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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 2040341" data-attributes="member: 571">Interesting. To add to the wealth of advice and questions I have the following.1. Historicity. How close to real world history does it adhere? Is it more in the general overview or in the small details? For example, does the history of your Roman Empire include the plagues that swept the Balkans in the 3rd century?2. Could you give us further details on how you're handling non-humans? On that subject, See if you can get ahold of a copy of Hinterwelt Enterprise's Roma Imperious. Borrowed or bought used (I would not recommend paying full price for it, it has problems). That said, it does featuring an interesting fantasy Roman Empire. One of the best parts is its treatment of dwarfs. The dwarfs of Roma Imperious being varied in nature. Most of them being nasty little stunties who are into kidnapping people and either eating them (most of the them) or transforming them into dwarfs (the rest).3. On the subject of a fantasy Rome, may I recommend Thomas Harlan's Oath of Empire tetralogy. A four book series which (you might say) tells the story of how Morgoth (Prince Maxian Atreus), Sauron (Lord Dahak), and Gandalf (the Prophet Mohammed) came to be. Okay, silliness aside, it is a good read, and has tons of information on the world of OoE which you could use, suitably altered, in your world. (BTW, Mohammed was originally a minor character, but Tom got to reading up on him and got to like him. Changed the course of the story entirely.)4. For further reading on the subject of fantasy Rome get yourself a copy of Fulminata. Adamant Press is doing a d20 version. Or you can check out the original5. Goths and Germans: The Goths were Germans, as far as I know. The Goths were simply the largest German nation at the time. It should also be noted that the Skands (our Norwegians, Danes, and Swedes) had yet to emerge entirely from their German forebearers, and that the proto-Skands were just starting to explore and colonize the Scandinavian penninsula.Since you are planning on making the Goths orcs and the Germans shifters, may I recommend to following?: The Germans are descended from the Goths (so to speak) and thus are evolved orcs who have become shape-changers. An ancient boon or curse. The proto-Skands are orcs who are evolving into goblins.For a Tolkeinesque touch, make the Finns the proto-Skand proto-goblins are displacing wood elves. And add in trolls as the pre-Finn/pre-Skand aboriginal inhabitants of Scandinavia.Hope this helps.</blockquote>

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