Temple of the Frog

[Melkor]

In celebration of my 500th EnWorld post, I felt obliged to post one of my all-time favorite Dungeons & Dragons pictures, so here goes:

 

[Asmor]

I'm curious about the reason the guy in the center appears to have laser rifles. o_0

 

[Raven Crowking]

I'm curious about the reason the guy in the center appears to have laser rifles. o_0

His "wand of automatic missile fire" was out of bullets.

 

[the Jester]

I'm curious about the reason the guy in the center appears to have laser rifles. o_0

There was a lot of that, back in the day.

 

[The Shaman]

I'm curious about the reason the guy in the center appears to have laser rifles. o_0

Temple of the Frog includes some science fiction elements; I'll avoid spoilers by witholding the details.

As a matter of fact, I included the Temple of the Frog in my Traveller campaign.

 

[Lord Zack]

There was a lot of that, back in the day.

I think there should be more of it today

 

[jdrakeh]

I'm curious about the reason the guy in the center appears to have laser rifles. o_0

Blackmoor is a Sci-Fantasy setting. It is essentially a far flung future fantasy setting that takes place amongst the ruins of a once great — and now forgotten — empire. As was the case in fiction such as Jack Vance's Dying Earth, technology pops up all over the place, though the misunderstanding populace mistakes it for magic. In fact, of all the D&D settings, I'd say that Blackmoor is the only one that truly qualifies as "Vancian."

 

[Treebore]

Yep, Temple of the Frog has laser rifle and pistols, space ships, fireballs, teleports, evil priests, theives, etc... an awesome blend of sci fi and fantasy. Almost as good as Expedition to Barrier Peaks. Which is in Greyhawk.

 

[jdrakeh]

Yep, Temple of the Frog has laser rifle and pistols, space ships, fireballs, teleports, evil priests, theives, etc... an awesome blend of sci fi and fantasy. Almost as good as Expedition to Barrier Peaks. Which is in Greyhawk.

Yeah, but Expedition is one of those rare exceptions to the rule where Greyhawk is concerned (i.e., Greyhawk doesn't have much in the way of high technology save for in Expedition and White Plum Mountain). Sci-Fantasy in Blackmoor, OTOH, was the rule. The entire setting is built on it, explicitly.

 

[Treebore]

Yeah, but Expedition is one of those rare exceptions to the rule where Greyhawk is concerned (i.e., Greyhawk doesn't have much in the way of high technology save for in Expedition and White Plum Mountain). Sci-Fantasy in Blackmoor, OTOH, was the rule. The entire setting is built on it, explicitly.

Aren't the lands of Blackmoor in Greyhawk supposed to be THE Lands of Blackmoor? Thats the way I always treated it. In fact, when their lasers started running out of charges they heard stories about similar weapons being in the Blackmoor lands, and went up there. I then used my Blackmoor resources leading up to City of the Gods.

Even if I did it wrong, we still had a lot of fun.