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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GuardianLurker" data-source="post: 746982" data-attributes="member: 786">I agree with you about the final version.I just want to start with the most useful stuff, i.e. the "typical campaign", first.To provide a little focus, I see four main periods<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Primitive - i.e. paleolithical. No wide-scale effective magic, almost purely historical</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ancient - bronze, iron, and "ancient" ages.  Highly varied magic distribution, very close to historical.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Early pre-industrial - dark ages, medieval. Roughly uniform magic distribution, but low-scale. Small, but noticeable divergence from historical</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Middle pre-industrial - renaissance. Magic wide-spread and effective. Noticeable divergence from historical. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Late pre-industrial - enlightenment. Magic wide-spread, uniform, and optimized. Based on historical.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Industrial -  late 18th to early 20th (pre-auto). Purely fictional.</li> </ul>And the following subsistence styles: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Agricultural</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fishing</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nomadic</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Semi-nomadic</li> </ul>While I agree that terrain is an influence, for our purposes, and simplicity, I think we can probably ignore it. At worst, it applies a modifier to the subsistence styles.I'd suggest that we first focus our efforts on the middle pre-industrial, agricultural case, and branch from there.  Solely as a starting point.</blockquote>

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