thehomemaster Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 No idea if this has been done, but I'm looking to make an RPG based on China Mievilles Bas-Lag trilogy and have decided to use the Hero system for it. So far I have been making templates for the various races and reading up on how combat works. But are there any tips for making an original campaign, and one based on ready-made lore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Re: Bas-Lag setting I'm pretty sure there are some random notes scattered here and there on the forums that could give you some of what you're looking for...racial packages, creature writeups, etc. As far as putting together a campaign based on existing books, movies, etc, my advice is to go back through and re-read (or re-watch, in the case of movies) every scrap of material you can get your hands on, taking extensive notes on everything. You may find that, as you systematize your notes, there are gaps that are not filled in the canon, and that's where you'll have to improvise. One of the gaps I can remember specifically for a campaign I did was Nehwonian money. Lankhmar's monetary system is pretty explicitly described, and Eastern money is at least alluded to, but there's not a single reference to whatever kind of money was used in the Eight Cities. Of course, Wikipedia makes a lot of this easier, as the broad strokes at least are usually already online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Re: Bas-Lag setting There's been at least one attempt at a Bas-Lag RPG that I'm aware of. Last I'd heard, a company called Adamant had the rights and were still working on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Re: Bas-Lag setting Cureafea had an extensive document and drawing collection that he worked on for the setting. I don't know if he deleted it when he left, or not. I think at one point he wanted all of his posts stripped from the forums. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Re: Bas-Lag setting http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/25023-New-Crobuzon-to-HERO?highlight=crobuzon Looks like Curufea deleted his first post, and there's no telling what was in it. There's bound to be something usable in what's left though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorPse Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Re: Bas-Lag setting Sad to hear that Curufea left... But this an extremely rich setting and I'd love to see builds etc. If I weren't knee deep in other projects I'd certainly like to dig into this myself. I'd certainly pick up a third party title on these books just for the source material and the art. And I'd love to see a book devoted to New Crobuzon (did I spell that right) as a setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Re: Bas-Lag setting That's definitely the correct spelling. A quick search of the name dug up a few things, like Curufea's old website on the topic. Which I hesitate to link to because I don't know the situation. But it's out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorPse Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Re: Bas-Lag setting Cool. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Re: Bas-Lag setting Slake Moth http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptationscreatures/fiction/slakemoth.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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