X-Men and D&D [Archive] - Wizards Community

X-Men and D&D [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Bobfred21
11-12-07, 02:14 PM Well, lately I've become obsessed with the X-Men and I've been considering designing a world where mutation occurs in much the same way, only in a more traditional D&D setting. The PCs arn't going to get their hands on any powers as powerful as the Phoenix Force or the near indestructibility of some mutants, but I think a fantasy setting has plenty of room for unique powers, it would be cool to have PCs who are truly unique from everyone else in the world via their mutant powers.

It would also open up some new plot lines for villains, while leaving normal D&D plot lines open too.

Not to mention I could image some cool plotlines discovering just why mutation is suddenly taking place. In a fantasy setting it could very easily be a magically aided event.

Thoughts? Suggestions on how to limit/balance the power choice? Ideas for what could be causing mutation?

Please dont post if you're just going to say it's a horrible idea. I know it's not for everyone, but me and my group like both so this is for those who are like minded, or at the very least constructive toward the topic.
Dipteran_Legacy
11-12-07, 03:05 PM the best way to do it would be to just use psionics.

psions are great parallels for jean, Xavier, and probably even magneto.

Psychic warriors can be used for those with more subtle powers & more durability-such as wolverine.

wilder would be great for someone like scott, rogue, gambit, or even iceman,

and soulknife is blatantly similar to psylocke.

seriously, look into psionics. if you even start up a topic on the psionics board and/or look around the Char Op board, I know a lot of the people there have statted out some of the Xmen in ways that represent them with remarkable accuracy.
Bobfred21
11-12-07, 04:01 PM Thanks, that helps a lot actually! :)
DarthCestual
11-12-07, 09:20 PM I'd kicked around a concept for a tribe of X-Goblins. I just made the goblin equivalent of all Marvels muties. I imagine it would make for an interesting encounter for PCs. I gave them names like Ecks, Bamf, Oro, and Snikt. A group decides to help a village with their problem of goblins raiding the graineries, and encounters a powerful psionic goblin with a powerful tribe of gobbos with unusual abilities.:D
Aneutralshadeofblack
11-15-07, 06:30 AM As pointed out by Dipteran_Legacy, psionics would work really well. The other thing that would work well is Magic of Incarnum, for stuff like claws, regeneration and the odd indirect powers.
Daybreaker
11-16-07, 04:08 AM You should visit a comicbook shop and pick up a copy of 1602 by Neil Gaiman. It's a really great story and it depicts a whole bunch of Marvel heroes, including some of the X-Men and Magneto's Brotherhood, as they might have been in Europe in the year 1602 a.d. Nick Fury is chief spy to England, Captain America is a huge blond Native American (sort of), Magneto is the Grand Inquisitor, and so on.

It's a very fun read, and it might give you some cool ideas. The time period is a little late for D&D, but that shouldn't be much of a problem.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Bobfred21 11-12-07, 02:14 PM	Well, lately I've become obsessed with the X-Men and I've been considering designing a world where mutation occurs in much the same way, only in a more traditional D&D setting. The PCs arn't going to get their hands on any powers as powerful as the Phoenix Force or the near indestructibility of some mutants, but I think a fantasy setting has plenty of room for unique powers, it would be cool to have PCs who are truly unique from everyone else in the world via their mutant powers. It would also open up some new plot lines for villains, while leaving normal D&D plot lines open too. Not to mention I could image some cool plotlines discovering just why mutation is suddenly taking place. In a fantasy setting it could very easily be a magically aided event. Thoughts? Suggestions on how to limit/balance the power choice? Ideas for what could be causing mutation? Please dont post if you're just going to say it's a horrible idea. I know it's not for everyone, but me and my group like both so this is for those who are like minded, or at the very least constructive toward the topic.
Dipteran_Legacy 11-12-07, 03:05 PM	the best way to do it would be to just use psionics. psions are great parallels for jean, Xavier, and probably even magneto. Psychic warriors can be used for those with more subtle powers & more durability-such as wolverine. wilder would be great for someone like scott, rogue, gambit, or even iceman, and soulknife is blatantly similar to psylocke. seriously, look into psionics. if you even start up a topic on the psionics board and/or look around the Char Op board, I know a lot of the people there have statted out some of the Xmen in ways that represent them with remarkable accuracy.
Bobfred21 11-12-07, 04:01 PM	Thanks, that helps a lot actually! :)
DarthCestual 11-12-07, 09:20 PM	I'd kicked around a concept for a tribe of X-Goblins. I just made the goblin equivalent of all Marvels muties. I imagine it would make for an interesting encounter for PCs. I gave them names like Ecks, Bamf, Oro, and Snikt. A group decides to help a village with their problem of goblins raiding the graineries, and encounters a powerful psionic goblin with a powerful tribe of gobbos with unusual abilities.:D
Aneutralshadeofblack 11-15-07, 06:30 AM	As pointed out by Dipteran_Legacy, psionics would work really well. The other thing that would work well is Magic of Incarnum, for stuff like claws, regeneration and the odd indirect powers.
Daybreaker 11-16-07, 04:08 AM	You should visit a comicbook shop and pick up a copy of 1602 by Neil Gaiman. It's a really great story and it depicts a whole bunch of Marvel heroes, including some of the X-Men and Magneto's Brotherhood, as they might have been in Europe in the year 1602 a.d. Nick Fury is chief spy to England, Captain America is a huge blond Native American (sort of), Magneto is the Grand Inquisitor, and so on. It's a very fun read, and it might give you some cool ideas. The time period is a little late for D&D, but that shouldn't be much of a problem.