So after some discussions with friends back in Maine, I've decided that the next time that I partake in roleplaying, I'm going to make a brand new setting for them to play in. This project will take a back seat to the book of course, but it's something I'm going to start brainstorming about on here. The basic concept for the world is going to be sort of a mix of renaissance and wild west with the high fantasy appeal of your standard D&D game.
I'm thinking that there could be a culture clash of sorts, the renaissance people snubbing their noses at the rough and tumble frontiersmen, while they criticize them of being too soft and weak. Race-wise I know that I want the Orcs to have a Native-American like culture, savage but honorable and in tune with the land. Humans will be a mix off frontiersman, aristocrat and everything in between, like they are in all gaming worlds. Elves will be the pioneers of the renaissance style, since I'm going for the conceited high elves with this world. (sorry, no wood elves or drow here.) Dwarves are well, dwarves. They fit perfectly into that rough and tumble frontier society, especially the towns that are built near a mine or mountain range. Gnomes would probably have a sort of steampunkish feel to them, bowler hat with a brass clockwork backpack or some nonsense like that. I don't know if I'll use halflings, but if I do, they'll more resemble the classic halfling and not the kender wannabe that WotC turned them into with 3rd edition.
The book is progressing slowly, but it's getting there. I'm currently in a flashback sequence of sorts with Glenn lying awake at night thinking about his first real friend that he made the same day he started learning how to use a sword, wondering how he's doing back home. I'll perhaps post the brief prologue that I have tomorrow for people to get a feel for the story. I still don't have a true title, The Chronicles of Gaia really doesn't do it for me right now, it feels forced more than anything. Ah well, I'll worry about a title later on when I'm done with the rough draft. That's all for now, thank you and good night.
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