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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Monster Manuel" data-source="post: 1140523" data-attributes="member: 9499">I'm sorry for the two successive posts, but I just realized that I hadn't quite answered about Morningstar's Epic nature...   Two new core classes are introduced. The Eidolon replaces and expands the paladin in a world that has never known feudalism... akin to heroes like Hercules, Rama, and Jason. He is a hero of the people- mythic by his very nature.  The artificer creates magical items and fantastic constructs ... these constructs are less machines than matter imbued with spirit. His real world and mythic analogs include Pygmalion, the dwarves of Norse mythology, Hero of Alexandria, or Leonardo Da Vinci.  There are nine empire in the known world, and each is at the peak of civilization. Primary inspiriation is the ancient world, with cultures that emulate Rome, China/Cambodia, Mesoamerica, India, and some, like Ijamvhul, that don't match up directly.  As for Mythic cultures, there is an Empire of warring Dragons, one of Dwarves (perhaps a bit like Moria, yet not quite), and one of Elves (like any of the mythic Fairy realms). The world is set up to allow globe-spanning adventure, with plenty to see along the way. In Brendir are immense aqueducts. These are man-made rivers, set atop pillars. They are called the Canali- and are places where ships and even towns float gracefully, hundreds of feet above the ground.  Within the same empire are numerous sites of interest, such as Trodos, where the cyclopean collosus of an ancient hero kneels to cup the city in his hands... his head in the clouds. Or Pastosi-a city built in pillared levels, to escape the violent tidal flows that are caused by Arril- The massive terraqueous moon that takes up a huge portion of the sky, night or day.  Hopefully, you now get a feel for the style of Morningstar's approach to Heroic/Epic fantasy.</blockquote>

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