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denizen

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  1. In the classic adventure Foxbat steals the Lamp of Aladdin from the Dimension of Confusion, granting him unlimited wishes. He goes onto to wish for ridiculous things like his own island based on the one from Thunderbirds, and then all the money in the world. Eventually the PCs defeat him, but unlike the original ending, instead Doctor Destroyer swoops in and takes the Lamp for himself. Suddenly this silly scenario takes a very dark turn. What does the good Doctor wish for first?
  2. We've seen Book of the Destroyer (Dr. Destroyer), and the Book of the Machine (Mechanon), and now the Book of the Empress (Istvatha V’han). Next logical one should be Book of the Conqueror focusing on Tyrannon. While Mystic World provided a sketch of him, there are still many things that could be written about him. Who's with me? Who else wants to see maps of Thulkos, a history of his battles with stvatha V’han and Skarn, detailed stats on the various races under his rule, and the best part of any (sourcebook)Tyrannon's daily routine? I imagine it would be something like this: Also a brief history of Tyrannon, some of them from the first person. For example, a description of one of his battle with the empire of Istatha V’Han might go something like:
  3. Re: More Areas for the Genie's Prison. That's why magical artifacts are usually made indestructible in most stories.
  4. Re: More Areas for the Genie's Prison. I found Darmondrat's Palace to be very similar to the old Ravenloft Adventure the Forgotten Terror, which in itself was pretty similar to the cell. In that one the PCs are trapped in a gemstone on the pommel of a soul-stealing dagger, which is now a pocket dimension with different "facets" each representing a different part of the dimensional lord's personality or part of his past. Each area also required the PCs to find a particular gem before they could leave each area. I recommend it if you can find it for mining new ideas for the actual adventure.
  5. Seeing the Darmondrat's Palace in Fantasy Hero Battlegrounds has really inspired me, and I was wondering if something further could be done with it. New areas of the Jinn's prison. As a pocket dimension it could be really huge. You could place islands and seas in it if you care to, with the genie running the place as a god. Servants whether real or constructs everywhere, a great palace, fountains of sparkling water and red wine! A flowered garden and palm trees everywhere. A city of servants, an arena, hypodrome, boat races in a purple sea. Maybe the servants of the genie all look familiar--or that there are similarities between classes of servants as if there are several different series of clone slaves with only differences of ages and dress and style. What if the servants are all constructs of all the masters the genie has had over the years? Any other ideas?
  6. Re: Thulkos as a campaign setting. I think I'll begin with detailing the seven Thrones of Tyrannon, what forms they take, which types of worlds they typically manifest on, and how they are worshipped. Maybe the octopod one resides on ocean worlds? The fire one in deserts or in suns? The reptile one in jungle worlds? From there I can work on how each is worshiped and work on the general culture of Thulkos worlds. Back to the topic of Thulkos being sort of grimdark, I'm thinking that many of the aspects of Warhammer 40k could be directly transported to Thulkos, only instead of bolters, his minions probably use magical blunderbusses or crossbows. Instead of starships they use magical sailing vessels. They would still round up people for sacrifice to the Emper...I mean the Tree Throne, maybe using Black Ships? Also I would like to get around to writing out how an actual invasion of a new world or dimension occurs. All these ideas will be collected into a Google Doc which is publicly available here: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfq4bx7q_3508frzh2cc9
  7. Re: Thulkos as a campaign setting. Exactly what I was thinking, though I admit I never thought of the Kings of Edom. Tyrannon's followers probably revere the Thousand-Headed God in a similar manner, and both require enormous sacrifices to retain their power. They might even say "By the Great Tree." Tyrannon's main form, the Tree, is pretty stationary as well, just like the God-Emperor. Also the quote in the book about the followers of Tyrannon using magical sailing vessels to travel after receiving the grace of Tyrannon's Avian Throne does sound like another form of navigation in WH40k. Well Emissaries are pretty dumb, so I'm sure those things could be summoned after some great effort by the priests of Tyrannon, especially during a climactic battle against his foe, and being his weakest forms they wouldn't be too much of an imbalance. Thanks for the ideas. I'll look into it, starting with coming up with designs for the revamped technology. You've both been very helpful, and if any more ideas come along let me know. Thanks.
  8. I just love Tyrannon's home dimension of Thulkos and I think it has potential as something more than just the Thousand-Headed God's home dimension from which he can launch attacks on Earth. I'm frustrated with a lack of more detail about it though, so I was thinking of putting together a sort of fan work mapping out the dimension and coming up with ideas of fleshing out the campaign potential. The PCs could play worshippers of Tyrannon, riding magical vessels through space,rooting out rebellion and corruption on distant colonial world strips. They could gather sacrificial victims to feed to Tyrannon and battle the followers to the rogue gods in the distant sections of Thulkos. They could call upon and channel the elemental powers of Tyrannon's Thrones as well as summon Emissaries to fight on their behalf against their foes. Eventually they could be called upon by their god to conquer other dimensions or police those already conquered. In those other dimensions they could encounter the followers of Istvatha V'han and Skarn the Shaper. The possibilities are as limitless as Warhammer 40k.
  9. Infinity Man from Alien Enemies was probably one of the most powerful beings in the old Game with a 250 point Power Pool, and was clearly based on Marvel's Beyonder in that he was a curious god-like being that has assumed human form and wants to understand Good and Evil, Life and Death, Free-Will, Love, etc. In one book it even mentioned that Doctor Destroyer was aware of him, but even he was too afraid to confront him. So I'm new to the latest edition after being a fan of the old edition like 10 years ago. I've been looking through the new books and I see some old familiar faces, some of which now have new names (Malachite the Perfect Man is now Teleios the Perfect Man, for instance). Is there a character that fits the role of the Infinity Man in the new edition, and if so, what book is he in?
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