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That's just a suggestion for those who want to use GURPS. The idea was originally to have it as a d&d world, but between the openness of GURPS and the high fluff:crunch ratio for Xiluh, i might as well have it open to as many systems as possible.

that and, new systems are helping to provide inspiration, and new ways to to explain things that are hard to put in d20 terms.

This is going to be moved to the first post eventually, but it's going here for now:


edit- This has been moved to the first post.

The proper names of the days, weeks, months, years and festivals may or may not be posted; That's something I probably will work on eventually, but I wouldn't expect it soon.

Interesting stuff, especially the renewing cycles.

So the celebration week is not part of the normal calendar, meaning the total days is brought back up to 365, thus keeping reference with your audience?  A good way to handle the issue.

Quote from: Phoenix KnightInteresting stuff, especially the renewing cycles.

So the celebration week is not part of the normal calendar, meaning the total days is brought back up to 365, thus keeping reference with your audience?  A good way to handle the issue.

Not only that, but the 13-day renewal festival makes up for the lack of leap-year days. the first, second, and third years of their cycle is more-or-less the same as our years; Everything after that gets a little "wonky" (to use a technical term :p) because we have leap year, and they don't.

More on the week-long annual festival:

edit- Has been moved to the first post. :p

I see now... the calendar still has 365 days, yes? I see it's divided up a lot more logically and evenly than our calendar, which gives a sense of a differing culture, but doesn't deviate from the number of days or the concepts of weeks or months.

The zombies are also an interesting addition. The fact that other Xiluhs become stars and/or are reincarnated, but the Kunahites don't... and the fact that not every tom, dick or harry necromancer can just waltz down to the graveyard and build an undead army out of the ol' family, makes them different whilst holding to the concept of zombies as... well, rotting dead people.

Quote from: GolemI see now... the calendar still has 365 days, yes? I see it's divided up a lot more logically and evenly than our calendar, which gives a sense of a differing culture, but doesn't deviate from the number of days or the concepts of weeks or months.

It does have a slight deviation, as all Xiluh years are 365 days, whereas every fourth Earth year (God, does that sound so sci-fi...) is actually 366 days. Though, again, that does balance out every 52 years.

Oh, and from a Xiluhan perspective, the year is only 360 days; The extra week of celebration is considered "outside" of the year.

QuoteThe zombies are also an interesting addition. The fact that other Xiluhs become stars and/or are reincarnated, but the Kunahites don't... and the fact that not every tom, dick or harry necromancer can just waltz down to the graveyard and build an undead army out of the ol' family, makes them different whilst holding to the concept of zombies as... well, rotting dead people.

special[/i], and not just generic undead people. Ontop of that, Kunahite zombies have even less moral ambiguity attached to them then bringing back the family. We know the Kunahites were bad. There's no worry about whether or not the zombies lead good lives before becoming abominations of nature.

By the way, it turns out the zombie stats aren't coming soon. This is mostly based on my discovery that I suck at mechanics :p

Any help you need with that I may be able to give. :P

Well I do have basic ideas (flavor-wise) for a couple of the Kunahites... I suppose there might be something you could do :p

Quote from: sdragon1984- the S is for penguin"... How can it be that the gods are wise enough to shape the universe and the world but lack the wisdom to give humans what they need to be human?"
-Daniel Quinn

Anybody who reads and quotes Quinn will get my attention.

My main question is: when you say the Seven Invasions ended, does that mean all the foreign cultures just up and left? Or do some remain -- either intentionally or they got left behind? You mentioned zombies have a connection to the invaders, but is that their lasting legacy?

They had to have left relics behind that have become items of interest among the Xiluhans.

Also you never really specify whether they came to invade an impacted the Xiluhans directly. Or they came to interact amongst themselves and impacted the Xiluhans indirectly. Sort of like if the Blood War suddenly came to a prime material world (ahh so many campaigns to run, so little time...).  

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Quote from: sdragon1984- the S is for penguin"... How can it be that the gods are wise enough to shape the universe and the world but lack the wisdom to give humans what they need to be human?"
-Daniel Quinn

Anybody who reads and quotes Quinn will get my attention.

Thank you. The role of the yuma was largely inspired by his work, as I'm sure you'll see.

QuoteMy main question is: when you say the Seven Invasions ended, does that mean all the foreign cultures just up and left? Or do some remain -- either intentionally or they got left behind? You mentioned zombies have a connection to the invaders, but is that their lasting legacy?

are[/i] the invaders, that's still a huge legacy.

QuoteThey had to have left relics behind that have become items of interest among the Xiluhans.

Also you never really specify whether they came to invade an impacted the Xiluhans directly. Or they came to interact amongst themselves and impacted the Xiluhans indirectly. Sort of like if the Blood War suddenly came to a prime material world (ahh so many campaigns to run, so little time...).[/quote]

The original intent for coming to Xiluh (if there ever was one) was quickly lost. The Kunahites attracted little attention, other then curiousity, until they made attacks. It is generally accepted that, at this point, the intent was almost purely for conquest.

Edit- What the....? I must've hit the quote button instead of the edit button....


Anyways, the calendar is moved to the first post.

Kunahite Hammer[/u]

This weapon was introduced to the lands of Xiluh during the Seven Invasions, where it was used as the signature weapon of the Hammer-Shakers. Since the end of the invasions, the vast majority of these weapons were collected for study, but it is speculated hat some still remain to be found.

These oddly designed hammers seem to be made of an extremely resilient material otherwise absent from all of Xiluh. These are to be treated as +1 adamantine gnomish hooked hammers, with the hammer end having an additional +2 against Hammer-Shaker zombies, and the hooked end having the keen ability against Hammer-Shaker zombies.

[spoiler=DM Options]
These are some ideas that, for now, are being left to DM discretion:

* While these weapons are the only source of adamantine, since most of them have been collected by governing authorities, it is possible to allow the rare pieces of adamantine equipment of other designs (armor, other weapons, etc.) to a party who has somehow developed conctacts with these figures.

* As these weapons were used by Kunahites, it would be justifiable to say that weapons "of such a design" (read: gnomish hooked hammers) are forbidden from being produced. However, it is also possible to say the design was assimilated into Xiluh culture, and that obsidian versions are available. Obisidan versions, however, should not be treated with the enhancments of the adamantine versions.[/spoiler]

A few events have been added to the timeline, both in the Second Age and the Third Age.

Does the fact that the hooked end of the hammer has keen against zombies imply that zombies are not immune to crits in your setting?