Before anyone moans at me, I'm NOT abandoning Kahtar - I'm just going to be doing this as well (although Kahtar will always be my main setting).
Two planets, spinning around a single star. Hamayeht and Atafah, the Twin Planets - alike, and yet so far apart. On one, psionics has shaped the world subtly, and the race called 'daemons' by some are dominant. Their genetically-engineered slaves, 'humans', do their work, and the daemon empire is decadent. On Atafah, on the other hand, magic is king, and elves are the rulers. They have eradicated all other races, wiping them from the face of the earth, and now only a few orc ruins or dwarf artefacts remain. Between the two, the Crystalline Bridge connects, a sign of the mastery of modern technology and power.
It is an age of industry. Great chimneys belch smoke into the sky, waterwheels power mills spinning out a thousand threads of cotton. Steam powers enormous factories, pushes vehicles across the land at never-before-thought-of speeds, and allows mages to make items never seen before. Trade between the two moons is everyday, and human slaves are sold in their hundreds by the daemons in exchange for elven cotton and weaponry. It is a new age...
Ten Things you Need to Know: * Two Worlds: There are two worlds, each about the size of our moon, featured in Age of Industry. On one planet magic has developed, on the other, psionics, but both are in the middle of a huge industrial revolution. The worlds are connected by an enormous bridge which changes every day with the orbit of the planets - the Crystalline Bridge.
* Gods DO exist! Yes, unlike many of my settings, gods do exist, but unlike a standard DnD world, they don't tend to grant magic to their worshipers - those that they do grant magic to are blessed among thousands.
* There ain't no... Dwarves, Orcs, Halflings, Gnomes - the elves wiped them all out. There ARE daemons, however, and humans (although they're a minority slave race) and elves (although they're not exactly normal...) In addition, many of the monsters from MM don't exist in Twin Moons.
* There aint no... psions, wilders, wizards, sorcerers, soulknives, psychic warriors, clerics (or basically any magical class). There are psionic and magical classes, but they ain't the normal ones.
* Magic and Psionics don't normally affect one another, although some groups have been working out how to make it happen...
* Magic/Psionic items are much more common in Twin Moons - afterall, they can be mass-produced with modern technology.
* There aren't that many areas left to explore - however, railways still have to be put down, tribes subjugated, and so on.
* There aren't any other planes - just this one.
* Technology is magical/industrial age - guns, (partially magical) trains, cannons, airships, golems, living spells, traction engines, steamboats - all these and more are around. There aren't any elemental-powered airships or boats though, cuz there ain't any elementals.
* Languages are different. There are no racial languages (although there are 'common' tongues on each world) but instead there are languages throughout each world.
You have two contradictions:
You start of mentioning that they are planets, then switch to them being moons. (In fact, I don't think something can be a moon without a planet to orbit around.)
In the first paragraph you say Atafah is ruled by dwarves, but then you switch to elves.
Yes, you're right.
I call them moons/planets interchangeably... it's probably not correct, but never mind.
Also, it was supposed to be elves...
I really like the basic idea, but, of course, more details are needed. If there is an additional thread with more info, perhaps you could poit me there. I'm curious to know what the daemons are like. Are they like Yugoloths, like Demons, or is the name daemon coincidental? How do the classes work? You are redoing both magic and psionics, it seems, so what is the new system? Are rangers and paladins cut out as well? Or are you using non-magic variants? What are the conflicts of the two moons? With each other? Are there conflicts within either moon individually? etc.
Answer if you find the time. I expect you'll be busy with Kahtar. It having won showcase and all.
:) always time for answers.
Daemons are not normal demons, or outsiders - they're a highly adaptable, slightly magical race that can take nearly any form. Of course, this includes huge wings, horns, glowing eyes etc, but that's not JUST what they can have.
Classes are being redone. For a start, magic and psionics are going to be up to level 5 only, although magic items exist which can boost them and grant more power. Both mages and psions are going to be extremely focused, with access to one or two disciplines. Paladins I hate with a venom and find illogical, so I'm replacing them, and using a nonmagical ranger variant. At the moment, the moons are at peace... for now. And indeed, within the moons there are conflicts - a combination of magic and industry have allowed large empires to spring up, but this doesn't mean there aren't still wars and rebellions and even huge unconquered areas on each planet.
It sounds vaguely Eberronish to me... are there high amounts of low magic, then?
Also, with magic and Psionics, you said that magic items will boost magical power. How will this work?
High amounts of low magic - the focus is on industrial power rather than magical power.
What I meant was, these items can boost the levels of spells you're able to cast - allowing you to achieve much more powerful effects.