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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rozgarth" data-source="post: 6602572" data-attributes="member: 6749783">Thanks for the reply!As far as themes go, a Norse-style Giants theme was definitely the big inspiration, but your mention of Dark Sun also let's me see parallels with the aftermath of the cataclysm. I think more than Dark Sun though my other main inspiration was the Points of Lignt Setting. I'm trying to go for a darker tone for the game rather than lighter (even the fey ideas I have are darker, more Grimm's fairy tales than Disney).I haven't read wheel of time (but I should!). I've brainstormed a bit on the starter area, and I've come up with a town built on the edge of the Barrowlands nestled under and around the old giant aqueduct. The town's guards use it as a lookout for orcs from the south and for undead from the Barrowlands (though fog obscures a lot that direction). Definitely inspired by Night's Watch for them.The town also is built atop old Voraki catacombs, which have mostly been looted by now and are used for illicit trading/etc. The most famous tavern in town, Deader's, is there. Some tales of ghosts in the catacombs remain. The cultists use the catacombs to hide their activities, along with a shadowy network of scoundrels who engage in illegal trading.Other than that, there is a militant paladin group that strikes out against fiend worship and regularly leads raids against the undead. They are under their own jurisdiction, and frequently come into conflict/taunt the town guard, who are less well-trained. They also tend to ruin any tombs they enter, making the treasure-hunter/seeker group angry. The seeker's look for old pieces of giant/Voraki civilization when they then sell on illegal market or to local trio of Wizards in town who have a monopoly on legally casting arcane magic (which they arranged for their own benefit). They take apprentices, but not many, who are frequently sent about on errands/missions for them. Their monopoly also leads commonly to warlocks, which can exacerbate the fiend problem.I'd also like to throw in some border region Rangers/Druids/green Paladins for the outlying farmlands to protect against Orc raids and strike out against gnolls (whose communion with otherworldly creatures using old giant Stonehenge sites is a threat against nature).Lastly, thanks for the suggestions about earlier giants, but I think I'll use orcs, gnolls, and undead for low levels with a sprinkling of ogres, ettins, and trolls before getting to real Giants, which will make them more special. I'll try to make it feel giant-like through atmosphere and old ruins (like the aqueduct).Thanks</blockquote>

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