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The question is whether or not magic has been in use for a long time. If so, it affects history: the Crusades probably wouldn't have occurred, at least not as they did. The existence of magic --- real, tangible magic --- would have direct results on the social and technological development of...

Some social notes... if you want to maintain the appearance of versimilitude, then magic shouldn't be available to the parish priest, maybe not even to his bishop. [yes, this has implications for character generation] Spellcasting might become concentrated in the hands of organizations, either...

Munchkins often refers to power-gamers (and/or newbies) who are more concerned with 'lookit-what-I-can-do' than they are with the story. Metagaming usually refers to gaming with table knowledge; that is, your character does something because you (the player) knows what's going on. However, I...

...and then popping back another crunchy spice toad.

Oh well. I gave up crying over SW a long time ago... just after Greedo shot first.

Hey, if that shocks you, try my historical campaign on for size: no spellcasters and no non-humans.

No psionics in any of our campaigns. Prestige classes are scrutinized by the individual DMs before being allowed. Feats from the splat books and non-WotC sources are also allowed on a case-by-case basis. Everything else pretty much goes.

At which point did Lucas start hating us? :(

Movie - Fahrenheit 9-11 Book - Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman Album - People's Spring, by the Warsaw Village Band (screwed up hardcore/dance/folk --- imagine the soundtrack to Latcho Drom bred with Ashley MacIsaac)

Running: (1) Historical d20 homebrew set in 1450's Mediterranean Europe; (2) 3.5 update of the Mystara setting, centred around a bunch of thugs that run a bar. Planning: (1) A Whispering Vault campaign set in the 1940's. Playing: (1) Megatraveller --- navigator aboard a Sydkai-class...

My vote is with Cyberzombie's ideas --- nice. A good non-standard half-elf, the Aelfborn, was described in Dragon 307. Adapted from the Shadowbane game, they are, well, nuts. The mixed blood drives them barmy.

Lemme see, lemme see... 1. My party frequents a magic item shop called Monty's Magic Item Emporium. It has franchises in pretty much every city, and all the clerks are named Bob. Makes for easy roleplaying. 2. The party also consults a lawyer named Mr. Baalphegor. (The assumption is that his...

I'm with you.

Thank you. :]

Great idea --- consider yourself bumped!

I'l second AND third that. Ecology & Culture is a good overview of the worldbuilding process (geography, ecology, etc.) for a magical setting. Western Europe is, well, for modelling a game fairly closely on medieval Western Europe. Another book I find quite handy is the venerable World...

I read this yesterday, and I cried then, too. :(

The existing 'exemplar' races suffer from extreme familiarity. Anything new is welcome, but its usefulness depends on its quality. You may wish to look at races that aren't locked onto a place on the Great Wheel cosmology. Love it or hate it, the trend in 3E/3.5 is to dump the Great Wheel and...

I may have some references and links back home --- I'll check later on. For now check this: Structural Modelling of Medieval Walls The key thing to remember when mapping: walls are thicker than the lines on graph paper! Take a look at a medieval church or similar building and you can expect...

Add to that list under 'other': Jorge Luis Borges (for his blurry lines b/w magic & reality) Roger Zelazny (mostly for the Amber series) Guy Gavriel Kay (low magic, high drama)