Yeah, Hyperboreans are the arrogant bastards since they were last high rulers.

Atlanteans and Lemurians had sophisticated tech/sorcery but those days are long gone. It's all artifact and mystery :-)


 

so...BlackKnight...y'all gonna make that available? :-)

gizmomathboy wrote:

so...BlackKnight...y'all gonna make that available? :-)

One of these days
The Document for the "Module" is currently 23K words and 43 pages long, containing about 5 settings that could be their own modules in size. I'm pretty sure that by the end of it it's close to 70-90 pages Not Including Maps etc). I'm writing in a crap ton of Norse background and tieing in some new Norse creatures into it (I'm a Hardcore Norse History Buff), along with some Norse "Stylized" Creatures from the main system (new names and descriptions/special abilities).

It was originally a "con" module that I've been adding to for years. Some have said that it's more in line with something from WhiteWolf type Storytelling, rather than Old School Gaming, but that's the way I write, I like giving as much backstory as I can, so others can really become part of the story, and see it from a Quasi "Realistic" point of view...
When I'm done I'm just going to give it out, and if GMs use any part of it I'll be happy at that...

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Blackadder23 wrote:

(One thing it's possible to deduce is that the Atlantean aquatic traits don't stem from being Deep One hybrids. That's because the Atlanteans can't interbreed with other humans, whereas the Deep Ones themselves - to say nothing of Deep One hybrids - obviously can. I imagine this will be left to referee interpretation, but I assume Atlanteans are turning into fish either because of a curse, or an ancient super science experiment gone wrong.)

This is a good point and I have to reconsider my personal canon. I was running with the idea that the fish-like traits and decline was because the Atlanteans bumped heads with Cthulhu & Co. 
 

rhialto wrote:

IMH the Hyperboreans and Atlanteans are derived from Madame Blavatsky's Theosophy: 2nd and 4th (the Lemurians being the 3rd) of the Root Races. As such the Atlanteans are more technologically and sorcerously/psychically advanced than either of the earlier races. My Hyperboreans look down on everyone else.  

That is interesting. The way we've presented it in our campaign is that the Atlanteans had the most advanced technology, but the hyperboreans power of sorcery was unrivaled.

gizmomathboy wrote:

I dumped some of my weird science stuff over here

https://hyperborea.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?pid=24568#p24568

I also need to toss in some conversions I needed to go from Melan's stuff to Hyperborea

 
Very cool. Thanks for the link.

Ghul wrote:

The Atlanteans, Lemurians, and Mu were coevals of the Hyperboreans and even paid tribute to them, according to legend, as Hyperborea was esteemed as the most powerful nation of Earth. The Atlanteans and the Mu were permitted to occupy islands off mainland Hyperborea and develop sorceries and sciences that the Hyperboreans sought to utilize, so they were present before Hyperborea separated from Old Earth. The Lemurians, however, did not come to occupy any part of the Hyperborean plane until just before the Green Death, when their Lemurian Remnant arrived.  

Regarding Atlantean aquatic traits, this is left vague by intent.

Awesome that description is exactly what I was looking for. I also found some useful info in for the lost treasure of Atlantis adventure module about Atlanteans paying tribute to the hyperboreans. Much appreciated.

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