The Campaign Builder's Guild

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I really like the formatting of the file, minus all the blank space. It might be for the best to condence those mostly empty pages into each other, just so there's less pages to scroll through.

As for the setting itself, I'm under the impression that you're making a "traditional" 4E PoL (Points of Light) setting? The only thing I would like to see different than what you've done so far is actually detail the human cultures present on this island continent. You say that 400 years ago it was one empire, so there should still be cultural traits that haven't been disolved away just yet. While the people are not united under one ruler, they would still share a culture; imagine the Mediterranean after the fall of Rome.

I do like the small sense of Dark Ages isolation you've presented. I think that goes well with the PoL mindset. How fantastic of a world are you going to present; will there be floating cities or other fantastic terrains? What other races are you looking to add? I'd really like to know about the history of the world too.

Much more detail will eventually come.  This is just the early stages.  A lot of the blank space will also get more filled in.  I was thinking about working on this when I got home but my GF just punched me in the nuts so I'm not feeling much like it at the moment.

Figuratively or Literally?

Quote from: Ninja D![...] my GF just punched me in the nuts [...].

:huh:

Perhaps it's just her cute way of telling you that she doesn't want children? :P ;)

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Perhaps, but I wouldn't call it cute.

What made you pick the tone that you did? It seems to me like a very boring way to approach the setting. "Let's appreciate spending time with out loved ones today" might be very pragmatic and fulfilling, but it isn't very exiting.

Why don't you have tieflings? You're running a straight up 4E setting, but you cut one race out just for kicks?

You say, with regard to humans, "The most common look is usually dark hair and eyes, leading some to believe this is how the natives once looked." What about skin?

What makes your setting more interesting than the core 4E setting?

What role do goblins have? And what is their relation to halflings?

Quote from: serifIt is more the tone of the land in general than anything else.  (Assuming you are referring to "it is an age of maintaining".)  The PCs will obviously encounter more exciting things but in this world, people are less likely to help them out.  They will have more of a, "No way, I'm just a farmer, this is NOT my problem" kind of attitude.[/font]

Quote from: serifTo tell the truth, I really don't like them.  In the end, though, I think they will be included.  Though the PDF that I currently have posted here only mentions the Civilized Races and the Non-Civilized Races, there is actually a third group.  This third group I think I will call the Legendary Races.  These are the races that do not 'officially' exist, but there are rumors that they are out there.  Maybe they lurk in the shadows, maybe they live underground where no one will ever see them.  Whatever the case, they are not widely known.  I think that I will include Tieflings in with these Legendary Races.[/font]

Quote from: serifMy bad, I thought I had mentioned that.  They generally have fairly light skin, though slightly darker is not too uncommon.[/font]

Quote from: serifDragonborn pirates.


Or maybe I'm not going for more interesting, just different.  It's just the setting done my own way.  One big point of interest is that at one point, this now solitary island was a big part of the global community.  It traded with a few other nations on the mainland and had some highly sought after commodities.  When civil unrest broke out on the mainland (I picture a kind of domino effect where one powerful nation was overthrown and that led the people of other nations to revolt) this island continent was far from the first thing on anyones mind and was forgotten about so that when the same thing happened there, no one was around to notice.[/font]

Quote from: serifBeing that I am fond of goblins, they are likely to often be the main antagonists in any campaigns that I run here.  They have no special relationship with halflings but halflings are often prey for goblin raiders since they are usually weak and traveling in small groups (even with children).[/font]

And thanks, Raelifin.

I think I may now be reworking this from the ground up with a bit of a different approach.

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There were a couple of main inspirations for this "race".  One was the Imperials from the Elder Scrolls video games.  I liked how they stood on their own but were also quite obviously Roman at their core (though several of my friends somehow failed to notice this even though the first person you report to in Morrowind is named Caius).  Another was when Xeviat stated that in his setting there was a human culture that was pretty much an continuation of the culture of the fallen empire.  The third was just an interest in the Roman culture and empire.

This is one part bump and one part preemptive strike against what I think could be a question asked.

Later I should have an expanded entry for the Imperial people as well as the first draft of their religion and their calendar  (which is used by all people of the island continent).

So I won't put all of that up tonight.  Instead, here is just the expanded entry for Imperials.

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