D&D General Faerun '68 (+)

[Autumnal]

Trains. Not magitech ones. There might be magical elements in them, but mostly they’re just trains. In civilized areas, you get the great cost per passenger/ton carried. In dangerous ones, they can be well armored and carry a bunch of defenders and still be a good deal for moving valuable goods and people.

 

[GreyLord]

-1968 DR

Another thing to note, Forgotten Realms existed in 1968. It was far before the Grey Box and before D&D, but you'd have to ask Greenwood (or others who may be familiar with it) what it was like back then.

 

[Misanthrope Prime]

If we are going to really make this a 1960s pastiche I'm surprised you are all focusing on the technology.

FR is insanely sex positive, and not only in the ways we in the 21st century would think are good. It's basically Xanth light. If 1967 was the Summer of Love, imagine what Faerun, what with its many festhalls, lack of compulsory heteronormativity and easy access to gender reassignment magic might give us. To say nothing of all of the psychedelic substances that are readily available.

naughty word it man; Faerun DR 1968 should read like Naked Lunch.

 

[Marc17]

To do Faerun '68, you need to back up some. Industrialization needed to happen earlier. Metalurgy and crafting tools progress, but so does magic. There is probably the option for magical industrialization, such as artifact level magic items that produce more magic items, but I suspect that tech and magic will come up hand in hand. If anything, magic and enchantments will probably replace engines and electricity in many cases. There will of course be magical siege weapons also.

There needs to be a Realm War 1, which some have already mentioned, and then an even worse Realm War 2. Thay, the red menace, which aided in the previous Realm War also made a play for land and still have their sights on other countries, but the United Dales of Faerun have formed an alliance of nations to stop them. Now the older generation is still trying to deal with the trauma of what they lived through, and the younger generation is expecting the bright new future they were promised. Civil rights for humanoids and giants. End of war. Free food, clothing and shelter for everybody. Meanwhile, there is an undercurrent of drugs and grifters supplying the addictive meat of a certain aquatic black centipede into the scene and secret conspiracies (if we go with the Naked Lunch idea).

Since this is D&D, there will be an evil force coming up in the shadows. Possibly the same as from Realm War 2, but now it is much more subtle. It is corrupting both Thay and the United Dales of Faerun.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

It is corrupting both Thay and the United Dales of Faerun.

Gotta wonder in what way it would corrupt Thay even further

 

[Maxperson]

Thay, the red menace, which aided in the previous Realm War also made a play for land and still have their sights on other countries

They were also the suppliers of Agent Red, a magical compound designed to kill shambling mounds, treants, and other plant creatures.