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Old 04-17-2017, 12:28 PM   #31
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My understanding is that the base setting for Shadowrun was already in this area - I never had the opportunity to play or observe, but I'm told that for a local, one of the most fun parts of the game was watching people from other parts of the country try to pronounce "Puyallup" and "Sequim". (The first is pronounced "pyoo-AL-up", the second "Squim" - the "e" is silent, you see...)

My wife and I also did a writeup of Seattle By Night for the old World of Darkness setting. (Paul Allen is a Nosferatu - that's why EMP looks so ugly. Also, the reason large portions of Underground Seattle are closed to tourists isn't safety, but because the Kindred like to hang out there.) The Kindred in Tacoma are kept separated from the Seattle Kindred by the large population of Garou in the forested areas of south King County. (My character in that setting, a Gangrel Embraced pretty much by mistake, had a haven in the small town of Greenwater, up in the hills. He had reached an agreement with the local werewolves - he didn't make them notice his presence, and they didn't set fire to his haven in the middle of the afternoon. He had a tendency to feed on animals, because the werewolves got a little touchy if he drank from a human even a little bit.)
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Old 04-17-2017, 01:36 PM   #32
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Does it have advantages over the Shetlands? It's significantly further away from most of the populated parts of Norway.
Handwave. Maybe the Germans have some Evil Mad Scientist Lair in your area.
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Old 04-17-2017, 02:09 PM   #33
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You could also run a WoD-style campaign where the characters are landvaettir defending Iceland from mystical invasions.
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Old 04-17-2017, 02:44 PM   #34
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For the matter of that you could be founding Iceland, running away from the King of Norway.
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Old 04-17-2017, 03:59 PM   #35
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If doing something with supernatural elements, we are reported to have a specific type of evil sorcerer in my area that I haven't heard of as being widespread in general.

The guys can literally transform themselves into bears and/or fire elementals depending on the spirits they make pacts with, with the requirement that they murder at least one person a year.
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Old 04-17-2017, 06:53 PM   #36
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It is also possible to use it as a base to run SOE ops in Norway. And there was the weather station wars in WW2.
FYI, Iceland is significantly further away from Norway than Britain is. It would make more sense for the Brits to run their ops from the British Isles.
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Old 04-18-2017, 12:53 AM   #37
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FYI, Iceland is significantly further away from Norway than Britain is. It would make more sense for the Brits to run their ops from the British Isles.
That's what they want you to think.
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For the matter of that you could be founding Iceland, running away from the King of Norway.
Such a campaign would bore me stiff. You sail from Norway and land someplace in Iceland, then you build houses and farm. Big whoop.

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You could also run a WoD-style campaign where the characters are landvaettir defending Iceland from mystical invasions.
There are only four landvęttir. Just sayin....
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There are only four landvęttir. Just sayin....
That's what they want you to believe...
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Old 04-18-2017, 08:29 AM   #40
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Such a campaign would bore me stiff. You sail from Norway and land someplace in Iceland, then you build houses and farm. Big whoop.
Actually founding a nation wouldn't bore me and it would require quite a bit before you finish. Anyway you can always liven it up by sending a troll or two or having a bloodthirsty battle; Scandinavians used to like those. Or you can go raiding or trading once you have a base in Iceland. Surely if Snorri can make it sound good you can.
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