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Review: Mind Lords of the Last Sea

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#1
RalofTyr
Mar 05, 2010 15:09:11 I read. It reads like a science fiction setting. The only difference is the technology. The Pscionic orbs could very well be robots and the dictatorship of happiness, could be any science fiction book about a utopia (usually, utopias aren't really utopias at all, but an illusion).

I can't help to think just how many of these types of communities dot Athas and are far removed from the Tyr Region and the city-states there.

I might create a few just for the fun of it!!!
#2
jrwoodchuck
Mar 05, 2010 20:40:53
I read. It reads like a science fiction setting. The only difference is the technology. The Pscionic orbs could very well be robots and the dictatorship of happiness, could be any science fiction book about a utopia (usually, utopias aren't really utopias at all, but an illusion).

I can't help to think just how many of these types of communities dot Athas and are far removed from the Tyr Region and the city-states there.

I might create a few just for the fun of it!!!

Actually you'll find the same orbs under Guistenal. Some broken, some have gone insane. I hope this lost civilization stuff makes it eventually into 4E content.
#3
vallaurax
Apr 09, 2010 8:00:54
It was actually a pretty cool sourcebook. Other than the windsurfing druids I liked the squark (wait and see: this thing will have 1k hp in 4E :P), the brainwashed utopian society and the supremely powerful psionically pure faux sorcerer-king-like monarchs (the mindlords).

Funny thing is I never actually got my group into that region because there was so much to do elsewhere. To this day it is just sandwiched between 2E modules and the massive stack of dead PCs I like to call the 'Graveyard of Lost Heroes'.

Maybe in 4E I'll finally be able to introduce the players to the Last Sea region.
#4
Duke5150
Apr 10, 2010 19:30:38 It's a shame, back when I played 2e DS basically daily, we didn't know about the revised stuff at all. Didn't have much official material beyond the box set, a few adventures and some of the accessories.

I enjoyed reading the revised stuff once I got my hands on it. I'm also a fan of surfing druids. ( I used to surf and I sucked bad)
#5
603
Apr 11, 2010 14:23:45
Maybe in 4E I'll finally be able to introduce the players to the Last Sea region.

Don't bet the potion tree on it. Odds are the outlying areas won't be given much more than a page, at best. That's if the Forgotten Realms stuff has been any indication.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 RalofTyr Mar 05, 2010 15:09:11	I read. It reads like a science fiction setting. The only difference is the technology. The Pscionic orbs could very well be robots and the dictatorship of happiness, could be any science fiction book about a utopia (usually, utopias aren't really utopias at all, but an illusion). I can't help to think just how many of these types of communities dot Athas and are far removed from the Tyr Region and the city-states there. I might create a few just for the fun of it!!!
#2 jrwoodchuck Mar 05, 2010 20:40:53	I read. It reads like a science fiction setting. The only difference is the technology. The Pscionic orbs could very well be robots and the dictatorship of happiness, could be any science fiction book about a utopia (usually, utopias aren't really utopias at all, but an illusion). I can't help to think just how many of these types of communities dot Athas and are far removed from the Tyr Region and the city-states there. I might create a few just for the fun of it!!! Actually you'll find the same orbs under Guistenal. Some broken, some have gone insane. I hope this lost civilization stuff makes it eventually into 4E content.
#3 vallaurax Apr 09, 2010 8:00:54	It was actually a pretty cool sourcebook. Other than the windsurfing druids I liked the squark (wait and see: this thing will have 1k hp in 4E :P), the brainwashed utopian society and the supremely powerful psionically pure faux sorcerer-king-like monarchs (the mindlords). Funny thing is I never actually got my group into that region because there was so much to do elsewhere. To this day it is just sandwiched between 2E modules and the massive stack of dead PCs I like to call the 'Graveyard of Lost Heroes'. Maybe in 4E I'll finally be able to introduce the players to the Last Sea region.
#4 Duke5150 Apr 10, 2010 19:30:38	It's a shame, back when I played 2e DS basically daily, we didn't know about the revised stuff at all. Didn't have much official material beyond the box set, a few adventures and some of the accessories. I enjoyed reading the revised stuff once I got my hands on it. I'm also a fan of surfing druids. ( I used to surf and I sucked bad)
#5 603 Apr 11, 2010 14:23:45	Maybe in 4E I'll finally be able to introduce the players to the Last Sea region. Don't bet the potion tree on it. Odds are the outlying areas won't be given much more than a page, at best. That's if the Forgotten Realms stuff has been any indication.