Dungeons & Dragons Mod???

[Archilles]

I rummage the forge from time to time, and I think it will be fun to play the
"Warhammer-Mod". I didn´t find something about Dungeons & Dragons.

Warhammer is quite cool, but wouldn´t it be cool to have a D&D-Mod too?

Has anyone heard of someone trying to do that one?

If not, has any modder the desire to start a D&D mod?
I would want to help a bit in this case, if I can.

[Epistolary Richard]

There are a few fantasy mods running around, Warhammer obviously, Blue Lotus as well which you'll find in the Hosted Mods section. Nothing specifically for D&D though. It's not really caught on because of the problems in doing creatures like dragons within the RTW engine.

[Archilles]

You seem to be very knowledgable about those two brands of Fantasy Games. I know Warhammer a bit, collected the Figurines too.

You say that Dragons will be a PITA when created for RTW-D&D-Mod. Well that might be the case, BUT!!! there are dragons in Warhammer too.
Well, and Rome is a strategy game, right? You play a faction, do battles against other factions etc.

I think dragons are no necessity for a D&D-Mod. Just leave the Dragons out, and perhaps the griffons too.

What about an Ogre-Merc-Unit, recruitable by a Factions Family Member,...Trolls would be nice too...and Centaurs, and ... and ...and...

Coming back to Warhammer, the guys doing that mod say that they will do all races ( if I read it correctly ), well thats a lot....and a lot of work. Are they making a dragon? Naahhh. I don´t think so. I check their site sometimes.
-At least they will not spend so much time in making a completely new campaignmap, since Warhammer takes place in...uhm...well... Europe, called "the old world" or so.


I think that they will take no offence if I put their webadress in here, since it seems that their topic swamped down in the forge. The work seems to go on, slowly but hopefully until completion. There are some screens to look at.

Warhammer url : http://www.zodiak-productions.com/

D&D... well, isn´t there anyone........?

[wlesmana]

I'm not familiar with D&D's universe but somehow it makes me think more like "a group on a mission, quest, thing" than "epic melee battle of hacking and slashing" which is what RTW's engine is about.

[Archilles]

That´s alright if you think so Wlesmana.
Primarily it is, as you mention it a classic RPG. That doesn´t have to mean that a D&D Mod for RTW must be in RPG-Style.

In D&D there are many cool Races that have established communities. You know they build Cities, recruit Armies....you see.

D&D would rock hard because of the multitude of Races. Surely there are the same "Major-Races" in D&D and Warhammer.

I only find the D&D setting a bit cooler. There are much more montrous creatures than in Warhammer, that could be well used in RTW.

-Think of the possibilities. Use your imagination wles.

[wlesmana]

Yea, I know that but does it have big batles or wars?
My point is, if there's no big battle or war in D&D universe, why make it D&D?

I'm not saying it's impossible or you shouldn't do it. It's just that the appeal is off. If you want trolls and elves and orcs duking it out, there's METW and FATW. Those got an appeal because people do think about huge wars when they heard the title "lord of the rings".

It'd be like if I were to start Harry Potter: Total War.
Or Tarzan: Total War. Lions vs elephants!!
It's doable. But seems out of place, no?

Of course, you could be more specific and do Dragonlance: Total War or whatever other titles that got huge wars and based on AD&D. Or was that Forgotten Realms? Or something. I don't know all these fantasy books.