I wonder when DF will do non-European fantasy

[Humabout]

Originally Posted by b-dog

What is wrong with wanting some aesthetic books? For me, I really enjoy interesting details and touches. Not everything has to be about gaming mechanics.

Nothing is wrong with it, but you aren't playing DF at that point.

[Mailanka]

Originally Posted by tbrock1031

Far too often I see people who think "Dungeon Fantasy is the only fantasy",

Right? DF won't give you the tool to run Xanth, Game of Thrones, or Lord of the Rings. To say "I want a DF supplement that gives my game a deeper exploration into Elven linguistics" or "I want a DF supplement that allows for courtly intrigue" misses the point of what DF is trying to do.

The point of the DF line is to remove those bits that aren't relevant to killing monsters and taking their stuff. You are always free to add those bits back in, course, to water down the killing monsters and taking their stuff with other bits, but the books you'll use won't be DF books. They'll still work with DF, of course, becaue it's all GURPS.

Originally Posted by b-dog

What is wrong with wanting some aesthetic books? For me, I really enjoy interesting details and touches. Not everything has to be about gaming mechanics.

What exactly would it do? Would it contain any rules? Would it just contain art and setting description? We have books that are nothing but art and setting descriptions (plus some tips on how to run them). An example might be GURPS Banestorm. It doesn't have the "DF" label, but it doesn't need one, anymore than GURPS Martial Arts or GURPS Magic need the DF label.

GURPS is more than DF. It has many branches, all of which are mutually compatible. When you want to move away from killing monsters and taking their stuff, get a non-DF book and use it in your DF game. I swear to you, it'll work fine.

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by Mailanka

Right? DF won't give you the tool to run Xanth, Game of Thrones, or Lord of the Rings. To say "I want a DF supplement that gives my game a deeper exploration into Elven linguistics" or "I want a DF supplement that allows for courtly intrigue" misses the point of what DF is trying to do.

It wouldn't even come close to running the fantasy campaign idea I've currently got back-burnered. None of the templates have Guns or Driving skills, there's no advice for running investigations, the magic is a couple orders of magnitude too fast, and elves. None of the 3 pick-up-and-play lines does me much good, actually.