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8 course meal. Not a salad. Not a melting pot basically.

Here is what i do. Cosmically its temporally variegated to a degree. Planarly its not. Ive used the nordic and indo european idea of a multi world cosmos (which is actually a part of their myth that stretches wayyyy back but in varying forms) to create a scenario in which some planes are in...

Ehem. No. I just thought it was a funny way of describing what you were trying to describe. I wasnt saying conan describes what i run. Its very much not a perfect reconstruction of historical europe. But its strongly based on it. See the herms comment.

For the record, herms is theorized by anthropologists to be one of the first proper deities (not a modern form) to emerge from middle to late animism and was worshipped long before writing was invented. The only reason that THAT is known is because of oral traditions and collaborative...

Lol. Primal thule conan territory. Thats a funny way of putting it.

500 ad is far more recent than where most of my campaign regions/planes operate. So yeah. Old enough that herms is still a very young god. (Its a deity that is a distant mythological predecessor to hermes, apollo, pan, aphrodite. WAY far back.) I wasnt saying its grimdark. But modern...

My campaigns are also not for the easily offended for the record. Remember. I said modern sensibilities=out the window. You say you dont want modern sensibilities. All im going to say is, if you REALLY want that. Make sure you fully consider what that means.

Nope. See my post previous to this one. I go back far. Quite far.

True. I like to go back even further though. I like to go back far enough that i have to use a large amount of speculation. That way the myths are structured but still soft and manipulatable. My sweet spot is the period of norse myth when they still have a lot of lingering hallmarks of...

Well you can still get ideas from those books and not turn your game into a padtiche provided that you are carefully thinking through what you will actually take and add. And where and how.

Not how i play it. Modern sensibilities = out the window Renaisance aesthetic trappings = its present on different planes but otherwise out the window

Tbh, i the prefer prechristian nordic era/region to medieval europe. My campaigns have a heavy lean toward it @Aldarc

Cant remember where i found this but it may be the birth place of games recognizably similar to d&d. They just were forgotten over time and ironically created again by the genetic ancestors of the originals. If i can find the place i read that a few years ago ill post it. Happened in medieval...

Also just because we dont accept that there is such a thing as an evil culture or race doesnt mean its outright impossible for such a thing to exist. To say one knows there cant be assumes a lot about what can be objectively known. Its not well thought out.

Devils have no culture? What? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Playing on my earlier post i realized something. Why stop at ancient wyrm? Age to the very limits of ancient wyrm's strength, then use a vampire to turn yourself into a vampiric dragon (with some sort of reason to be confident the vampire will release you. Perhaps pact magic or something more...

Aparently we both thought of the ghost thing. I saw your post after i posted mine (i read op's post and immediately posted my solution without reading any of the proposed answers). We both have some details that the other didnt think of. I think if we combine our two versions of the method we...

There is a famous example of something other than a dragon doing this that could help you out. The fact black dragons are known for having a lean toward necromantic practices will help here. I dont know if it will work in your edition. If it doesnt just say naughty word the rules and go with it...

Maybe you have a seaside volcanic dungeon where you have to chanel water through the dungeon to traverse certain areas. Dont be afraid to go full on retro zelda mode.

Also, environmental factors. Fighting an undead weak to sunlight during the day indoors but no one has sunlight spells? Knocking down walls restricts the undead's movement unless they want a really bad sunburn. Non evil druid that the party is underleveled for is the foe? Start a forest fire...