Dan Taylor wrote:
>
> At 05:39 PM 11/25/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >> On a similar note, Brad, I have been developing a system based around a
> >> Tinker or Inventor class that could eventually be suitable for any genre.
> >> Right now it's very Renaissance-Archaictech but it could go in another
> >> direction if the right eye were to approach it.
> >
> >Hmm... I've been wanting something like that for my pseudo-industrial D&D
> >campaign, but I haven't started designing it yet. How are you approaching
> >it?
> >
>
> I too have been thinking of something along these lines, but with an
> emphasis on "steampunk" type feel.
Ideally, someone should devise a good 'techie' class that can fit in any
D20 game with the only 'tweaking' being skill names and some other minor
details. Just as a 'fighter' can be a knight, a roman gladiator, a
mercenary, or a pirate king, so a 'techie' could be anything from a
steampunk inventor to a 20th century engineer to a sci-fi scientist.
More detail and nifties belong in prestige classes.
The D&D 3e game I wanted to run was set in a 'springpunk' universe where
'cogwerkz', 'steam guns', and 'walking coaches' were the order of the
day. I ended up not running it because another player wanted to DM and
no one wanted me to cancel one of my other two games.
