How I use DUNE to Create a Better DnD Campaign

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[@andreaforti2577]

I think that this is the perfect dungeon master’s mindset : take inspiration from anything to make something unique

[@Earthmote]

The yoink and twist. What's old becomes new again.

[@user-ht1jg4qz3h]

im more hyped for PHYSICAL games now actually , everythimg from RISK dune, to smaller DUNE cardgames to pen and paper rpg DUNE, will be interesting to see what comes of that durimg the year and the beginningmof next one😊😊

[@mattelwood980]

Dune would be a perfect setting to translate into a Dark Sun like campaign

[@user-ht1jg4qz3h]

im here cuz im making a very simplistic text based roleplay adventure game based on dune and arrakis having the book as an overarching theme but still allowing freedom and alternative start and constellation within the game, like im playing (pls feel free to "steal " any ideas, no seriously it ok i dint care otherwise i would nevermpost it right)
as a nobody outsider foreigner just like conan the barbarian when he was exiled, on my way to deliver something to the space guild, my spaceship malfunction and crashes into the midst of dune in the 'deep desert' area,170 km from the harkonnens (cartheg), 60 km from corrino and 47 km away from atreides but i don't know this from the get go, actually nothing is known to my character except the "fourth wall " info the AI gives me as a gm like the details i already provided😅😅
so this is where my story begins and the emperor has been 15 months on dune, the harkonnens 3,5 months, and atreides 2,5 weeks....i encountered my first medium fast, but also lesser sandstorm today solo rpg style, my random shelter in a small cave on the rocky canyon close to my crashsite had a 63% shelter protection against the storm but still it took 46% damage taking most thing away before i had the chance and time to search the area before the storm hit
, so far i rolled two times for , huge,medium and smaller sandworms but havent spotted anyone yet in the area im in
, my thirst,
fatigue,
hunger, courage
,moral,
and sanity meters are still doing ok,
but i need to sleep soon and also find a scarce water source somewhere... tomorrow im gonna walk towards the nearest atreides outpost hopefully without encountering any sandbandits , worms or more sandstorms, but its a 47 km trek on foot in 38 degress celcius so i dunno...😅😅
everything i said i made up myself, no dnd books , nothing😊😊😊, just some imagination and inspiration from the latest movie and older classic dune games ( no not dune 2000)...

[@Skoopyghost]

In my last DnD game we killed santa claus and forced alcohol into his elves. I only played DnD once. It was fun as Hell.

[@Earthmote]

Glad you had a good time, that's what matters!

[@SapphireRidge900]

+1 to your algorithm.

[@blackshard641]

8:48 so... the Witcher instead of Dune. Got it.

[@JaggedJack1]

Or Firefly!

[@animelemon1]

Love the video, can tell you have put a lot of effort into it, earned a sub

[@Earthmote]

Thank you!

[@TheCryptFiend]

This is a very solid concept and your breakdown so eloquent. It just goes to show that inspiration should come from everywhere; not just apples to apples - fantasy to fantasy. You could look to the Bond films or the resent Mr. and Mrs. Smith to add elements of espionage to your games of Dungeons & Dragons, with a mysterious handler feeding you info and missions.
Interestingly, while Frank Herbert's Dune is very much a work of science fiction, within it are so many fantasy tropes. All the great houses have fantastic riches and can bring massive devastation to a rival house through their personal armory of atomics. But no house will bring these assets to bear, as it goes against the Great Convention and that house will be destroyed by the other houses in the Landsraad. On the micro, no sane warrior will use a lasgun to shoot someone with an active shield (or even the possible presence of a shielded combatant) due to the Holtzman effect - a resulting impact chancing a psuedo-atomic explosion. That means most battles are resolved with blades and close combat; archaic personal duels become commonplace. Very fantasy. Thinking machines are abhorrent, so mankind looked inward to mimic, but distance themselves from robots, creating an almost "magical" ability to improve upon something that was lacking.
So much to mine from literature, TV, movies and everyday life and our very real and wonderful cultures.

[@Earthmote]

Thank you! Yes, I agree, its great to get inspiration from all sorts of different media genres. The further you borrow from fantasy, the less likely your players are to recognize it. But whether that's a problem or not for your table is a different matter.