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I'm slowly working on my own homebrew setting.I've worked up a basic timeline as well as the 1st of the world maps,plus a basic write upon the deities.I have a basic idea of what two of the core cultures will be like.Part of the concerns I have is languages/naming system I'm going to use.I know one is going to be english based & I'm leaning towards using romance languages for the other main cultures.

I know what races I'll be using & those I'm not going to.There will not be Halflings,Orcs or Ogres.Gnomes will be more like elemental Dwarven miners & smiths/tinkers. Dwarves are going to be greedy ,evil, twisted magic using corruptions of Gnomes.

Goblins are up in the air.They were originally ment to replace Halflings & be a goodly PC race.I may just have them be a corrupted verson of Elves (ala Tolkien).If I do use them as such they'll be more Elfen in form than trditional goblins.They'll replace Drow in my world.

Replacing orcs are Beastmen,which are corrupted versions of Satyr. Harpies & Medusas/Gorgons are corrupted Nymphs n' Dryads.Another threat to humanity are Lizardmen & a potential Wolfen culture.

The world is going to be in the vein of Eberron,Iron Kingdoms, Warhammer Fantasy n' Ptolus. Where there is a mix of technology & magic.Alot of the tech. is developed by Gnomes & the League of the Arcane.I like the idea of Airships,elementally powered "trains" & Guns.

Flavor-wise it's influenced in part by Poison Elves,Later Elflord, Battle Chasers ,plus various Anime/Manga & videogame art.

Well that's it for now,L8r.

Iam Who Iam

Have fun with it. Maybe a little Dominion Tank Police and 3x3 Eyes. I think a setting based on some anime could be cool... but, it really, really, depends.

serleran wrote:
Maybe a little Dominion Tank Police...

I'll play in any setting that has the Cat Twins...
Good luck Iam_Who_Iam

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Iam_Who_Iam wrote:
Dwarves are going to be greedy ,evil, twisted magic using corruptions of Gnomes.

Finally someone else is exposing the filthy things for what they are. Down with the irrationally-effective and powerful dwarf! Up with the crude and crass goldgrubbing scumbuckets!

BB
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After discussing the basics of my world with a friend .I've come to the conclusion I need to either refine or rework my ideas on religion & Gods in my campaign world.

My core idea is to have a pantheon of Gods who get corrupted by the influence & power gained from their followers.Things get so bad that the Creator via an Avatar rises to set right the world. The Sun God sacrifices his life to empower the Avatar.Then the Avatar wages war on the Gods.After the war that devastates several decadent civilizations,in which several demi-god kings dwelled.The avatar stripped the old gods of their corrupted essences,in which he then banished to the abyss.

Because the Gods connection to the Earth & their worshippers led to the corruption & inbalance of power that nearly destroyed the world.The Avatar severed the link between the gods the world/worshippers.This severing was not 100% complete,the Avatar left a strand between the Gods & World.Because with-out the Gods the world would die.So the Avatar created a binding that limited the power & influence that could be exchanged.Plus the Gods could no longer walk the world or directly influence the world.The only God that wasn't severed from the world was the earthgodess.Yet,she too was bound from walking the Earth.She was imprisoned within the world,inside a demi-plane called Fey.

The location of the Gate to the Fey is a blessed place,with a Home of the Druid order based above it.The Location of the Gate to the Abyss is a Blighted place.It is also home to a outpost of the Druidic order which job is to heal the blighted zone & prevent the Gate being opened.

I want to have a Monotheistic faith as well...I'm just having a issue how it'll work. My 1st thought is to have it based upon the Avatar,which was created from the essence of the world & the dead/reborn Sun God. He would be the worlds representation of the Creator God.I need to work out how it'll exactly work.

Iam Who Iam

My favorite game supplement concerning fantasy religion is Book of The Righteous by Green Ronin.

I think you would be able to adapt the book and your concept quite well. At least steal some good ideas. It has a church structure that could be monotheistic...or rather pantheistic.

I just bought it recently on sale. It is a hardbound over 200 pages that normallly goes for almost 40 bucks. I picked it up for sale at paizo for $5

I recomend it to all homebrew DM's seeking something unique.

I bought it once years ago and my campaign has never been the same since.

Joe wrote:
My favorite game supplement concerning fantasy religion is Book of The Righteous by Green Ronin.

I think you would be able to adapt the book and your concept quite well. At least steal some good ideas. It has a church structure that could be monotheistic...or rather pantheistic.

I just bought it recently on sale. It is a hardbound over 200 pages that normallly goes for almost 40 bucks. I picked it up for sale at paizo for $5

I recomend it to all homebrew DM's seeking something unique.

I bought it once years ago and my campaign has never been the same since.

It is indeed an awesome book. Tons of religious ideas fleshed out in it. Not to mention raw inspiration to go even further with it.
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I've come to the conclusion that I was letting my influences (IK/WM/WHF/

&Fullmetal Alchemist) paint me into a corner.If I want to run/play in such a game I'll do so.So I'm modding some of if not most of my background. Guns n' trains are out,but airships are still in.So I'm going back to basics, stripping out the unnessessary elements.I'll post more when I've done rethinking stuff,L8r.

Iam Who Iam

Figured out the Language/naming system I'm using.The core lands will be using are : Northern Lands~ Germanic languages.Southern Lands: Romance Languages. Uwe-Aztecan Languages IF I can find resources for them,are to be used for my primative "New World" peoples.

I'm still having issues with my Deities/Religions for my world.I wanted a Monotheist faith & a polythiestic faith.I have general idea about the Montheistic faith but I'm drawing blanks on the Polytheistic Faith.

Druidic Order's are major players in my world & are tied to the Barbarian cultures.They are more Historical based in nature than the typical fantasy Druid.If a PC want's to play a Druid or Bard they have to choose the Druidic Order that they are a member of.There is 65% chance a Ranger (PC or NPC) is also a member of a Druidic Order.

Though there will be some historical similarities with my cultures & timeline events.They will be tweeked alot.Tossing in Manga/Manwah/Anime influences.The primative culture I'm developing will be mixing elements of Aztec/Mexican & Afro-Caribbean cultures.The Spanish n' Portuguese "speaking" cultures are going to have Exiled "colonies" in the "New World".They are what become the basis of the Arcane League .
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Iam, this last post makes your setting sound very intriguing. Please, should you have some time do a write up about it when it's ready for play, I'm sure we would all like to see. Good stuff.
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Omote,

Will do..It'll still be awhile ,but I'll make regular updates.Eventually I want to put up a website with info n' maps.I'd also like to post art on the site .If I can improve my drawing skills or find a friend willing to do the work for me.
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Iam_Who_Iam wrote:
Figured out the Language/naming system I'm using.The core lands will be using are : Northern Lands~ Germanic languages.Southern Lands: Romance Languages. Uwe-Aztecan Languages IF I can find resources for them,are to be used for my primative "New World" peoples.

I'm still having issues with my Deities/Religions for my world.I wanted a Monotheist faith & a polythiestic faith.I have general idea about the Montheistic faith but I'm drawing blanks on the Polytheistic Faith.

Druidic Order's are major players in my world & are tied to the Barbarian cultures.They are more Historical based in nature than the typical fantasy Druid.If a PC want's to play a Druid or Bard they have to choose the Druidic Order that they are a member of.There is 65% chance a Ranger (PC or NPC) is also a member of a Druidic Order.

Though there will be some historical similarities with my cultures & timeline events.They will be tweeked alot.Tossing in Manga/Manwah/Anime influences.The primative culture I'm developing will be mixing elements of Aztec/Mexican & Afro-Caribbean cultures.The Spanish n' Portuguese "speaking" cultures are going to have Exiled "colonies" in the "New World".They are what become the basis of the Arcane League .

I think you may be making the mistake of detailing the whole world too much. Do broad strokes on the whole of the world, only worry about detailing the area, or areas, you want the game to start in. Your experience with that will teach you want you need to worry about with the rest fo the world, when your ready to move on to them.

Like your ideas about the Druids is plenty to start out with when combined with your ideas of the Monotheistic religion. Then work at the details of them as you go.
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Treebore,

I understand what you are saying. That is more of a over view of what I'm building.I'm going to focus on the "new world" League of the Arcane location & fleshout the Old World later.But I wanted a framework to work from.The Northern Lands are going to be be last to be developed as The Old World Southern Lands are going to be similar to the LotA.I will develope a overview of the Northern Lands culture as some NPCs & PCs may come from there.

I figured I'd Build up the polytheistic pantheon bit by bit as neaded.I'll also focus on the Druidic Orders 1st as the faiths of the world have their roots in their patheons.
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