AFGNCAAP said:
Don't do that much setting-theft from other D&D campaign settings that much, anymore. However, I still borrow liberally from books & CRPGs, as well as various elements of my childhood.
The same goes for me.
Steam & Swords: I borrow heavily from the
Thief series of computer games (especially the original one,
Thief: The Dark Project) in terms of steampunk technology, industrial fantasy and dark urban atmosphere.
Nature/Goddess Religion: My
Celirans, atleast the more civilized members of their race, follow a quasi-monotheistic faith worshipping a nature-goddess (Meya Ennah - "The One Mother"). This faith was inspired by both Marion Zimmer Bradely's
Mistis of Avalon and by the
Thief computer games' pagan faith. Like the pagan religion in the
Thief games, the Meya Ennah faith is multi-faceted: its sects range from relatively benign nature-worship, through various anti-technological sects to downright bloody vengence against those who harm nature. This faith replaces Druids IMC, and differs from them in various ways, and first and formemost due to the fact that this religion worships a goddess (diffuse as she might be) rather than nature on its own.
Technological Dwarves: I like my dwarves to be masters of metal, stone, gears and steam, as they are in the
Arx Fatalis and
Morrowind computer games. Their religion also resembles the Hammerites from the
Thief games.
Hard to Kill Zombies: Aside from the usual zombies, I intend to use zombies which are harder to permamently kill, as in the
Thief and
Arx Fatalis games. Damage Reduction seems to fit well here, doesn't it?
Burricks: Another must-have from
Thief: The Dark Project. Essentially poison-gas-bletching giant tunneling lizards who live deep underground. The bane of dwarves (aside from the terrible Bal-Roach, that is, the bane of Dwarven sewer maintainance personnel).
Medusas with a Serpentile lower Body: Inspired by the
Might and Magic 6 computer game, my Medusas posses a lower body of a snake instead of legs and slither around rather than walk.
Insect Mounts: Inspired (to a degree) by
Morrowind's Stilt Striders, the Celirans IMC use giant cockroaches (3m long) as mounts.
