An Index of My Work

[Xathan]

First post updated to serve as an idex for my creations. :)

[Poseptune]

This may be the last time I answer a desperate call. I never did find the damsel in a dress(obscure reference for 300 Alex), so instead I read most of the thread and wrote down some comments as I did. Here they are. Enjoy!

Aftermath: Using IC memories and conversations, I like this method of delivery. It can definitely help setup the tone of the setting. With magic mix with technology I donâ,¬,,¢t think there would have been the development of as many guns as we have today. Ammo would have probably been where most of the focus would have been. Alchemistâ,¬,,¢s fire, healing potions (For fighting undead), thunder stones (for crowd control), and other bullets mages and munitions experts could have collaborated on. You may be able to mix some the elements from this setting with your Shadowrun-esque setting. I do like the concept of the future and magic mixing. If you ever get one up to where you can run a game, please start a PbP here.

Empires of the Great: Not much I can say about this setting. Even after reading the blurb twice I canâ,¬,,¢t tell you if I like it or not. You could probably use this setting to practice your writing. Start off small, with a few characters and as you add elements you can expand the setting and its history a little more.

Aelithia: â,¬Å"The races of men are but infants, the dragons but children, and even the dragons are mere adolescents when viewed in eons that Aelithia has enduredâ,¬Â ??? You mention dragons are children and adolescents. Is this suppose to be that way? Or is the first dragons a different race? Elves maybe?  Ã¢,¬Å"A creature cannot lose these negative levels by any means while in the deadlands, not even wish or miracle spells.â,¬Â Do you mean regain?  Ã¢,¬Å"A creature that is killed from this rises 1d4 days later as a skeleton or zombie (a zombie if it rises 1 or 2 days later, a skeleton if it rises 3 or 4 days later.)â,¬Â Wow that is a fast rate of decomposition. :)

Again I like the IC delivery of beliefs and history. I havenâ,¬,,¢t read your Datrik thread yet, but I do like the concepts presented in this setting. I think the Lowerlands are my favorite part of what is described. The mushroom forests and inverted mountains are great.

The Sundered Lands: Skipped for now,  since there is so much material to go through. Iâ,¬,,¢ll go back to it later

Tryad: When I was reading Nykalix I thought it would have been funny if creatures from Tyrad visiting the plane appeared as ghost and the inhabitants of Nykalix were afraid of them. Then you obliterated that thought with the words â,¬Å"can corporally enterâ,¬Â. Curse you, evil man. :P. Interesting setting, but until more information is put up I donâ,¬,,¢t think there is much more I can say about it.

Random Creation Myth #1: You like the name Aelithia donâ,¬,,¢t you? I like the myth and would like to see the finished copy, but if the Titans have children that rebel, defeat them, and then become gods I think I will have to cause one of us physical pain.  j/k.

Drakan Aelith: I guess you answered the question about Aelithia. This city seems so familiar, I canâ,¬,,¢t place my finger on itâ,¬Â¦ :P While reading the introduction paragraph I was thinking this city needed a strong legal system, especially if it was a common ground for many disputes. Then I saw you addressed that in the profile. The nation profile is a good idea and I might steal it for what I am working on. Not only is it helpful for the reader, but an author can use it to quickly outline a city/nation before he/she fully developes it.

Verdant Apocalypse: I briefly glanced at this setting and will come back to it a little later. I did see the ooc block at the bottom. Maybe if you use a profile type system for your thoughts you wouldnâ,¬,,¢t lose so much. Like a racial profile that you can jot down the idea behind a race you are thinking of (ie the Lixit).  For example:

Lixit:
Appearance: reptilian
Abilities: Agile, maybe a little dull and weak willed.  
Qualities: Long life span, spends most of its time in the trees (climb bonus probably needed). Affinity with fire.  Located in dense forest may need lowlight vision.  Attacking foes from the trees (favorite class: possibly ranger)
Other ideas: They were once slaves to the elves, broke free and now have a thriving nation. They may be very territorial.

I do like the plant construct type race.

New World: The fly hobgoblins are great. I also like the Trolls definition of simple hunting.


Closing: There are a lot of good ideas here. You think way too much, but that isnâ,¬,,¢t necessarily a bad thing. I wish I had as many ideas as are just in this thread and was able to organize them. I will probably be using a profile system when I do think of things. I still have to read the two more developed settings in this thread so you will probably hear from me again.


Psssst: You forgot to index â,¬Å"Forbiddenâ,¬Â

[Xathan]

Lixit:[/size] [/b][/u]
Appearance: reptilian
Abilities: Agile, maybe a little dull and weak willed.  
Qualities: Long life span, spends most of its time in the trees (climb bonus probably needed). Affinity with fire.  Located in dense forest may need lowlight vision.  Attacking foes from the trees (favorite class: possibly ranger)
Other ideas: They were once slaves to the elves, broke free and now have a thriving nation. They may be very territorial.

I do like the plant construct type race.

New World: The fly hobgoblins are great. I also like the Trolls definition of simple hunting.[/quote]Closing: There are a lot of good ideas here. You think way too much, but that isnâ,¬,,¢t necessarily a bad thing. I wish I had as many ideas as are just in this thread and was able to organize them. I will probably be using a profile system when I do think of things. I still have to read the two more developed settings in this thread so you will probably hear from me again.[/quote]Psssst: You forgot to index â,¬Å"Forbiddenâ,¬Â[/quote]

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gotcha. *sneaks off to fix.*

[Poseptune]

Hudson Hawk[/url]. There is a great line by Andie McDowels character which she says " I don't make a very good damsel in a dress" ,instead of in distress, while drugged.

Yeah, I do. And if I do that blatant a Greek mythology rip off, you have my permission to ensure it is me that endures the physical pain. :P

Lixit:
Appearance: reptilian
Abilities: Agile, maybe a little dull and weak willed.  
Qualities: Long life span, spends most of its time in the trees (climb bonus probably needed). Affinity with fire.  Located in dense forest may need lowlight vision.  Attacking foes from the trees (favorite class: possibly ranger)
Other ideas: They were once slaves to the elves, broke free and now have a thriving nation. They may be very territorial.

I do like the plant construct type race.

Can you steal your own ideas? It is just a version of you nation profile, which after giving it more consideration I will be yoinking *yoink*

It is a good and bad thing. I wish I could bloody sit down and finish something. Thanks for the feedback, and I really look forward to hearing from you again. :D

You're very welcome, though now I am tempted to read Datrik. You have very evil ways mister Xathan, if that is indeed your current name. :P

[Poseptune]

The Sundered Lands: Do any of the isles crash into each other? (this could be a disaster in your disaster thread)

I like the Orcish pirates. When everyone is traveling through the skies (which are now the oceans) it would make sense that some group would be trying to take advantage of travelers and caravans.

A new evilish elf, it is refreshing to have an antagonist other than Drow.

If you were making the perfect warrior (referring to the Orlocks), wouldnâ,¬,,¢t you want to have them be weak willed? At least to your commands?

I agree the Chudth might be a little underpowered.

In a book I was reading once, there was a race that constantly emitted something very similar to an Anti-magic field. I have been trying to make a race for some time that had this ability or some variation, but I donâ,¬,,¢t have a setting and it will be hard to make them balanced. This setting could be the place for them and it would make sense. One of the mages created these creatures as their perfect warrior, through the years the ability has diluted. Just a thought.

What are the current feelings toward mages now? What do people think of clerics and druid? I had an idea not quite like this, but a mage war occurred and in the present mages are hunted and clerics are part of the lower class. Practicing arcane magic has to be hidden.


There is a lot of potential in this setting. I likes it.


YAY!! Only one setting left from the original nine.

[Xathan]

The Sundered Lands: Do any of the isles crash into each other? (this could be a disaster in your disaster thread)

I like the Orcish pirates. When everyone is traveling through the skies (which are now the oceans) it would make sense that some group would be trying to take advantage of travelers and caravans.[/quote]A new evilish elf, it is refreshing to have an antagonist other than Drow.[/quote]If you were making the perfect warrior (referring to the Orlocks), wouldnâ,¬,,¢t you want to have them be weak willed? At least to your commands?[/quote]I agree the Chudth might be a little underpowered.[/quote]In a book I was reading once, there was a race that constantly emitted something very similar to an Anti-magic field. I have been trying to make a race for some time that had this ability or some variation, but I donâ,¬,,¢t have a setting and it will be hard to make them balanced. This setting could be the place for them and it would make sense. One of the mages created these creatures as their perfect warrior, through the years the ability has diluted. Just a thought.[/quote]What are the current feelings toward mages now? What do people think of clerics and druid? I had an idea not quite like this, but a mage war occurred and in the present mages are hunted and clerics are part of the lower class. Practicing arcane magic has to be hidden.[/quote]There is a lot of potential in this setting. I likes it.


YAY!! Only one setting left from the original nine.
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Thank you, and I lookforward to your review of Verdant Apocalypse. :)

[Poseptune]

Verdant Apocolypse: An interesting twist on the post-apocolyptic society. Dinosaurs are a nice touch. Traveling to different cities must be very rare if at all possible without a member of the peacekeepers.

 Which of the two druidic sects is the most prevalent? The Speaders are more prevalent than the setting would be more dangerous and hopeless. If the Peacemakers are the more prevalent then it would give the setting a more hopeful feeling.

How easy is it to join either sect? Do prospective people have to be regular druids first?

I guess because the spreaders are cellular they don't have any non-druid humanoid allies.

I see the future of the humanoids as flying cities or being crushed beneath the iron(wood) fist of the forest. It would be interesting to see how this developes.

[Xathan]

Verdant Apocalypse: An interesting twist on the post-apocalyptic society. Dinosaurs are a nice touch. Traveling to different cities must be very rare if at all possible without a member of the peacekeepers.

Which of the two druidic sects is the most prevalent? The Spreaders are more prevalent than the setting would be more dangerous and hopeless. If the Peacemakers are the more prevalent then it would give the setting a more hopeful feeling.[/quote]How easy is it to join either sect? Do prospective people have to be regular druids first?[/quote]I guess because the spreaders are cellular they don't have any non-druid humanoid allies.[/quote]I see the future of the humanoids as flying cities or being crushed beneath the iron(wood) fist of the forest. It would be interesting to see how this developes.
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Ooh, and interesting idea. That would be a whole nother world in and of itself, and would be fun to design and play in. :)

[Poseptune]

I see the future of the humanoids as flying cities or being crushed beneath the iron(wood) fist of the forest. It would be interesting to see how this developes.

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! I have given him another idea for a setting! RUN for the hills!!!!! :P

[Xathan]

Hehehe, I have a new one every day it seems, so don't worry. :P

[Túrin]

As for the exclusive democracies in New World, you might want to take a look at my old Democracy?!-project, or at Baron, the nation in Orden's Mysteries that resulted from that project.
Túrin

[Xathan]

Both of those are really interesting...thanks for the help, Turin. :)

[Xathan]

Pirates of the Caribbean was seen by me, and as always when I see a great movie, I am making a new setting. (I'm tired, my synatx is off) (see the movie if you haven't yet, it is awesome.) Inspiration for this setting, besides the aformentioned movie, is going to be drawn from old sailor myths, South American and Caribbean mythology, and some random other influences in there. A little Pirates, a little voodoo, and a little dash of the old Xathan crazy ideas make up this setting. Now, I have a lot already done actually, but I am also really tired, so I'm just going to post up a teaser. Thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

[ic=The Cap'n]Oh, sure, ye be wantin' to sail. Everyone be wantin' to sail. Escape the High lordin' it over ye, set out for the New World and make yer own way, hoppin' the Isles. But ye don't know what ye be gettin' yerself into. The sea, she be a treacherous mistress, and those that be waitin' for ye on the Isles are not friendly buggers. Then there are the terrors that be waitin' fer ye under the salty depths, shark-men and sea drakes and the Lords of the depths, the kraken and their great Father Dagon. So ye still want to sail, do ye?

Aye, I can see that ye do. Ye have the salt in your blood. Welcome aboard, then. This be the Bloodtalon, and I be Cap'n Derkhar Razorfist. Ye don't want to ask why they call me Razorfist, lad - the answer will be comin shortly.[/ic]

Pirates (setting still unamed) takes a world that bears some similarity to ours during the Age of Exploration, where seafearing and swashbuckling were common. Drawing upon d20 past and our own mythology, Pirates blends Voodoo magic, swashbuckling action, lovecraftian horror, and, of course, Pirates, into a single setting that will take your adventures to the sea.

[Poseptune]

For this seafaring campaign setting are you planning on including things from the Odyssey(Charybdis, Islands controlled by witches/goddesses, etc)? An area of water similar to the Bermuda Triangle could be interesting (with or without an explantion of why ships disappear).

Definitely gets something up. I would love to see how this world developes.


You should include this treasure as well:

6) I ran a pirate campaign where the PCs were searching for the lost treasure of the local nutter (mad old Cap'n Beard's) ancestor. the eventually found the treasure chest which contained:

A wooden spindle with a piece of twine wrapped round the centre, with a loop at the lose end. It appears to be some sort of childâ,¬,,¢s toy.

A long-handled gardening implement, like a pitchfork, but with a rectangular piece of metal across the end.

A bottle of some alcoholic beverage, unopened, perhaps grog or maybe rum.


Yes, the treasure consisted of a yo-yo, hoe and a bottle of rum.

[Xathan]

6) I ran a pirate campaign where the PCs were searching for the lost treasure of the local nutter (mad old Cap'n Beard's) ancestor. the eventually found the treasure chest which contained:

A wooden spindle with a piece of twine wrapped round the centre, with a loop at the lose end. It appears to be some sort of childâ,¬,,¢s toy.

A long-handled gardening implement, like a pitchfork, but with a rectangular piece of metal across the end.

A bottle of some alcoholic beverage, unopened, perhaps grog or maybe rum.


Yes, the treasure consisted of a yo-yo, hoe and a bottle of rum.

OMFG! that is hilarous! I saw it coming before I reached the end of the quote, when I recognized the Hoe...that is awesome. :P