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<blockquote data-quote="Sir Elton" data-source="post: 3392984" data-attributes="member: 14486"><p>Hello! I thought I'd put up a Design Diary of my own. This is for a new homebew Campaign Setting.</p><p></p><p><strong>Part I -- Setting Hooks</strong></p><p></p><p>To aid me in this Design Endeavor, I turn to two power houses of design: <em>The Worldbuilder's Guidebook</em> (published for <em>Advanced Dungeons and Dragons</em> by TSR, inc.), and <em>Character Law & Campaign Law</em> by Iron Crown Enterprises (1989 Edition). According to Richard Baker's Design Approach, he says that the first step is in choosing a hook.</p><p></p><p>I have so far chosen two hooks that set up the Geographical Region and the Culture of the people that live in the Region:</p><p>1. <strong>Geographical Hook:</strong> The Finger Lakes region, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, and the Andirondacks of North America. This region of land is Mound Builder Country (Upstate New York, Upstate Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan). This is in large part influenced by my <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=190404" target="_blank">Finger Lakes</a> thread.</p><p></p><p>2. <strong>Culture Hook:</strong> I decided to choose Ancient Greek rather than Native American. I imagine that a flotilla of Ancient Greek colonists from Sybaris, Athens, and Argos was blown off course and crossed the Atlantic. They made it through the Saint Lawrence Estuary and made a settlement near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_River" target="_blank">Niagra Falls</a>. Then they found a beautiful land in which to settle.</p><p></p><p>3. <strong>New World:</strong> The Land the Greek Colonists settle is west of the Pillars of Hercules. They "christen" the land ATLANTIS. It's a new world for the Greek Colonists. These intrepid Hellenes begin building a new life in Atlantis. However, signs (large mounds and places like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia" target="_blank">Cahokia</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent_Mound" target="_blank">Great Serpent Mound</a>) are abundant that a former people have been here before the Greeks. The Hellenes dub these people "Atlanteans."</p><p></p><p>The new World contains monsters and humanoids of all types. Elves, Fauns, Satyrs, Giants, Dragons, and more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sir Elton, post: 3392984, member: 14486"] Hello! I thought I'd put up a Design Diary of my own. This is for a new homebew Campaign Setting. [B]Part I -- Setting Hooks[/B] To aid me in this Design Endeavor, I turn to two power houses of design: [i]The Worldbuilder's Guidebook[/i] (published for [I]Advanced Dungeons and Dragons[/I] by TSR, inc.), and [i]Character Law & Campaign Law[/i] by Iron Crown Enterprises (1989 Edition). According to Richard Baker's Design Approach, he says that the first step is in choosing a hook. I have so far chosen two hooks that set up the Geographical Region and the Culture of the people that live in the Region: 1. [B]Geographical Hook:[/B] The Finger Lakes region, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, and the Andirondacks of North America. This region of land is Mound Builder Country (Upstate New York, Upstate Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan). This is in large part influenced by my [url=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=190404]Finger Lakes[/url] thread. 2. [B]Culture Hook:[/B] I decided to choose Ancient Greek rather than Native American. I imagine that a flotilla of Ancient Greek colonists from Sybaris, Athens, and Argos was blown off course and crossed the Atlantic. They made it through the Saint Lawrence Estuary and made a settlement near [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_River]Niagra Falls[/url]. Then they found a beautiful land in which to settle. 3. [B]New World:[/B] The Land the Greek Colonists settle is west of the Pillars of Hercules. They "christen" the land ATLANTIS. It's a new world for the Greek Colonists. These intrepid Hellenes begin building a new life in Atlantis. However, signs (large mounds and places like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia]Cahokia[/url] and the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent_Mound]Great Serpent Mound[/url]) are abundant that a former people have been here before the Greeks. The Hellenes dub these people "Atlanteans." The new World contains monsters and humanoids of all types. Elves, Fauns, Satyrs, Giants, Dragons, and more. [/QUOTE]
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