Creating An OGC Setting

[Turanil]

Sooner or later, we will probably have to redraw parts of the map - the cities, political boundaries and so on. But for now, they can give us some rough indicators for positions...

Now that the maps are free clip-arts, and this is a community work, I don't mind that you alter the maps. However, I myself don't intend to redraw them.

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

Right...'cause Eurasia is just so dinky, compared to the USA.

It's more of a different mindset. There's just so much diversity on Eurasia that we would need an exceedingly long country list to cover it all. After all, the joke goes:

"Europeans think that 500 miles is a long distance. Americans think that 500 years is a long time."

You can move a long way in the USA while still being in a region that is culturally pretty much the same. The population density is insanely low apart from a few specialized locations like Manhattan. Germany is one of the biggest and most populous European countries around - but its size is, according to the CIA World Factbook, "slightly smaller than Montana".

In other words: Don't attempt to equate American distances to distances in a fantasy world with a medieval society.

 

[Nellisir]

In other words: Don't attempt to equate American distances to distances in a fantasy world with a medieval society.

It was a joke. I live in New Hampshire, which together with Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island make New England. The New England states are all dinky compared to the rest of the US. If anyone empathizes with Europeans travelling in the US, it's us.

I thought Geren = Australia made for a simple comparison, plus I was going off of Yair's statement a few pages ago: when you asked how big we should make it, he replied...

Not sure yet, but I'm leaning towards "Really Huge".

I'm fine with the new numbers. They certainly don't rule out dozens and dozens of little states -- how many were there in Germany in the (Late, I think) Middle Ages?

It's more of a different mindset. There's just so much diversity on Eurasia that we would need an exceedingly long country list to cover it all.

I don't mind a long country list. Both GH and FR, our "inspirations" for this, cover quite a bit of land and diversity.

On that note, I want to make sure this doesn't get lost:

I'd say that we should have a dozen major countries or so that have aligned themselves with one side or another (in other words, five to seven on each side), and slightly less than that who haven't, not counting a larger number of city-states and small fiefdoms who either support one of the sides or are trying hard to remain neutral.

That sounds like appoximately 25-30 various political states, which I think is GOOD number.

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

That sounds like appoximately 25-30 various political states, which I think is GOOD number.

Well, I've come up with 14 so far - see the Wiki. Any suggestions for the others?

And someone called dibs on city #2. So what do you want to do with it?

 

[Gilwen]

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The problem is that most monsters in the SRD are predators - and big predators at that. You'd need a large number of prey animals for a complete ecosystem.


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EDIT: Hey, my 2000th post!

That's what the people are for! And congrats on your 2000th post, I should have mine in 3010

Gil

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

Is it just me, or does the initital enthusiasm seem to have worn off a bit?

 

[schporto]

Well, some reduced enthusiasm for me. But that's because I caught a cold which is tearing me up right now. Seeing as how I'll be taking a break for a few weeks from DMing, I'll hopefully do some with this then.
-cpd

 

[Yair]

Is it just me, or does the initital enthusiasm seem to have worn off a bit?

Actually, my enthusiasm is doing fine. I'm just amazingly busy right now.
Going on 12 hours work straight, for the second day in a row, which for me is a lot.

I've sent some wiki invitations to some guys that didn't register; I'll send them an email to check what's up when I get home.
Which will take some time.

 

[Turanil]

Is it just me, or does the initital enthusiasm seem to have worn off a bit?

People should be able to directly work on the Wiki. Discussing until getting a consensus can only slow down the project to a crawl. Then, people want to contribute if the setting seems to be going the direction they want. However, this will hardly be the case. Myself I am already put off by the deities' names, and by the suggestion I would have to redraw the map...

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

Myself I am already put off by the deities' names, and by the suggestion I would have to redraw the map...

I haven't looked too hard at the religions. As for the map, no one is expecting that of you. I will try to do that myself, once we know what countries to put on it...