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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 5426630" data-attributes="member: 52734">Yeah, that's a big problem, I've got the "where", but nothing yet on "what do we do now we're here?" I'm going for arabic-style names, dress and a custom here or there.  Possibly some of the split between the nomadic desert tribes and the city-dwelling people.  I don't want to bog it down too much in real-world araby, though; just some trappings akin to how D&D has the trappings of european names and styles, but isn't Europe.Rogues would fit into the "royal" lineages perhaps as spies, assassins.  Among the common folk probably as a street urchin; with the sort of Lawful evil celestial bureaucracy I'm contemplating an outright thief or robber in a city could expect a short, harsh life.  Inside the city, rogues might spy on rival houses, engage in covert wars (by political, economic or outright violence) against another house or commoner's work gang, deal as a fence for contraband or rare articles or even plumb the ancient works beneath century-old cities for treasure or trouble. Outside of the city, brigands, pirates and "free thinker" rogues would be the norm.  There are ancient ruins to plunder, caravans to sack, new trade routes to be opened and even caravans to be taxed, watered or resupplied for those daring enough to try.As I am seeing them in the empire, wizards are prized among the aristocracy, often their magic is used to keep the families in power (think mentats from Dune) or even keep the city from becoming desert-like.  One special thing is that the children of wizard/wizard unions create a special innately sorcerous human known as a "mageborn" - who would be akin to the "bluebloods" of the aristrocracy and are often spoiled on power and attention.  Unlike most other D&Dsque worlds, wizards can use healing magic.  Wizards might direct households against each other in political and/or economic matters, undergo trials to prove loyalty or worth or even travel to establish trade with other cities and siblings in far away lands.  Rogue wizards (cast out for some failure) might seek mercenary work with a caravan or start his own.  Some might even join in plundering the ancient works beneath their cities to regain power or seek revenge against the household that cast them out.As for clerics/priests/druids, they're generally either considered touched in the head or plain mad.  The common populace revere household spirits and ancestors and there is "something wrong" with someone who is seen as the mouthpiece of a very powerful spirit; they are tools to attract converts, avenge wrongs or otherwise proclaim the doom of sinners.  They are the antipaladins of the world; only the most fanatical would want to be around them, I'm expecting to use them primarily as adversaries.  With reincarnation being the norm belief it also means that when a priest brings someone back from the dead it's something to worry about; something powerful has decided to interfere in the natural order of things and has a purpose for bringing said individual back (which basically means, resurrection is extremely rare).</blockquote>

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