D&D 5E Fantasy Appalachia

[Shades of Eternity]

Adding a few links to this old thread for additional stewing.

maps of cryptids of america

A Map of the United Monsters of America

One corner of the animal kingdom is immune from extinction: the monsters that thrive in our imagination (and on this map).

bigthink.com

The why leave america map from roadside america. It maps out pyramids, standing stones and cultural communities that could easily be used to make it wierd.

New item by Chris Constantin

photos.app.goo.gl

old gods of appalachia wiki. I hadn't heard it when I started this thread, but the hallowed men and essentially demonic forces associated with progress. plus most witches are on the side of light. Old Gods Of Appalachia Wiki

and my single most favorite tale: Theodore Roosevelt vs the Snailygaster.

Teddy Roosevelt Wanted To Hunt the Snallygaster, America’s Mythical Dragon-Bird

The snallygaster isn’t real (fake news!) but Teddy Roosevelt definitely thought it was.

affotd.com

Bubba Yaga

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fldk5FGaEAECPyH?format=jpg

Elven trailer park.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fldv_LraUAAfHdr?format=jpg&name=small

 

[Bedrockgames]

Adding a few links to this old thread for additional stewing.

maps of cryptids of america

A Map of the United Monsters of America

One corner of the animal kingdom is immune from extinction: the monsters that thrive in our imagination (and on this map).

bigthink.com

The why leave america map from roadside america. It maps out pyramids, standing stones and cultural communities that could easily be used to make it wierd.

New item by Chris Constantin

photos.app.goo.gl

old gods of appalachia wiki. I hadn't heard it when I started this thread, but the hallowed men and essentially demonic forces associated with progress. plus most witches are on the side of light. Old Gods Of Appalachia Wiki

and my single most favorite tale: Theodore Roosevelt vs the Snailygaster.

Teddy Roosevelt Wanted To Hunt the Snallygaster, America’s Mythical Dragon-Bird

The snallygaster isn’t real (fake news!) but Teddy Roosevelt definitely thought it was.

affotd.com

Bubba Yaga

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fldk5FGaEAECPyH?format=jpg

Elven trailer park.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fldv_LraUAAfHdr?format=jpg&name=small

That is a cool map. I enjoy reading about cryptic and have been reading a lot about local ones for a New England horror RPG. Cool to see Pukwudgies on there. The one that originally captured my interest in my area when I was younger, was the Dover Demon

 

[Bedrockgames]

This is where I work, people are terrible with this one. They want to throw a H in it Worchester. Worse is when they think is is like Worchester and say Wor-Cester. Locals rhyme it with mister.

People get our place names wrong all the time. Our local pronunciations are pretty weird though as they do not follow phonetical pronunciation at all in many cases. Though I wouldn't say wrong, since accents and pronunciations vary a lot by region. But I am putting together a list of local pronunciations for a game and this is just a sampling:

Haverhill: The second H is silent. Hay-Vril

-Ham: See Wenham

Leominster: This is pronounced like the citrus fruit. Lemon-Ster

Nahant: This is not pronounced Nay-hant, but instead begins with a short a and ends with a broad a sound. Nuh-hahnt

Peabody: The emphasis is on the first syllable (so the opposite of how it would be emphasized in most places). PEE-ba-dee (not Pee-BODY)

Wenham: Anything ending with -ham in Massachusetts is not pronounced like the meat, but instead a simply ‘um’ sound. Wen-um

That isn't even getting into stuff like Gloucester, Worcester, Quincy, etc.

 

[GuyBoy]

My personal local pronunciation oddity in southern UK is the village of Trotiscliffe, which is pronounced Tros-lee.

 

[Voadam]

People get our place names wrong all the time. Our local pronunciations are pretty weird though as they do not follow phonetical pronunciation at all in many cases. Though I wouldn't say wrong, since accents and pronunciations vary a lot by region. But I am putting together a list of local pronunciations for a game and this is just a sampling:



That isn't even getting into stuff like Gloucester, Worcester, Quincy, etc.

Don't forget things ending in "mouth" sounding like "mith" like Plymouth. I listened to a BBC performance of a Lovecraft story that was excellent except for the repeated references to "Inns Mouth".

Perhaps also the pronunciation of folk as in Suffolk county, Norfolk, etc.

And to tie it back into Appalachia, the Appalachian trail ends in Maine.

 

[Nikosandros]

Is there somewhere a hex map of the region (or a part of it)?

 

[Bedrockgames]

Don't forget things ending in "mouth" sounding like "mith" like Plymouth. I listened to a BBC performance of a Lovecraft story that was excellent except for the repeated references to "Inns Mouth".

Perhaps also the pronunciation of folk as in Suffolk county, Norfolk, etc.

That is a good point. I always thought of Plymouth being pronounced more like "muth" but it is probably a schwa or something.

And to tie it back into Appalachia, the Appalachian trail ends in Maine.

I mentioned in the other thread that the nearest range to me are the Berkshires and I am pretty sure they are part of the Appalachian range.

 

[jasper]

I agree, I haven't read Wellman but the Chained Coffin was a fun setting/module read and the author credits Wellman. And OSR in general is pretty close to 5e so conversions are fairly easy if you don't go with Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG.

If you are talking about Manly Wade Wellman. Some his stories are good. Others. Well I have a File 13 column in my library for a reason.

 

[Tutara]

My personal local pronunciation in southern UK is the village of Trotiscliffe, which is pronounced Tros-lee.

I grew up down south, not so far from the improbably named Stiffkey (Stoo-kee, naturally). A useful shibboleth for spotting them from ‘furrin parts’.

 

[haakon1]

So you say. There is the acceptable pronunciation of many locals of the region and there is the "acceptable" pronunciation that outsiders have attempted to exert on the locals that reeks of classism and regionalism. The pronunciation is political, and it says a great deal to inhabitants about who you are and how you view them when you choose one pronunciation over another.

The thing is, the Appalachian Mountains are in more than one region. It’s Alabama to Vermont.

Appalachia the region (where Dolly Parton lives) has its pronunciation (Apple-atch-uh), which I respect as right for that part.

But I lived in the Appalachians in NY and MA, and it‘s definitely the App-pill-h-un Trail in those states.

The Great Smokies are part of the chain, but so are the Green Mountains.