Let's build a setting, one post at a time.

[TwoSix]

I need a distraction today. So let's play a game.

Loosely inspired by the game Microscope, let's build a setting together. One post at a time.

These are the rules:
1) One post, one idea. Don't drop a whole pantheon, or a whole 50 page magic system into one post. Ideally, no more than a paragraph at a time.

2) Yes, and. Whatever anyone posts is true. Clarify and expand what people create, but don't contradict or invalidate it.

3) Build and support; don't make suggestions that would break the whole concept wide open. I mean, it'll probably break eventually, but let's not rush it.

4) If possible, try and work top-down. Creating a low-level detail too early means a lot of assumptions get baked in.

Premise:
Assume the setting is a world that would fit somewhere in the contours of a generic, loosely defined fantasy RPG system. It can be D&D-esque, but it doesn't has to be.

Assume the world has some innate magical properties; it will almost certainly end up violating rules around weather, biome placement, geography, etc. If a stated fact bothers you, make up something to explain it.

First post:
The setting is a planet, physically similar to Earth. (Similar mass and gravity, breathable air, water, etc.) This planet has 1 sun and 4 moons.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

The setting is a planet, physically similar to Earth. (Similar mass and gravity, breathable air, water, etc.) This planet has 1 sun and 4 moons.

Each moon is the domain of a powerful goddess. They are:
The Maiden of Primetemps
The Matron of Summer
The Queen of Autumn
The Crone of Winter

 

[Tonguez]

The largest and closest of the four moons is Uripan, a bright green coloured moon that affects the ebb and flow of natural life energy, she is invoked by druids.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

The second moon called Nehüsh is small, red, and oval shaped. She inspires acts of creation and is invoked by artificers.

 

[TwoSix]

Of all the races, the most beloved of Uripan, Maiden of Printemps, are the halflings. Blessed with her abundance, they are the most common race on the great continent of Herzia.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

Off the coast of the continent of Herzia lies a large island call Vaelos, home to the Dwarven favored of Nehüsh, Matron of Summer. They hold the blessings of hearth and forge.

 

[Tonguez]

Koia the "Hag Moon" of Winter is a dark moon that seems to absorb light rather than reflect it. Thus Koia appears as a dim, obsidian disk against the stars. She is venerated by the Elves and her influence is tied to illusion, shadows, and secrets. Her phases affect dreams, giving rise to prophetic visions and to nightmares.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

Xalaphera is a pale grey moon with large craters that give her the appearance of a skull. She is patron of the gnomish merchants who make their homes on the on the bays, traveling river and sea. Her's is the magic of the liminal spaces, the Autumn Queen of the dead and undying.

 

[TwoSix]

On the southeast corner of Vaelos sits the iron city of Vae Kolos, the city of forges, 70 miles from the western coast of Herzia.

It was here that were built the 9 dwarven dreadnoughts, the iron ships half a mile long that demonstrate the dwarves military and magical might.

 

[npick03]

The sun (called Uol when people have a need to call it anything other than “the sun”) should have burnt out eons ago. It is kept alive by a massive complex of magic and machinery that thrums at its core. Uol is worshiped by the lizardfolk, who in ages long past were uplifted by the Sun Builders.