The Brazilian Slaughter
Arcane
So I was thinking about RPG settings. We usually see:
Medieval Fantasy (Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate)
ISO Standard Sci-Fi Setting (Mass Effect)
Near Future (Deus Ex, Shadow Run)
Post-Apocalyptic (Fallout, Wasteland)
But I find there are lots of settings you don't see in RPG. Cite some examples.
Here's the first I thought:
Colonial America (1500-1822): Interesting frontier land. Anglos and French (later only Anglos) in North America, Spanish colonies in South America and Portugal in Brazil. Plenty of interesting areas and people to see and kill. Can be done in a pretty realistic tone, or a semi-magical tone with all those negroes, injuns and sincretic afro-christian cults around. I always dreamed playing a Bandeirante in the 1600's, slaving indians, looting and raping and searching for gold in the frontier, or a Inquisitor whose job is to purge the colonies of infidels, for example, Amerindian Religions, Jews, Protestants, Freemasons, Satanists, Afro-Christian Sincretics, Negro Muslims and Illuminists. Combat? Say goodbye to your popamole spells and automatic firearms. Its Musket and Blade country's here, maybe Bayonets if you're in the 1800s. If you're unlucky and away from civilization, well, better ask for your injun guides to make you some arrows, because firearms are hungry beasts, even those that take minutes to reload. Armor? Better think before heading to the hot jungles in steel armor plate, pal.
Medieval Fantasy (Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate)
ISO Standard Sci-Fi Setting (Mass Effect)
Near Future (Deus Ex, Shadow Run)
Post-Apocalyptic (Fallout, Wasteland)
But I find there are lots of settings you don't see in RPG. Cite some examples.
Here's the first I thought:
Colonial America (1500-1822): Interesting frontier land. Anglos and French (later only Anglos) in North America, Spanish colonies in South America and Portugal in Brazil. Plenty of interesting areas and people to see and kill. Can be done in a pretty realistic tone, or a semi-magical tone with all those negroes, injuns and sincretic afro-christian cults around. I always dreamed playing a Bandeirante in the 1600's, slaving indians, looting and raping and searching for gold in the frontier, or a Inquisitor whose job is to purge the colonies of infidels, for example, Amerindian Religions, Jews, Protestants, Freemasons, Satanists, Afro-Christian Sincretics, Negro Muslims and Illuminists. Combat? Say goodbye to your popamole spells and automatic firearms. Its Musket and Blade country's here, maybe Bayonets if you're in the 1800s. If you're unlucky and away from civilization, well, better ask for your injun guides to make you some arrows, because firearms are hungry beasts, even those that take minutes to reload. Armor? Better think before heading to the hot jungles in steel armor plate, pal.