Recent content by Indagare Nogitsune

Yeah, but that sort of goes with what I said about the country being a bit more chilling than the city. nods If there's interest in this sort of setting anyway. I'm honestly not sure exactly how much needs hard changed and how much is more of a "fluff" change.

Not sure what sort of interest there will be in this, but it's worth trying. Overall Setting: 1) It's likely going to take place in a city of some sort since, thematically, that's likely the first thing people think of. Something based on New York or London would do nicely, though other...

I think, even more so, is "does it fit here?" There's a large amount of Ren Faire in fantasy worlds. They won't make sense as applied to real history. As Remathilis mentioned, Eberron basically worked things backwards to get what they wanted. It could be the same for any setting that has any...

The humanoid pterodactyl looks at you and says: "I don't want to cure cancer! I want to turn people into dinosaurs!"

In even less serious science areas you end up with freeze rays and humanoid pterodactyls that can turn people into dinosaurs. There's really nothing wrong with wanting a specific feel to a setting (which is why I think that the inclusion of firearms needs to be appropriate for that rather than...

I guess my question would be: how to fix this for a setting that has some of the trappings of Solo Leveling (I find the Dungeons fascinating) while avoiding as many pitfalls as possible (especially the "Chosen One" stuff)?

I'm not entirely sure on that. At least, if one goes into scifi settings it seems there's a willingness to extend things a bit more (teleporters, wormholes, FTL, etc.) But there's definitely a lot of suspension of disbelief to allow dragons to exist and not cause troubles in ways folks are...

I don't really follow this. I said "magical innovations" not "technological innovations". I know perfectly well that if given one solution that's known to work (magic) it's not very likely that other solutions (chemistry/medicine/etc.) are going to be looked at quite as seriously. However there...

Fire lances were used by the Chinese from the 10th to 12th centuries which were effectively flame throwers with the option to do shrapnel damage (probably the equivalent of burning hands in terms of fire damage + some piercing damage if someone fails a DEX save). By the 13th century there were...

If you're not familiar with Solo Leveling, there's a wikipedia article and actual wiki on it. The basic premise being there are two warring factions of divine beings one of which wants to aid humanity and the other which wishes to destroy it. The ones that want to aid humanity create Dungeons...

"Welcome stranger, to the town of Bunnyburrow in Beatrixia!" A strange, small, Harengon greets you. He stands barely three feet tall and has immaculately white fur. He is wearing a red velvet jacket and watch with golden casing and chain. "I'm Peter the Greeter!" You're not entirely sure how...

Andre Norton wrote a series of books collectively called the "Witch World". If it sounds familiar it's been mentioned a couple different times before this. I've actually worked a great deal on a website dedicated to it that was originally started by another fan who's since gone. The series...

I imagined such a setting once with the races being 'imports' from other worlds. They weren't necessarily from established settings but did suddenly find themselves all in one area with no clue how they got there nor how to return. They've been learning how to live together while exploring the...

That's true, but I also figure that it can help with world building because sometimes the connections you have really help. It could also be NPC connections instead, as aco175 mentioned. In fact I've actually edited it to read that way. Mostly I'm trying to world build a setting by using...

That's true, but this thread is a world building exercise, so the backgrounds are definitely going to be used somehow. We haven't really done it yet, so at some point it may be that way. I'm trying to make sure there's at least one point of connection, even if it's a friend of a friend. My hope...