That's right nerd. Final Fantasy is part of the inspirations, despite not being a 70's pulp story. What gives? Let me explain, italicized voice. Final Fantasy, in all of its incarnations, has always had a pretty firm environmentalist message shared by Wizards and a lot of the fantasy-scifi half of the pulp genre. This story shares those messages. Final Fantasy also has a more lighthearted, but still similar setting -- Magic and machinery exist alongside one another.
Our story takes place on a nameless planet, which just so happens to be Earth, several million years after a nuclear holocaust killed most life on the planet. The still-irradiated stretches of the globe known as the Badlands have spawned mutated humans such as the Orcs, Wolfmen, and The Illithid. Additionally, many residents of The Badlands have begun reclaiming and repairing ancient remnants of technology. One such figure is Ziltoid The Omniscient, an Illithid king who has set out to revive humanity's most powerful supercomputer.
Our heroes will be a ragtag cast selected for unknown reasons by The Red King, the mysterious and illusive leader of The Fair Folk. The world will feature Elves and robots, dire-beast mounts and reclaimed hoverbikes, and so on. Our characters will come from different backgrounds across the world, having been selected to destroy the last remaining component of the supercomputer, and be known as "The Court of The Red King". If you couldn't already tell, this will not be the first prog rock joke.
Our story takes place on a nameless planet, which just so happens to be Earth, several million years after a nuclear holocaust killed most life on the planet. The still-irradiated stretches of the globe known as the Badlands have spawned mutated humans such as the Orcs, Wolfmen, and The Illithid. Additionally, many residents of The Badlands have begun reclaiming and repairing ancient remnants of technology. One such figure is Ziltoid The Omniscient, an Illithid king who has set out to revive humanity's most powerful supercomputer.
Our heroes will be a ragtag cast selected for unknown reasons by The Red King, the mysterious and illusive leader of The Fair Folk. The world will feature Elves and robots, dire-beast mounts and reclaimed hoverbikes, and so on. Our characters will come from different backgrounds across the world, having been selected to destroy the last remaining component of the supercomputer, and be known as "The Court of The Red King". If you couldn't already tell, this will not be the first prog rock joke.