Things I like about Stormbringer/Elric (ideas for DF)

b-dog · 03-03-2008, 11:29 AM

*I am not just talking about the game, I am trying give some input for possible DF ideas.

Even though the game of Stormbringer was very high fantasy, I really enjoyed the fact that many of the adventures were not epic. It gets old when players search for some item of ultimate good to defeat a being of ultimate evil. The cool thing was that an adventure usually started with something like a wizard asking players to explore some area, retrieve a magic item or defeat a foe that had caused them trouble. In DF, for instance maybe a lich, instead of vying for world domination, would have hired bandits, orcs and others to rob trading routes and treasure troves of kings or even dragons. Then the lich may have built an underground dungeon to hide his stolen possessions in. Maybe a dragon or a king offers to pay the adventurers if they will retrieve an item that belonged to it.

Another thing I like was the way they describe the demons. The demons were summoned to the mundane realm to perform a service so they are petty and evil, merely following the instructions as required. They only do as much as was requested by the summoning. But of course they will voluntarily kill others.

03-03-2008, 11:29 AM	#1
b-dog Join Date: Nov 2006	Things I like about Stormbringer/Elric (ideas for DF) *I am not just talking about the game, I am trying give some input for possible DF ideas. Even though the game of Stormbringer was very high fantasy, I really enjoyed the fact that many of the adventures were not epic. It gets old when players search for some item of ultimate good to defeat a being of ultimate evil. The cool thing was that an adventure usually started with something like a wizard asking players to explore some area, retrieve a magic item or defeat a foe that had caused them trouble. In DF, for instance maybe a lich, instead of vying for world domination, would have hired bandits, orcs and others to rob trading routes and treasure troves of kings or even dragons. Then the lich may have built an underground dungeon to hide his stolen possessions in. Maybe a dragon or a king offers to pay the adventurers if they will retrieve an item that belonged to it. Another thing I like was the way they describe the demons. The demons were summoned to the mundane realm to perform a service so they are petty and evil, merely following the instructions as required. They only do as much as was requested by the summoning. But of course they will voluntarily kill others.