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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fuindordm" data-source="post: 1626260" data-attributes="member: 5435">There are a number of approaches you could take.Looking for inspiration from literature, you could read Tolkien's Silmarillion.  Thiscovers the history of elves in middle-earth from the beginning of creation, and ismuch more magical and high-fantasy in feel that the Lord of the Rings.  Placinga campaign so close to the Creation and having the gods closely involved with mortals gives things a very high-magic, epic feel.You could also take inspiration from the Bible, making the world much darkerand more mysterious.  In the old testament one gets the impression that thingsare rather free-form; not all the rules had been set forth by God yet, you hadangels descending, mortals acending, and the attractive idea that in the rightsituations, mortals and divines could negotitate their roles.  In this sort of world, one is more likely to find magic in the relics and creations of the first few generations than in spells and arcane tech.You could take inspiration from Moorcock, and have most of the multiverse consistof unformed  chaos; and even on the prime material plane the rules of existence could vary from place to place.  Great heroes could fashion their own realms from the chaos through force of will, and the clash between two such realms could be very interesting.Hope this helps,Ben</blockquote>