D&D 5E Help me design Fantasy Americas D&D (+)

[John R Davis]

Or did they?

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

I spend my lunch hour making a small photo dump:

Spoiler: Photos

Hill Folx aka halfling (3 families: Thorn-Back, River-Feet, Proud-Burrow)

Musket-knight

I'll be back with more late.

 

[Stormonu]

Now we need some Pueblo sorcerers and native warlocks. Maybe a wandslinger (old west gunfighter, but with wands instead) and duelists (Zorro-likes, with a more 3-musketeers look, including a Native American-style version).

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Isn't the "large territories to explore" in itself part of the new world trope?

Ah indeed, Large Tracts of Land...

I spend my lunch hour making a small photo dump:

Spoiler: Photos

Hill Folx aka halfling (3 families: Thorn-Back, River-Feet, Proud-Burrow)
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Musket-knight

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I'll be back with more late.

I do like a) common animals of the Americas as "sentient" creatures that are also roughly between Halfling and Goliath size (depending on animal) and b) Moose as mounts.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Moose as mounts.

This should be the real focus of the setting.

Moose as mounts.

I think most people dont really know how big is a moose in real-life. Sadly the pictures here make them mostly horse-sized, but they are much bigger than riding horses.

They are really impressing, beautiful creatures. Sorry for the tangent!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

This should be the real focus of the setting.

Moose as mounts.

I think most people dont really know how big is a moose in real-life. Sadly the pictures here make them mostly horse-sized, but they are much bigger than riding horses.

They are really impressing, beautiful creatures. Sorry for the tangent!

Møøse are huge! So are elk and bison. I’ve been up close to all three.

Nothing makes you move slowly and speak in nice, soothing tones like a hornéd (or antlered) beast the size of a truck.

Well...

MOST people.

 

[Undrave]

I think most people dont really know how big is a moose in real-life. Sadly the pictures here make them mostly horse-sized, but they are much bigger than riding horses.

Møøse are huge! So are elk and bison. I’ve been up close to all three.

Nothing makes you move slowly and speak in nice, soothing tones like a hornéd (or antlered) beast the size of a truck.

Well...

MOST people.

Moose are basically surviving megafauna.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Also, don’t forget about how orcas are among moose predators...

This Comic Strip Only Looks Funny Until You Learn This Could Actually Happen

Moose are probably the last species you’d expect to be diving for a snack. Turns out, they're actually excellent swimmers. When Pixie and Brutus comics creator Ben Hed found out about this, he decided to do with it what he does best. Imagine it through illustration.

www.boredpanda.com

 

[Eltab]

A big chunk of Longfellow's Hiawatha can be adapted to be a mythic re-telling of the discovery / invention of early agriculture.

 

[Undrave]

Found this channel recently, he's got some videos that might help you out: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFTX4ZTagwVT8wLopbk-eiw