tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post4293288145527073534..comments2024-03-28T00:53:49.609-07:00Comments on PLANET ALGOL: Planet Algol NPC Generation Preview PDFBlairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post-81620891476921494932010-04-03T20:05:36.545-07:002010-04-03T20:05:36.545-07:00That helps tremendously.
Thanks!That helps tremendously.<br />Thanks!Brutorz Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261330634648140358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post-75150721320174374112010-04-01T18:20:55.506-07:002010-04-01T18:20:55.506-07:00@Bill & others: The following may be helpful! ...@Bill & others: The following may be helpful! :)<br /><br />"...These extraterrestrial, yet wholly human races are the descendants of the sorcerously and technologically advanced prehistoric societies of the Ancients; civilizations that were in some cases millions of years old. As a whole the character of Algol Men could be describes as callous, decadent, jaded, vain, venal and worldly. The practices of slavery, dueling and intoxicant abuse are widespread. Most societies place little value on human life and the many have a rigid class or caste system with a privileged minority while the masses cower in squalor and oppression (and in some cases subject to sorcerous, psychic or technological mind control!). Ennui, and questionable practices to combat it, is widespread among Algol society. <br /><br />Despite the immense knowledge and power possessed by the Ancients, their remnants, called "Algol Men," have lost the arts and lore of the Ancients in the holocausts that destroyed their civilizations and the tens of thousands of years of decadence and savagery that followed. Algol Men societies vary wildly: from thousands-year-old enclaves possessing some degree of technological sophistication to nomads with little more than the knowledge of how to work iron; from aesthetes that live of life of quiet meditation in crystal domes to demon-worshiping cannibal savages draped in the grisly remnants of their prey. The majority of "civilized" Algol Men possess a technological ability similar to that of Earth's Ancient or Dark Ages societies; there also being many that have a Stone Age equivalent culture; as well as scattered enclaves of technology."Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post-55605878010795334252010-04-01T15:53:49.658-07:002010-04-01T15:53:49.658-07:00Dave: Thanks!, one of my design goals is to provid...Dave: Thanks!, one of my design goals is to provide a campaign setting and a suite of DM tools useful for a variety of campaigns.<br /><br />Bill: Thanks, I am freaking stoked to hear about another possible Algol campaign. I'm going to try an do a post to better organize the material on this blog to facilitate usage for such endeavors. (yikes...it just automatically comes out of my brain gygaxian)<br /><br />Please keep me posted on how it work out for you!Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post-15216742337990089222010-04-01T15:43:58.181-07:002010-04-01T15:43:58.181-07:00I agree with Dave, I can't wait to get the fin...I agree with Dave, I can't wait to get the final product. I've already started working on the notes for my Planet Algol Campaign.<br />Blair,<br /> Thanks for the clarification regarding your concept of the Algol races that is quite helpful.Brutorz Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261330634648140358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post-42889254836870452172010-04-01T08:22:41.175-07:002010-04-01T08:22:41.175-07:00A most promising beginning. I am always in the mar...A most promising beginning. I am always in the market for good at-the-table resources and this is up to your usual inspirational standard... Can't wait until I can get my hands on the full product!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post-1142588911356158282010-03-31T23:23:49.203-07:002010-03-31T23:23:49.203-07:00Well, my concept of Algol humanity is that there a...Well, my concept of Algol humanity is that there are all these scattered, insular, eccentric societies...so there's no real widespread cultural characteristics among the races of Algol Men. Among every race of Algol Men there are savages societies and technocratic societies.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post-27639767593743807322010-03-31T18:46:03.134-07:002010-03-31T18:46:03.134-07:00Gotcha, I've got that White Dwarf with the Hou...Gotcha, I've got that White Dwarf with the Houri, its a cool class. Might get to run a game of Planet Algol soon and my wife is thinking about playing one. There's some cool stuff in those old issues of White Dwarf. Regarding the Algol booklet, do you have any plans to do any additional info on the various human races? outlook? racial tendencies? etc... or are you leaving that open?Brutorz Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261330634648140358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post-5764852396700447422010-03-31T17:55:40.915-07:002010-03-31T17:55:40.915-07:00Well, the Houri character class is from White Dwar...Well, the Houri character class is from White Dwarf, so I can't really use it as is.<br /><br />I'm planning on making a Houri-analogue race/class, the Lilim, but I'm belaying any work on them until I've finished the first Planet Algol booklet.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886547051691715141.post-80467277413185005232010-03-31T17:35:15.823-07:002010-03-31T17:35:15.823-07:00A most handy tool, I was wondering why nothing on ...A most handy tool, I was wondering why nothing on the Houri in the tables? Have you changed your mind about using them?Brutorz Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261330634648140358noreply@blogger.com