John
11-30-1996, 12:00 AM
> you walk and then extinguish themselves after you pass. I was wondering,
> what other kinds of inspirations could there be for mood setting in the
> awnshegh domains?
> I came up with a few: Maybe _Anaconda_ for the Serpent, and _The
> Birds_ in the Harpy's domain. _Arachnaphobia_ would be pretty good, too,
> now that I think of it, for the Spider. Anybody else have any ideas along
> this line?
>
> Daniel McSorley
Now that you come to mention it, I suppose there's quite a few out
there you could use.
Personally, I rather like Michael Wincott (the bad guy) in The Crow.
Perhaps as the Swordhawk, or, rather appropriately if you'll pardon
the pun - The Raven. Big sword collctions, stark rooms and a sense
of style. Bad guys with style, can't knock 'em.
On that line, of course, you could do something similar for some of
the really nasty guild heads - el-Hadid and whatnot, using some movie
crime lords' places and style, whether it's The Crow, any of the
Batman films (although mainly the first two), or something similar.
I've not seen The Relic, and I'll stand corrected
if I'm wrong, but from what I hear that might be good for someone
like The Basilisk.
There's an absolutely ~appalingly~ bad film called Outback (I think)
about, conveniently, a giant boar that rampages around the place at
will - so, The Boar is taken care of. Although, it's set in the
Outback (obviously) and not in a forest. But, you can't knock the
sequence where some bloke is being chased, and you see the boar's
head as it pursues him - and the two prop guys who are running along
carrying the head. Cracking.
There's a couple of films - The Medieval Dead (it has a title before
that - it's a sequel) or perhaps the first Warlock film for The
Magian, or the Ras Ghul bloke (can't remember his name).
The Company of Wolves might be good for The Wolf (odd film though).
Another option for the Gorgon, or someone similar, is the bad guy's
lair in Legend. Although, you could ~really~ confuse your players
with the Gorgon as the Devil in the Witches of Eastwick. Now THERE'S
a scary thought! ;-)
John.
"Once I was a lamb, playing in a green field. Then
the wolves came. Now I am an eagle and I fly in a
different universe."
"And now you kill the lambs," whispered Dardalion.
"No, priest. No one pays for lambs."
- David Gemmel, Waylander
> what other kinds of inspirations could there be for mood setting in the
> awnshegh domains?
> I came up with a few: Maybe _Anaconda_ for the Serpent, and _The
> Birds_ in the Harpy's domain. _Arachnaphobia_ would be pretty good, too,
> now that I think of it, for the Spider. Anybody else have any ideas along
> this line?
>
> Daniel McSorley
Now that you come to mention it, I suppose there's quite a few out
there you could use.
Personally, I rather like Michael Wincott (the bad guy) in The Crow.
Perhaps as the Swordhawk, or, rather appropriately if you'll pardon
the pun - The Raven. Big sword collctions, stark rooms and a sense
of style. Bad guys with style, can't knock 'em.
On that line, of course, you could do something similar for some of
the really nasty guild heads - el-Hadid and whatnot, using some movie
crime lords' places and style, whether it's The Crow, any of the
Batman films (although mainly the first two), or something similar.
I've not seen The Relic, and I'll stand corrected
if I'm wrong, but from what I hear that might be good for someone
like The Basilisk.
There's an absolutely ~appalingly~ bad film called Outback (I think)
about, conveniently, a giant boar that rampages around the place at
will - so, The Boar is taken care of. Although, it's set in the
Outback (obviously) and not in a forest. But, you can't knock the
sequence where some bloke is being chased, and you see the boar's
head as it pursues him - and the two prop guys who are running along
carrying the head. Cracking.
There's a couple of films - The Medieval Dead (it has a title before
that - it's a sequel) or perhaps the first Warlock film for The
Magian, or the Ras Ghul bloke (can't remember his name).
The Company of Wolves might be good for The Wolf (odd film though).
Another option for the Gorgon, or someone similar, is the bad guy's
lair in Legend. Although, you could ~really~ confuse your players
with the Gorgon as the Devil in the Witches of Eastwick. Now THERE'S
a scary thought! ;-)
John.
"Once I was a lamb, playing in a green field. Then
the wolves came. Now I am an eagle and I fly in a
different universe."
"And now you kill the lambs," whispered Dardalion.
"No, priest. No one pays for lambs."
- David Gemmel, Waylander