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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8279708" data-attributes="member: 59082">Some really good ideas in this thread, thanks folks--just what I was hoping for. I few further thoughts and responses...Yeah, this is where I oopsy-daisyed...didn't do enough of the preliminary world-building. Thankfully we only play every 2-3 weeks, so I can play catch-up, especially considering that I'm taking the &quot;start local&quot; approach. This is good advice and very useful, and pretty much what I have in mind. The difference, I think, is that I'm not drawing from a specific setting (Greyhawk), but using my own as a basis. Thus the need for a bit more world-building early on to establish a basis. But yeah, I'm following your basic structure, so it is good to see the resonance.Ooh, nice. Out of curiosity, do you have a world map? Or do you just expand and add things on as needed?Yeah, I use some of the names, mainly if it doesn't matter all that much. And I don't mind porting over entire towns, and thought of placing Saltmarsh on the map somewhere, as well as other locations (e.g. I'm going to drop Rappan-Athuk in somewhere).This follows on what el-remmen said. In some cases I'll use the names if I like it or am neutral on it (e.g. Sildar), but in others I'll change it (e.g. Phandalin, which I don't really like).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 8279708, member: 59082"] Some really good ideas in this thread, thanks folks--just what I was hoping for. I few further thoughts and responses... Yeah, this is where I oopsy-daisyed...didn't do enough of the preliminary world-building. Thankfully we only play every 2-3 weeks, so I can play catch-up, especially considering that I'm taking the "start local" approach. This is good advice and very useful, and pretty much what I have in mind. The difference, I think, is that I'm not drawing from a specific setting (Greyhawk), but using my own as a basis. Thus the need for a bit more world-building early on to establish a basis. But yeah, I'm following your basic structure, so it is good to see the resonance. Ooh, nice. Out of curiosity, do you have a world map? Or do you just expand and add things on as needed? Yeah, I use some of the names, mainly if it doesn't matter all that much. And I don't mind porting over entire towns, and thought of placing Saltmarsh on the map somewhere, as well as other locations (e.g. I'm going to drop Rappan-Athuk in somewhere). This follows on what el-remmen said. In some cases I'll use the names if I like it or am neutral on it (e.g. Sildar), but in others I'll change it (e.g. Phandalin, which I don't really like). [/QUOTE]

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