History TabletopGame / SenZar

* DesignerBabies: The Mokarr race are spawned in vats, but they are too busy worshiping both the Dark Earth and the evil Shadar Lords -- and plotting to dominate the surface world -- to fall prey to CloningBlues.

''[=SenZar=]'' is a very high-powered and HeavyMetal influenced {{tabletop RPG}} which first appeared in the mid-1990s, during the 2nd Edition ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons AD&D]]'' era. It immediately met with controversy due to a botched Usenet advertising effort by the developers. (Nowadays, however, games like Tabletopgame/{{FATAL}} and Literature/{{Wraeththu}} have eclipsed ''[=SenZar=]'' as the "[[WorstWhateverEver worst game EVER]]".)

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Even if they have different names than they do on Earth.

* ALoadOfBull: The Tauran race, who are [[MightyGlacier Mighty Glaciers]] and [[OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace require Human mates in order to reproduce]].

* {{Stripperific}}: If the main rulebook's illustrations are anything to judge by, female adventurers on [=SenZar=] are almost [[WorldOfBuxom universally buxom and scantily-clad]]. (Though, in fairness, there's a good share of ''[[WorldOfMuscleMen beefcake]]'' on display, too.)

* MagikarpPower: Spellcasters are like this at the start. At level 1, unless you abuse the Status power to start with magic items that expand your power point total, you'll be out of mojo after casting one spell that whacks one target. At level 20, you can annihilate a city block every combat round.

* MedievalStasis: [=SenZar=] has been inhabited by the playable races for untold thousands of years, but is still mostly a fantasy world.

* ThePaladin: The Dragon Slayer class, who combine combat skills with divine magic.

* {{Stripperific}}: If the main rulebook's illustrations are anything to judge by, female adventurers on [=SenZar=] are almost [[WorldOfBuxom universally buxom and scantily-clad]]. (Though, in fairness, there's a good share of ''beefcake'' on display, too.)

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: The game both averts and lampshades this. You can yell at your enemies for free (albeit possibly causing them to make a Karma roll to resist going aggro on you), but you can also spend an action to do a Presence attack and intimidate them.

* WizardClassic: The Wizard class, of course. Although you can still wear armor and dual-class with a martial arts or other pro combat class if you want to.

* KungFuWizard: The Harlequin, Mystic Warrior, Mystic Assassin, and Witch Hunter classes all have access to both a SupernaturalMartialArts package and a school of magic. And if none of those options are attractive, any player can also dual-class and take any martial arts-based class with any spellcasting class.

* MagikarpPower: Astromancy all the way!

* ThePaladin: The Dragon Slayer class, who combine combat skills with divine magic.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: The average spellcaster, by roughly 10th level or so.
* PowerOfRock: Spellsingers, who are spellcasters as well as the ultimate musicians.
* PredatorPastiche: The Golgothan race, who are [[{{Film/Predator}} Predators]] with the serial numbers filed off.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The Silestion race embodies this trope more than any other race.

* RoofHopping: How the "Thieves' Highway" in Zengara works.

* {{Stripperific}}: If the main rulebook's illustrations are anything to judge by, female adventurers on [=SenZar=] are almost universally buxom and scantily-clad. (Though, in fairness, there's a good share of ''beefcake'' on display, too.)

* CaptainErsatz: The Golgothan race, who are [[{{Film/Predator}} Predators]] with the serial numbers filed off.

* {{Vaporware}}: A third edition of ''[=SenZar=]'' was in the works, with expanded setting content, rules clarifications, and general rebalancing, but the developers bowed out of the tabletop industry before publishing it.

The setting itself is a fantasy world with hints of a SpaceOpera background. The planet [=SenZar=] was settled in ancient times as a slave world by the intergalactic Death Horde, only for the Dragon -- the LifeStream of [=SenZar=] -- to inspire the slaves to overthrow their Death Horde masters and begin an unending CosmicChessGame between good and evil. Playable races include typical (but 'metalled up') fantasy fare like [[OurElvesAreBetter Starin]] and [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Khazak]], as well as various {{Beast M|an}}en, PlantPeople, demonic humanoids, a CaptainErsatz race or two, and a host of others.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Starin ([=SenZar=] elves) are smarter, more perceptive, more magically talented, and more inclined to goodness than Humans.

* SuperpoweredGenetics: Whenever ''SenZar'' mentions "mutants", it means mutants in purely the Marvel comics style.

** The Tauran race has this as an inborn feature, as they can only reproduce by [[OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace mating with Humans]] -- much to the unspeakable disgust of the [[FantasticRacism Rellians]].

The actual rule system uses d20 rolls over a target number (with the roll increasing to d100 for stats of 20+, which are typically reserved for gods). Characters have a race, a class, and a level like in most D&D clones, but ''unlike'' most D&D clones, the power of spells reaches city-leveling heights (even before godhood), warrior types can be lovingly fleshed out with enough martial arts powers to give most superheroes a run for their money, dozens of increasingly-powerful exotic materials are available to artifice super-powerful equipment with, players get 'Fate Points' allowing them to edit poor die rolls, and even a first-level character can start with magic items that wouldn't be permitted as major artifacts in a more sane setting.

''[=SenZar=]'' is a very high-powered and HeavyMetal influenced {{tabletop RPG}} which first appeared in the mid-1990s, during the 2nd Edition ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons AD&D]]'' era. It immediately met with controversy due to a botched Usenet advertising effort by the developers. (Nowadays, however, games like FATAL and Wraeththu have eclipsed ''[=SenZar=]'' as the "[[WorstWhateverEver worst game EVER]]".)

The setting itself is a fantasy world with hints of a SpaceOpera background. The planet [=SenZar=] was settled in ancient times as a slave world by the intergalactic Death Horde, only for the Dragon -- the LifeStream of [=SenZar=] -- to inspire the slaves to overthrow their Death Horde masters and begin an unending CosmicChessGame between good and evil. Playable races include typical (but 'metalled up') fantasy fare like [[OurElvesAreBetter Starin]] and [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Khazak]], as well as various PettingZooPeople, PlantPeople, demonic humanoids, a CaptainErsatz race or two, and a host of others.

''[=SenZar=]'' is a very high-powered and HeavyMetal influenced {{tabletop RPG}} which first appeared in the mid-1990s, during the 2nd Edition ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons AD&D]]'' era. It immediately met with controversy due to a [[InternetBackdraft botched Usenet advertising effort]] by the developers. (Nowadays, however, games like FATAL and Wraeththu have eclipsed ''[=SenZar=]'' as the "[[WorstWhateverEver worst game EVER]]".)

* TheArchmage: A specific special power that spellcaster characters can take, allowing them to learn spells outside their class's school of magic.

* Hell: Generally known as the Pit. It's the domain of Chthon and the Demon Lords who serve her.

* {{Munchkin}}: Unlike nearly all other tabletop [=RPGs=], ''[=SenZar=]'' openly encourages players to make their characters as ludicrously powerful as the rules will allow.

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: [=SenZar=]'s dwarves may be called the Khazak, but they're stout, they're short, they live deep underground, they're great engineers and weaponsmiths, and they generally care little about the politics of the surface world. There is no

* RatedMForManly: If you're not interested in becoming a god, this isn't the game for you.

* ShoutOut: The list of pop culture references in the game (particularly among the spell list) is too vast to catalog here.
* SoulCuttingBlade: Any blade forged from Shadar Steel can destroy souls as a default property.
* SquishyWizard: Averted. No school of magic is hindered by even the heaviest armor, and HitPoints are based solely on your character's Constitution stat and CharacterLevel.

* WreathedInFlames: One of the higher-level disciplines of the Shy'R fighting style.

** The Akir race have their origin in frost giants who mated with pre-First Age Humans. Modern Akir also have no qualms about populating their harems by abducting women from other races (particularly the Azaar) -- although ''that'' is anything but "romantic".

** The Tauran race has this as an inborn feature, as they can only reproduce by mating with Humans -- much to the unspeakable disgust of the [[FantasticRacism Rellians]].
** The Akir race have their origin in frost giants who mated with pre-First Age Humans.

* TheAntiGod: Chthon, the Dark Earth Mother. She isn't merely yet another of the evil or jerkass gods running amok on [=SenZar=], she's [[LifeStream the Dragon]]'s EvilCounterpart.

* HealingFactor: Aside from healing magic, many of the non-Human races have a healing factor in the form of "basal" (slow) regeneration.

''[=SenZar=]'' is a very high-powered and heavy metal influenced {{tabletop RPG}} which first appeared in the mid-1990s, during the 2nd Edition ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]'' era. It immediately met with controversy due to a [[InternetBackdraft botched Usenet advertising effort]] by the developers. (Nowadays, however, games like FATAL and Wraeththu have eclipsed ''[=SenZar=]'' as the "[[WorstWhateverEver worst game EVER]]".)

[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Naturally, the artwork is high in]] [[FanService cheesecake]].

The setting itself is a fantasy world with hints of a SpaceOpera background. The planet [=SenZar=] was settled in ancient times as a slave world by the intergalactic Death Horde, only for the Dragon -- the LifeStream of [=SenZar=] -- to inspire the slaves to overthrow their Death Horde masters and begin the Eight Ages of recorded history in an unending CosmicChessGame between good and evil. Playable races include typical (but 'metalled up') fantasy fare like [[OurElvesAreBetter Starin]] and [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Khazak]], as well as various PettingZooPeople, PlantPeople, demonic humanoids, a CaptainErsatz race or two, and a host of others.

* PowersThatBe: The Dragon, which is the LifeStream of [=SenZar=], is about as mysterious and abstract as it gets. However, the Dragon's EvilCounterpart -- Cthon, the Dark Earth Mother -- does ''not'' qualify for this trope. (''She'' is only too happy to meddle in the affairs of gods and even mortals who give her an opening.)

* DepravedDwarves: The Khobold race may not be full Dark Earth worshipers, but they will do almost anything to hoard magical power, and hold in high regard the Mokarr race (who ''are'' servants of the Dark Earth).