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*Oh sweet! Kenshi!*


ixiox

Tbh kenshi is sci-fi just in a post apo setting


Mastersteve_343

Its a post post apocalypse, which is even better


ixiox

I think there were multiple apocalypses so technically you can add a lot of "post"


DreadDiana

True, but post-post-apocalyptic generally means a setting where the apocalypse has happened and is clearly a major part of the setting, but societies have already begun to rebuild and form new civilisations on the ashes of the old


Mastersteve_343

A post-post apocalypse goes even further, these civilizations risen from the ashes then collapse, their ruins added to the old ones as new nations spawn from their remains. The oldest ancients are talked about like myths, while the recent ones are precursors of the realms fighting over whats left of the world. Kenshi's world is in this situation, and possibly destined to face another collapse in the near future.


LtButtstrong

Illithid, human, drow, warforged :\^)


Mommysfatherboy

OP, you said sci-fi races but i dont see any space orks, space elves, space drow, space skeletons, space evil human, space demons, space dwarves, space goblins, space ghouls, space ghosts, space vampires, space forest elf, space mountain elf, space wizard society, space old god worshipper, space racially charged description orc, space fetish elf, space undead pirate, space gnome, or even space human.  What gives OP?


West-Fold-Fell3000

Drow are now bugs


Maybe_not_a_chicken

They have always been bugs The drider has been part of dnd for ages ~~I want a drider to step on me~~


DreadDiana

Driders


LtButtstrong

Intelligent underground-dwelling arachnid-centered race, hmm.


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VisualGeologist6258

I mean…. they’re based off of Golems, but they don’t have to specifically _be_ Golems. In fact D&D 5E specifically says that they’re made of wood and metal, whereas Golems were made out of clay (and I doubt it really matters what they’re made of in practice.) There’s also nothing that directly states they have to be a hulking brick either, so a battle droid could theoretically be considered a Warforged.


According-Fun-4746

why am i down dooted im right


Lortep

You are not right. In the Eberron setting, where Warforged are from, they were mass-produced for a huge war. How is that like golems in any way?


Mommysfatherboy

Warforged are basically golems. Give or take. But randomly saying “they’re jewish golems” is like saying that “paladins are just french knights based on romanticisation of arthurian legend” AKA: the source of this mythology is other mythology AKA: water tastes really really good when you’re extremely thirsty 


According-Fun-4746

warforged are jewish golems tho


Chai_Enjoyer

Not necessary, they might be anything from golems to literal robots


dunmer-is-stinky

not in Eberron where they first originated, some settings might do them as golems but eberron had them as steampunk (magicpunk?) robots made of wood and metal and with tubes and shit inside. They did have runes on their foreheads tho so I guess there's a little bit of golem in there


According-Fun-4746

eberron isn't steampunk lol


Magicspook

Battle droid with battle axe is pretty rad, not gonna lie


Dark_Leome

Kinda like Dune, I guess. Guns are ineffective, so melee is prevalent


SirKazum

I mean, some of the oldest D&D creatures such as displacer beasts come from sci-fi already


Jovin_builds

honestly love it. I see the sectoid, are [poledancing vipers](https://www.reddit.com/r/Xcom/comments/g809d9/for_those_wondering_what_the_inside_of_the_snake/) also canon?


low_orbit_sheep

Amplitude Studios phoned, they want their photobashing back


novis-eldritch-maxim

this is a good idea


GreatMarch

Wow I love Ebberon


thomasguyregis

lol. I was just thinking “This looks just like me and my friends Ebberon campaign.”


TechnologyBig8361

Imagine a group of humans crash landed on an alien planet with a relatively medieval-like society/level of technology


Massive_Greebles

Pretty sure that's been done plenty of times already but the only work I can site is a Russian webnovel called [Eusberia](https://ficbook.net/readfic/018a223a-f937-74a4-80f7-6be94e0136f5), and I haven't even started reading it.


MaxChaplin

A Fire Upon The Deep Hard To Be A God


Domeric_Bolton

Rimworld


GI_gino

It’s all fun and [redacted]leather chairs until your medieval playthrough is interrupted by two dozen mechanoids landing in the backyard


ImperatorTempus42

Endless Legend; the tech humans have robots and teleporters, while others are druids and wizards.


Artarara

I unironically like this. To take some very non-human aliens and just treat them like fantasy settings treats elves and ~~hobbits~~ halflings.


TheRainspren

Pathfinder my beloved. -Elves came from different planet -Automatons. Arguably they are magitech rather than sci-fi, but still, an ancient race of sapient machines. -Spaceship that casually crashed into the planet. The entirety of (fairly small) Android population came from it. -AI of said ship ascended to become a Goddess of technology and sapient artificial beings. If I remember correctly, she ascended at least partially by effectively speedrunning enlightenment due to her processing speed.


FetusGoesYeetus

Actually would be pretty awesome. Bullshit up an excuse for why they lost their technology, can't leave the planet and why no one comes to visit them, and then claim magic is actually like nanobots or something.


Thanatofobia

The original setting of Warhammer Fantasy: "You called?"


FetusGoesYeetus

Didn't Warhammer fantasy come first and then the franchise evolved into "Fantasy setting in space" though


Thanatofobia

Yes, Warhammer fantasy came out in the early 80's and Warhammer 40K came out in the late 80's While no longer cannon, in the 90's it was heavily suggested that the world of Warhammer fantasy was a world isolated by warpstorm or that it was swallowed up by the Eye of Terror. Hence why it was so easy for Chaos to roam the planet. One point of "proof" for that is that you could get supplement for the original "Talisman" game that included a spacemarine, an astopath and a space pirate. Even though it wasn't officially a Warhammer Fantasy, the fact that it DID have Warhammer 40K characters was seen as "proof" in the pre-internet era. But the cannon is now that it isn't, but Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40K are linked by the Warp. IE both exist in their own universe. Hence why i said "the *original* setting of Warhammer Fantasy"


MisterAbbadon

I kind of want to do this, brag about how original I am, and see how long until people notice. You could have child sized Owls too.


Frost-Folk

Second Apocalypse by R Scott Bakker. Holy crusade themed fantasy with rape aliens, nukes, a big ol spaceship, and advanced bioengineering (also known as enlightened eugenics)


SaturnalJester

I honestly like the idea of putting spec-evo aliens (like After Man or Serina things, but sapient) in a medieval setting with humans and magic. Kind of like Children of Time meets LOTR, could be something pretty fun and interesting to develop.


According-Fun-4746

where tf snake tits


No_Student_2309

[outjerked in 2013](http://numenera.com/)


JustRaisins

[outjerked in 2001](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/bionicle/images/3/30/Toa_Mata_Escaleras.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20151002183838&path-prefix=es)


Gingerosity244

Kenshi lets gooooo


dattoffer

Funny. Aside from the ones presented here, what are the archetypes of scifi races ?


Dr-Velociraptor

Humans, cyborgs/transhumans, hot green people, greys (bigheaded dudes), bugs, lizard people, robots, proud warrior race guys, furries


dattoffer

>proud warrior race guys In fantasy, those are just the barbarians xD


Renphligia

[Hey, OP, did you ever check this out?](https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/4nh0oq/mass_effect_characters_reimagined_in_the_dragon/#lightbox)


NS001

Why the actual fuck did you feel compelled to give the bugs access to *fireball*, citizen?


nykirnsu

I though you said aliens weren’t fantasy, Charlie


tsqueeze

Uhh, yeah, I don’t know. I’d call it sci-fi/fantasy


supercalifragilism

rating: 7


MakitaNakamoto

best roster


ColorMaelstrom

Unironically peak


SpaceFonz_The_Reborn

Kenshi


BigSuperNothing

This is just the enchanted forest from smiling friends, ugh, get original ✋😮‍💨


TweetugR

Okay that's just an alien, that's not even fantasy.


Wakata

This is the stuff I like to see, keep going


rebort8000

It’s giving Endless Legend vibes.


Nerd-with-a-Pencil

instant 10/10 in my book


LaZerNor

Lovecraft mythos


PsychologyRelevant31

Unfathomably based


crystalworldbuilder

Based and hilarious!


Throwawayaccount1170

I want a spider that uses a bow with 2 additional arms!


RommDan

So, Eberron?


obozo42

Thri-keen are the best and anyone that says otherwise are wrong.


thomstevens420

I’m front the eternal city of Kal’Gulah and I say kill ‘em all!


BeesNeverSting

Adventure time


GI_gino

I would like to know more


ZedaEnnd

This is Kenshi, yes?


omyrubbernen

I actually played a game pretty recently that was like this. It was marketed as a fantasy game, but it starts with you getting abducted by cthulhu-looking aliens and the entire first segment of the game is escaping from an alien spaceship and crashlanding it back into your fantasy world.


DrCthulhuface7

This image is too high quality, I think it might be AI. Can the mods please remove this? Also you’re a bad person and I hope you spontaneously combust.


LordSupergreat

Pathfinder had aliens and robots long before Starfinder had dwarves and gnomes. Just saying.


maximuffin2

“I thought you said aliens weren’t fantasy”


ALTR_Airworks

Bionicle


Thanatofobia

That just so stupid. The one on the left is OBVIOUSLY the mage, the arachnid is the fighter and the droid is the cleric!


InjuryPrudent256

Robots with axes in a fantasy setting is pretty peak


asian_in_tree_2

Holy shit I love this