Re: Spacebuckler

On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 03:18 PM, Michael Schell wrote:

> And for those new to the SJ world and 3rd Ed/3.5 as a
> whole I feel the need to explain something: lupin. Lupin, Rakasta and
> Tortles
> were three anthropomorphic animal races in 2nd Ed in a land that
> basically
> played like the Wild West with much lower tech. Lupin were canine
> humanoids, the Rakasta were feline humanoids and the tortles were
> humanoid turtles.

Just a bit of nitpicky clarification: lupins, rakasta and tortles
originated in OD&D (Basic, Expert, et al). They first appeared in
various OD&D modules (rakasta in X1, for example), and were later part
of the Creature Catalog. They were expanded upon in the Voyage of the
Princess Ark series of articles in Dragon, which was an exploration of
then unknown areas of the OD&D setting Mystara. Aspects of those
articles were used to create the Red Steel setting.

A minor detail, I know, but I used to be a big Mystara fan. And,
despite my fondness for 3e (and especially 3.5e), I sometimes miss the
simplicity of OD&D.


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