Flat earth

[bolen]

Has anyone ever tried to put out a setting where it was on a "Flat Earth"? If so which one

I think it might be fun to actually have a world where one could fall off if they went too far

 

[Kahuna Burger]

Discworld. the Rimfall is awesome.

(but its a GURPS setting, not d20)

 

[Shieldhaven]

Exalted has a flat world. But you only fall off in one direction, so far as I know. The other directions stretch infinitely far, but they're essentially elemental planes by that point.

Haven

 

[DMH]

Another non-d20 sourcebook is Chessboards for The Primal Order and it has several examples of flat planes/worlds. My favorite are the floating bits of mud. Each is a plane and they slowly move up, through the metaplane, until they fry against the ceiling/sun. They are flat and it is possible to fly between them (though the planar constants might be different).

 

[Jhaelen]

Exalted has a flat world. But you only fall off in one direction, so far as I know. The other directions stretch infinitely far, but they're essentially elemental planes by that point.

The default Runequest setting Glorantha resembles an infinite flat plane with a limitless 'sky' above it. You don't fall off anywhere. If you continue traveling in one direction you end up in one of the divine realms.

 

[howandwhy99]

Has anyone ever tried to put out a setting where it was on a "Flat Earth"? If so which one

I think it might be fun to actually have a world where one could fall off if they went too far

All my worlds don't follow real world cosmology. What the people believe is true.... for the most part.

 

[fusangite]

Glorantha, the original Runequest setting, is flat. Most worlds I run are flat. Flat Earth theories are pretty rare in our own historical past. But if you want to check out real world flat earth ideas, I recommend looking at Chinese mythology and a fabulous book written in the 6th century called Christian Geography by Cosmas Indicopleustes.

Most flat earths don't have edges, in my experience; most have encircling oceans or encircling mountains. A world with sharp edges would be really cool, though -- I look forward to seeing what you come up with.