[UA] Underworld

[Liam Astley]

From: "Kevin Elmore" <kelmore at rocketmail.com>
Subject: [UA] Underworld
> It looks like Underworld has a lot of domains and cabals
> working with and against each other.  I imagine this may
> work well with the above-ground UA organizations.  Perhaps
> TNI hasn't suceeded because Alex Abel cannot get the
> support of the forces underground.  Hrm, do those forces
> even care?  Maybe Underworld is completely separate from
> the above-ground world.  Damn, I should really pick up this
> game.

underworld takes most of its queues from Neil Gaiman's neverwhere (with bits
from just about every other "urban fantasy" book chucked in somewhere). it's
a high fantasy game set almost entirely underground, the inhabitants of the
underworld don't really have anything to do with the up-siders. what's more,
in the UW setting magic is able to be used up, hence the only magic left is
underground (and so many of the magical characters of the game would cease
to exist or lose all their power if they actually went topside). so this
wouldn't fit in very well with UA's world of dukes wandering around the
streets. also you could have some trouble mixing the Gaiman/fairy fantasy of
UA with the Powers/grubby fantasy of UA.
that said, i personally think "game sampling" is cool and you should have a
crack at it. just don't expect the twisted lovechild of the two to bare too
much resemblance to its parents


liam



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