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Nazis in your D&D?

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#1
yellowdingo
Sep 11, 2008 7:40:48 Who has played D&D with Nazis in the Adventures?

A very ancient "Sturm and Sorcery" article from Dragon (back when it was called "The Dragon") where A mist comes down and Nazi Recon team encounter an Evil High Priest and his Minions hold up in a Keep.
Indianapolous Gnome being pursued by Goblin Nazis through the Dungeons neath Castle Greyhawk.
Mystaran Orc Nazis with Steam Tanks built by Gnomish Scientists held Hostage in far off Vulcania.
Drow Nazis with UFOs (thanks to a serious failure by the Party during a trip into the Past) flying over the Forgotton Realms.
#2
batshido
Sep 11, 2008 7:43:48 I put together a WWII era d20 Modern game that was set in Europe and had necro-horror elements. That's about as close as I've come.
#3
Nyronus
Sep 11, 2008 8:12:15
Who has played D&D with Nazis in the Adventures?

Drow Nazis with UFOs (thanks to a serious failure by the Party during a trip into the Past) flying over the Forgotton Realms...

What did they do?

No that UFO Drow Nazis surprise me in the least, but mien gott.
#4
stealthmarmot
Sep 11, 2008 9:53:09 My 1st edition DM played a bit of Wolfenstein 3D in a fit of Nostalgia and got....ideas.

Yeah.

Ironically it we were playing evil characters at the time.
#5
chapien
Sep 11, 2008 11:03:59
What did they do?

No that UFO Drow Nazis surprise me in the least, but mien gott.

You spelled mein wrong.:P
#6
Andron
Sep 11, 2008 11:08:39 I've based some countries and monsters around Nazis and fascism, but never directly transposed WWII Nazi Germany into a campaign unless we were playing a recreation board game from Avalon Hill or the like.
#7
chromeraven
Sep 11, 2008 22:09:12 I've encountered Nazis or Nazi derrivatives in an FR game, a d20 wwII supers/superspy game, and in DragonStar.
#8
ciaran
Sep 12, 2008 7:22:06 I played briefly in a Rifts game where the party features 2 italian mobsters, 1 nazi SS, and 2 american high school students. Pre WW2 and they went to Rifts Earths.
#9
m-bark
Sep 12, 2008 7:41:17
You spelled mein wrong.:P

Unless you are speaking in Dutch dialect, of course.

Quite frankly, I think that anyone who has played with a very influential political leader-like BBEG, or a Drow campaign as played up to the Drow stereotype has heavily drawn from Nazism, consciously or not.

Or must the folk truly be Nazis from 1930s Europe in order to be talked about in this thread?
#10
batshido
Sep 12, 2008 9:10:08
I played briefly in a Rifts game where the party features 2 italian mobsters, 1 nazi SS, and 2 american high school students. Pre WW2 and they went to Rifts Earths.

I always played up the Coalition as being heavily in the Nazi vein (which I'm pretty sure they were intended to be).

The only difference was that it wasn't skin color or religion that they used as touchstones, but rather psionics and magic.
#11
Mad_Jack
Sep 12, 2008 21:27:52 I ran an adventure back in 1st Ed. that used the mythology of the Nazis, i.e., what they were trying to become and the occult elements of their philosophy... The whole quasi-mystical ancestor race spiritually reborn through selective breeding and acquiring magical power.

The bad guys were a tribe of tall blonde, blue-eyed Wagnerian archetypes, descended from a fallen nation-state who supposedly possessed great mystical power and wisdom. Their goal was to resurrect the glory of their ancestors by beating down the "lesser races" and recreating the old empire, which they'd turned into basically a quasi-religion.

I went whole-hog on the thing, all the way up to amazon elites on pegasi, lol...

Due to the group I was playing with, though (god I loved that group - they would have set themselves on fire if I'd asked, just to see where I went with it), I really got to delve into the psychological and socio-political aspects of the culture.
It zigzagged from Indianna Jones to Schindler's List to The Night Porter and back with mindbending speed. We went some dark, dark places with that one. (One of the bad guys had a gnome as a pet on a chain, dressing him up in a Mini-Me version of his own uniform and making him march around singing martial anthems. The gnome got beaten bloody about every other scene.)
#12
great_cthuhloz
Sep 13, 2008 6:35:17 Not in D&*D, but in changeling I wanted to run a game of Changelings in the french resistance

however, noone else took the idea seriously, and the party generated were the cast of 'Allo 'Allo
#13
williamhm75
Sep 19, 2008 21:11:46 We had a really weird couple of sessions where we visited a circus located at a nexus where several planes conjoined where we ran into cat girls, klignons, Fizben (in a non dragon lance game) and even a few nazi officers, who tried to attack my dark elf warmage who promtly fried them. Good times.
#14
salla
Sep 21, 2008 14:32:54 Not Nazis per se, I have however had fun by basically making elven nations consider themselves the 'master race' and give everybody else crap about it.
#15
jimprofit
Oct 10, 2008 3:43:20
Not Nazis per se, I have however had fun by basically making elven nations consider themselves the 'master race' and give everybody else crap about it.

So basically you didn't change anything.:P
#16
doomsought
Oct 11, 2008 14:44:15
Not Nazis per se, I have however had fun by basically making elven nations consider themselves the 'master race' and give everybody else crap about it.

Planning on somethign like that, but they hate catfolk. This will lead up to a war If my players get far enough.
At the end of our current adventure, I'm planning on having refugees crowding into the player's home city-state.
#17
yellowdingo
Oct 12, 2008 0:11:37
Not Nazis per se, I have however had fun by basically making elven nations consider themselves the 'master race' and give everybody else crap about it.

Been there, done that. Pure elves consider Half elves an abomination.

Plague Elves: Half Human, they have proven to be a source of human diseases that have jumped to elf.

Midden Born: Half Orc, these are tossed on the waste pit at birth. The ones who survive are brutal and usually raised outside elf circles.

Swamp Elves: Half Troll, Born in the swamp from Hostages taken by troll. 7' tall, green-brown leathery skin, small claws (think Picollo from DBZ).

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 yellowdingo Sep 11, 2008 7:40:48	Who has played D&D with Nazis in the Adventures? A very ancient "Sturm and Sorcery" article from Dragon (back when it was called "The Dragon") where A mist comes down and Nazi Recon team encounter an Evil High Priest and his Minions hold up in a Keep. Indianapolous Gnome being pursued by Goblin Nazis through the Dungeons neath Castle Greyhawk. Mystaran Orc Nazis with Steam Tanks built by Gnomish Scientists held Hostage in far off Vulcania. Drow Nazis with UFOs (thanks to a serious failure by the Party during a trip into the Past) flying over the Forgotton Realms.
#2 batshido Sep 11, 2008 7:43:48	I put together a WWII era d20 Modern game that was set in Europe and had necro-horror elements. That's about as close as I've come.
#3 Nyronus Sep 11, 2008 8:12:15	Who has played D&D with Nazis in the Adventures? Drow Nazis with UFOs (thanks to a serious failure by the Party during a trip into the Past) flying over the Forgotton Realms... What did they do? No that UFO Drow Nazis surprise me in the least, but mien gott.
#4 stealthmarmot Sep 11, 2008 9:53:09	My 1st edition DM played a bit of Wolfenstein 3D in a fit of Nostalgia and got....ideas. Yeah. Ironically it we were playing evil characters at the time.
#5 chapien Sep 11, 2008 11:03:59	What did they do? No that UFO Drow Nazis surprise me in the least, but mien gott. You spelled mein wrong.:P
#6 Andron Sep 11, 2008 11:08:39	I've based some countries and monsters around Nazis and fascism, but never directly transposed WWII Nazi Germany into a campaign unless we were playing a recreation board game from Avalon Hill or the like.
#7 chromeraven Sep 11, 2008 22:09:12	I've encountered Nazis or Nazi derrivatives in an FR game, a d20 wwII supers/superspy game, and in DragonStar.
#8 ciaran Sep 12, 2008 7:22:06	I played briefly in a Rifts game where the party features 2 italian mobsters, 1 nazi SS, and 2 american high school students. Pre WW2 and they went to Rifts Earths.
#9 m-bark Sep 12, 2008 7:41:17	You spelled mein wrong.:P Unless you are speaking in Dutch dialect, of course. Quite frankly, I think that anyone who has played with a very influential political leader-like BBEG, or a Drow campaign as played up to the Drow stereotype has heavily drawn from Nazism, consciously or not. Or must the folk truly be Nazis from 1930s Europe in order to be talked about in this thread?
#10 batshido Sep 12, 2008 9:10:08	I played briefly in a Rifts game where the party features 2 italian mobsters, 1 nazi SS, and 2 american high school students. Pre WW2 and they went to Rifts Earths. I always played up the Coalition as being heavily in the Nazi vein (which I'm pretty sure they were intended to be). The only difference was that it wasn't skin color or religion that they used as touchstones, but rather psionics and magic.
#11 Mad_Jack Sep 12, 2008 21:27:52	I ran an adventure back in 1st Ed. that used the mythology of the Nazis, i.e., what they were trying to become and the occult elements of their philosophy... The whole quasi-mystical ancestor race spiritually reborn through selective breeding and acquiring magical power. The bad guys were a tribe of tall blonde, blue-eyed Wagnerian archetypes, descended from a fallen nation-state who supposedly possessed great mystical power and wisdom. Their goal was to resurrect the glory of their ancestors by beating down the "lesser races" and recreating the old empire, which they'd turned into basically a quasi-religion. I went whole-hog on the thing, all the way up to amazon elites on pegasi, lol... Due to the group I was playing with, though (god I loved that group - they would have set themselves on fire if I'd asked, just to see where I went with it), I really got to delve into the psychological and socio-political aspects of the culture. It zigzagged from Indianna Jones to Schindler's List to The Night Porter and back with mindbending speed. We went some dark, dark places with that one. (One of the bad guys had a gnome as a pet on a chain, dressing him up in a Mini-Me version of his own uniform and making him march around singing martial anthems. The gnome got beaten bloody about every other scene.)
#12 great_cthuhloz Sep 13, 2008 6:35:17	Not in D&*D, but in changeling I wanted to run a game of Changelings in the french resistance however, noone else took the idea seriously, and the party generated were the cast of 'Allo 'Allo
#13 williamhm75 Sep 19, 2008 21:11:46	We had a really weird couple of sessions where we visited a circus located at a nexus where several planes conjoined where we ran into cat girls, klignons, Fizben (in a non dragon lance game) and even a few nazi officers, who tried to attack my dark elf warmage who promtly fried them. Good times.
#14 salla Sep 21, 2008 14:32:54	Not Nazis per se, I have however had fun by basically making elven nations consider themselves the 'master race' and give everybody else crap about it.
#15 jimprofit Oct 10, 2008 3:43:20	Not Nazis per se, I have however had fun by basically making elven nations consider themselves the 'master race' and give everybody else crap about it. So basically you didn't change anything.:P
#16 doomsought Oct 11, 2008 14:44:15	Not Nazis per se, I have however had fun by basically making elven nations consider themselves the 'master race' and give everybody else crap about it. Planning on somethign like that, but they hate catfolk. This will lead up to a war If my players get far enough. At the end of our current adventure, I'm planning on having refugees crowding into the player's home city-state.
#17 yellowdingo Oct 12, 2008 0:11:37	Not Nazis per se, I have however had fun by basically making elven nations consider themselves the 'master race' and give everybody else crap about it. Been there, done that. Pure elves consider Half elves an abomination. Plague Elves: Half Human, they have proven to be a source of human diseases that have jumped to elf. Midden Born: Half Orc, these are tossed on the waste pit at birth. The ones who survive are brutal and usually raised outside elf circles. Swamp Elves: Half Troll, Born in the swamp from Hostages taken by troll. 7' tall, green-brown leathery skin, small claws (think Picollo from DBZ).