From:	D.A. Schepers [schepers@mindspring.com]
Sent:	Wednesday, December 01, 1999 3:11 PM
To:	blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com
Subject:	RE: [BLUE PLANET] - The Archaeology/Paleontology Adventure Seed

> Back to the topic of the con scenario, "...Which Can Eternal Lie", my
> recommendation would be to set the paleontological dig in polar
> regions for
> two reasons:
> [clip reasons]

Great idea, especially the thermal oasis. Of course, you'd have to explain
why it hadn't shown up on any orbital surveys of the planet, but maybe it's
in a cave...or was dismissed as one of many volcanic areas in the poles. In
fact, perhaps there are already Incorporate stations at the poles, using
natural geothermic energy and doing mining surveys. They could stumble on
this oasis during routine survey work.

It might prove a bit of a challenge to get cetacean characters there,
though, unless the ice cap were thin nearby and they had thermal suits;
maybe the volcanism has carved out ice tunnels leading there...with
mysterious warm water currents...

An added twist would be that, depending on the season, the icecaps grow some
30%. If the characters were there too long, they might return to their ship
to find it frozen in the middle of an enormous ice field.

> 2) Icy Arctic or Antarctic conditions are always conducive to tense
> horror/sf tales...Morgan and Wong knew it, John Carpenter knew it, John
> Campbell knew it, H.P. Lovecraft knew it.

There's a terrific movie called "The Forbidden Quest", which uses actual
polar expeditionary footage to tell a Lovecraftian tale of horror and
disaster in a documentary style. It's by a Netherlander named Peter Delpeut,
made back in 1993. It's produced by Zeitgeist Films, and distributed by the
folks at Kino Video.

> Of course when running it for your own players, you may need to move the
> location to a more campaign-centric latitude, but I think a polar
> location would be better for the convention game.

I'm definitely putting this setting in my campaign. BTW, I'm new to the list
(and game), so I apologize for my ignorance of the thread.

Tekeli-li!
-Alan


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From:	Tun Kai Poh [t_poh@hotmail.com]
Sent:	Wednesday, December 01, 1999 12:08 AM
To:	blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com
Subject:	Re: [BLUE PLANET] - The Archaeology/Paleontology Adventure Seed

So anyway, I hope the Americans on this list had a happy Thanksgiving 
weekend...

Back to the topic of the con scenario, "...Which Can Eternal Lie", my 
recommendation would be to set the paleontological dig in polar regions for 
two reasons:

1) It's a part of Poseidon that even veteran players haven't seen much of. 
In addition to any new geological features and wildlife, perhaps there's a 
thermal oasis near the dig site, an opportunity for some wildlife 
encounters. I've used canyonlands and mangroves and sargassum mats in my 
games, but never a thermal oasis...

2) Icy Arctic or Antarctic conditions are always conducive to tense 
horror/sf tales...Morgan and Wong knew it, John Carpenter knew it, John 
Campbell knew it, H.P. Lovecraft knew it.

Of course when running it for your own players, you may need to move the 
location to a more campaign-centric latitude, but I think a polar location 
would be better for the convention game.

Any other proposals for this scenario? Suggested plot structure, additional 
plot twists, pregens, giant albino penguins? ;)

Kai Poh
Malaysian Lagomorph

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