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<blockquote data-quote="Nerditorium" data-source="post: 7576044" data-attributes="member: 6966347"><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[FONT=&quot]While I am not a new DM, this will mark the first time I create a homebrew setting. I have a few months until I run my game, which will revolve around two different parties adventuring in my world. I plan to start small with both and slowly expanding based on what they do. Mostly it will just be in a large kingdom, about the size of the Nentir Vale. While I have plenty of ideas for areas they can go to, I don't have any names as of yet for these places.[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[FONT=&quot]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[FONT=&quot]My setting is inspired by Elizabethan/Victorian culture. It keeps a 1600's feel to the setting, with black powder weapons, etc. Some of my main sources of inspiration are Darkest Dungeon, Bloodborne, Castlevania, Brotherhood of the Wolf, etc.[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[FONT=&quot]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[FONT=&quot]Group 1 will be playing through the major city of my region, exploring the massive catacombs beneath the city, as well as getting caught up in court intrigue with the Houses of aristocracy, assassination plots, etc. I am using elements of Curse of the Crimson Throne, Shackled City, and Barrowmaze as inspirations for that area/storyline.[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[FONT=&quot]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[FONT=&quot]Group 2 will be sent outside the city to deal with the darkness over the land, rooting out monsters and cults while also performing a remapping of the region and bringing order to the region. I am using elements of Kingmaker, Curse of Strahd, and Rise of the Runelords as inspirations for that area/storyline.[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[FONT=&quot]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[FONT=&quot]So for right now, I am looking for some location names for a few villages, towns, and a name for the major city and region. I plan to make long lists of NPC names for the region, just looking for names that would match the tone that I am planning on. Something that FEELS gothic.[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[FONT=&quot]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1A1A1B">[FONT=&quot]Any help would be great. Thanks.[/FONT]</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nerditorium, post: 7576044, member: 6966347"] [COLOR=#1A1A1B][FONT="]While I am not a new DM, this will mark the first time I create a homebrew setting. I have a few months until I run my game, which will revolve around two different parties adventuring in my world. I plan to start small with both and slowly expanding based on what they do. Mostly it will just be in a large kingdom, about the size of the Nentir Vale. While I have plenty of ideas for areas they can go to, I don't have any names as of yet for these places.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1A1A1B][FONT="] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1A1A1B][FONT="]My setting is inspired by Elizabethan/Victorian culture. It keeps a 1600's feel to the setting, with black powder weapons, etc. Some of my main sources of inspiration are Darkest Dungeon, Bloodborne, Castlevania, Brotherhood of the Wolf, etc.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1A1A1B][FONT="] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1A1A1B][FONT="]Group 1 will be playing through the major city of my region, exploring the massive catacombs beneath the city, as well as getting caught up in court intrigue with the Houses of aristocracy, assassination plots, etc. I am using elements of Curse of the Crimson Throne, Shackled City, and Barrowmaze as inspirations for that area/storyline.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1A1A1B][FONT="] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1A1A1B][FONT="]Group 2 will be sent outside the city to deal with the darkness over the land, rooting out monsters and cults while also performing a remapping of the region and bringing order to the region. I am using elements of Kingmaker, Curse of Strahd, and Rise of the Runelords as inspirations for that area/storyline.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1A1A1B][FONT="] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1A1A1B][FONT="]So for right now, I am looking for some location names for a few villages, towns, and a name for the major city and region. I plan to make long lists of NPC names for the region, just looking for names that would match the tone that I am planning on. Something that FEELS gothic.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1A1A1B][FONT="] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1A1A1B][FONT="]Any help would be great. Thanks.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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