Re: GURPS Current conversions and a revision

At 11:50 PM 5/11/97 -0400, you wrote:
>David Starner wrote:
>
>> The average sphere has far more creatures than that. Not only that, why
>> should elves, humans, and tinker gnomes be the only land races in space?
>> Surely dwarves and all the other races would have gone too. (Tinker Gnomes
>> make sense???) Scro are also a very good space race, in part as a
>> replacement for all the humanoids the average party slaughters on land.
>> On a side note, I frankly prefer diversity in my campaign and feel that it
>> would exist where we have all these enormous number of spheres. To say the
>> entire AD&D space universe only contains 5 creatures is pretty limiting.
>
>
>Why then, you are more then free to have more then 5 creatures.  I am
>speaking of my opinion.  If you take a look at Isaac Asimov's Foundation
>Series, he only had humans, yet no one pointed out the limits in his
>writings.  Sure, you could fit in scro, and beholders, and
>tommyknockers?, why not jermalaine.  Gith yanki and yagi?
>
>My point is that I don't ususally run an AD&D universe, so I like things
>a little simple.  One sphere, one major race.  They almost own it.  As
>more advanced races come in, they may change things.  I just always had
>a problem with a fantasy world having so many diverse intelligent races.
>
>Just as a question, how many creatures in a "monsterous manual" have
>manlike intelligence.  I would include orcs and goblins in the mix (to
>represent W Virginia et al)  Just kidding!!  I would venture to say more
>then two dozen.  I will make it simple and opt out any extra planer
>creatures (they ain't from around here!). Whatever the number, that is
>too many!
>
>With differing opinion

Actually, I agree that 2 dozen intellegent lifeforms on one planet is too
much. But this is space. There is a whole universe to explore. There really
should be more than just 5 races in space. One sphere, one race is an
interesting idea. But why should each of those spheres have as its only
spacefaring race one of the five.

Anyway, Isaac Asimov's Foundation series had serveral different species:
robots, humans, an intellegent planet, Solarians. In fact, his races were
much more diverse races than the 5 you picked.

Also with differing opinion.
David Starner - deos@????.net