Low-fantasy D&D aliens?
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Low-fantasy D&D aliens?
I want to stick aliens
🛸 into my next D&D campaign. My idea is to have little grey men show up in a flying saucer and abduct the party. However, I'm worried that this is too comprehensible for the average #DnD character. I want the PCs to be confused, but not the players! What's the weirdest alien you've ever thrown at your D&D party?Side note, I also want to give the baddies #mechs. How do I mechanically handle this?
If you’re open to branching into other systems, the folks at !scifi@ttrpg.network can help you pick an easy to learn and vibe appropriate system for your adventure.
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Low-fantasy D&D aliens?
I want to stick aliens
🛸 into my next D&D campaign. My idea is to have little grey men show up in a flying saucer and abduct the party. However, I'm worried that this is too comprehensible for the average #DnD character. I want the PCs to be confused, but not the players! What's the weirdest alien you've ever thrown at your D&D party?Side note, I also want to give the baddies #mechs. How do I mechanically handle this?
You might be interested in #rifts setting
Rifts: An Underrated Gem in the World of Tabletop RPGs
When you think of popular tabletop role-playing games, certain names inevitably come to mind—Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, or perhaps Shadowrun. But amid these heavyweights lies a game that often doesn’t receive the credit it deserves: Rifts. Released by Palladium Books in 1990, Rifts stands as one of the most ambitious RPGs ever created, blending science…
The Role Playing Journal. (therpjournal.wordpress.com)
The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic Earth where dimensional rifts have torn open, bringing magic, monsters, and alien technology to the planet. This fusion of genres allows players to encounter everything from high-tech cyborgs and vampires to dragons and ancient deities. Rifts offers an unprecedented amount of flexibility for creating characters and stories. You can be anything from a power-armored soldier to a mystic who commands the forces of magic, or even a dimensional traveler with access to alien technologies.
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You might be interested in #rifts setting
Rifts: An Underrated Gem in the World of Tabletop RPGs
When you think of popular tabletop role-playing games, certain names inevitably come to mind—Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, or perhaps Shadowrun. But amid these heavyweights lies a game that often doesn’t receive the credit it deserves: Rifts. Released by Palladium Books in 1990, Rifts stands as one of the most ambitious RPGs ever created, blending science…
The Role Playing Journal. (therpjournal.wordpress.com)
The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic Earth where dimensional rifts have torn open, bringing magic, monsters, and alien technology to the planet. This fusion of genres allows players to encounter everything from high-tech cyborgs and vampires to dragons and ancient deities. Rifts offers an unprecedented amount of flexibility for creating characters and stories. You can be anything from a power-armored soldier to a mystic who commands the forces of magic, or even a dimensional traveler with access to alien technologies.
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I just noticed Piefed's hastags aren't visible over here on Mastodon. Odd.I was hoping it would behave like a hashtag when you view it via mastodon instance. AFAIK so far link aggregation fediverse doesn’t really interact with hashtags fluently. Even on *bin it is like a separate thing
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Low-fantasy D&D aliens?
I want to stick aliens
🛸 into my next D&D campaign. My idea is to have little grey men show up in a flying saucer and abduct the party. However, I'm worried that this is too comprehensible for the average #DnD character. I want the PCs to be confused, but not the players! What's the weirdest alien you've ever thrown at your D&D party?Side note, I also want to give the baddies #mechs. How do I mechanically handle this?
Honestly, I’m half thinking of running mines of phandelver, but replacing the black spider with a Warhammer 40k crossover: The Patriarch.
Genestealer Cults infect the local population, preparing for the main invading Tyranid forces. -
Low-fantasy D&D aliens?
I want to stick aliens
🛸 into my next D&D campaign. My idea is to have little grey men show up in a flying saucer and abduct the party. However, I'm worried that this is too comprehensible for the average #DnD character. I want the PCs to be confused, but not the players! What's the weirdest alien you've ever thrown at your D&D party?Side note, I also want to give the baddies #mechs. How do I mechanically handle this?
D&D actually has its own unique space aliens; I’ve always just used those because everything about space in D&D is gnarly. There are a lot to choose from. Some entirely unique to D&D, others inspired by popular media like the Cthulhu mythos.
For mechs you have all sorts of golems, clockwork/steamwork machines and races like the Warforged.
