<BR/>L. Frank Baum<BR/>For art it’s a toss up between <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kittelsen" REL="nofollow">Theodor Kittelsen</A> and <A HREF="http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~fadey/simegallery.html" REL="nofollow">Sidney Sime</A>ktreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680322763419091488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-39688864018526252592008-06-26T22:28:00.000+03:002008-06-26T22:28:00.000+03:00Alright, I'll bite. Lately I've been drawing a lot...Alright, I'll bite. Lately I've been drawing a lot of inspiration from exploration themes, so here are a couple candidates.<BR/><BR/>Blue Planet - The RPG, not the TV program. This beautiful game line debuted in the late 90s and won some awards at both Origins and GenCon the year it came out. I've had the great pleasure of knowing Jeff Barber, Blue Planet's creator, when we both lived in Missouri for a brief period of time. The game's setting is one of deep, abiding mystery, which is a bit incongruous considering it's also one of the most exhaustively detailed sci-fi settings I've ever read. But still: If you're looking for pointers on how to inject a little exploration and mystery into your games, BP is a treasure trove.<BR/><BR/>Another fave is the Warhammer 40,000 universe (can you sense the sci-fi theme here?). I played the tabletop game for a period of years, and it has its strengths and weaknesses. But the setting itself is glorious: a dark future where mankind has reached the stars and fallen into ruin, where millenia-old technology is lost and found again, where alien races stalk xenophobic humans across a universe wrought with equal parts ignorance and religious zeal. It's a rich setting to play in, and nearly all those themes can be ported directly into fantasy.Patrick W. Rollenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832604648690667589noreply@blogger.com