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[BlueNinja]

I'm just curious whether or not people prefer more supernatural, occult-ish storylines with their Adventure!, or more sci-fi-ish storylines.  Vampires or bizarre flying machines?  Mysterious rituals or complicated formulas?

[SkyLion]

Both!  Prefferably at the same time...

[metaphysician]

Yeah, Adventure! is the genre and setting for, say, a skyship race to the moon to recover the Atlantean relics left on its dark side before the Nazi vampire does.

[Arcanum_V]

Much like the comic series Planetary, I've tried to give each story its own atmosphere filled with the conventions of the genre.  In our battle against the Ubiquitous Dragon (whom I turned into a Kuei Jin), I pulled in all of the Chinese occultism I could think of: San Francisco's Chinatown, ancient alchemists, axe-wielding tong thugs, legions of hopping vampires, forbidden temples, etc.  When we took on the Machinatrix, the story had a decidedly sci-fi atmosphere: UFOlogists, mad scientists, a mind-dulling subterranean "utopian" city, etc.

[madcat82]

I agree, as usual it feels, with Arcanum. I use whatever suits the story, although I prefer Sci-fi... on the other hand, the biggest bad guy in my stories for the moment is Mr Saturday..

[Blue Thunder]

I haven't run or played an Adventure game yet.  Sucks for me.

I actually love noir, but the game isn't noir, so I agree with everyone here.  Airship battles above New York, crazy scientists with death rays, etc.

[SkyLion]

I haven't run or played an Adventure game yet. Sucks for me.

I actually love noir, but the game isn't noir, so I agree with everyone here. Airship battles above New York, crazy scientists with death rays, etc.

You are welcome to join our game BT.  I just posted up a tour of my characters Mega-Train.  He isnt noir but about as dark as they come in pulp with elements of both fantasy and horror...

[Blue Thunder]

I've already got plenty on my plate with Bright Continent, New Flesh, (possibly) Awaiting Inspiration, and then Prometheans Unbound (plus my own Trinity e-book when I get around to adding to it).