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<blockquote data-quote="AslanC" data-source="post: 6944483" data-attributes="member: 14077"><p>Tonight something magical happened at my gaming table.</p><p></p><p></p><p>We sat down to start a new Myth & Magic (infamous AD&D 2e neoclone) campaign, with plans to play in the world of Hârn and all my players seemed less than enthusiastic. When we started discussing it, the feeling was that Hârn is an AMAZING setting, but it's level of detail, realism, alongside fantasy just was too dense for us. Too much information. We all had read, me more than them <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />, bunches of documents and realized it just wasn't for us.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So we decided as a group to build our own setting for the campaign. Normally I make the setting, they play, but tonight we made the setting and came together in a way that just blew me away.</p><p></p><p></p><p>We used random roles, random name generators, and then edited to get there.</p><p></p><p></p><p>We all agreed that we wanted an island, I suggested instead of mimicking the British Isles, we look at Japan. That led to us deciding to have a right-justified map instead of the bog-standard left-justified one.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Then the story unfolded and here is what we came up with. Note that the map is a BIG TIME WIP and I will try to develop it here with you all. The greyblue lines on the map represent mountain ranges btw.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/AslanC/media/Albana%201.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/AslanC/th_Albana%201.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a></p><p><em>Click for larger</em></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><u>Nations of Albana</u></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>• Athait (<em>a-th-ate</em>) –</strong> Former power player. Last king died heirless 300 years ago. Infighting for succession</p><p>reduced them to near savages. Warlords, wilds, danger.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>• Brucca (<em>brew-ka</em>) –</strong> Infernalists. Devil worshipers. Monsters and demons roam loose. Giant volcano in</p><p>the middle.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>• Davon (<em>dav-on</em>) –</strong> Most chivalric. Landlocked. Good king but no heirs make many think of Athait and</p><p>its' fate.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>• Drale (<em>duh-rail</em>) –</strong> Former Efrana homelands. Invaded by giantkin from the Aegos. Strong warrior culture.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>• Ecthalien (<em>ek-thall-ee-ann</em>) –</strong> Pagan holdout, rejects the Church brought over from the continent. Very rural and rustic people with lots and lots of forests.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>• Eskaine (<em>es-cane</em>) –</strong> Imperial holdout. Safe on island. Home of the Last Legion. Warm currents make</p><p>good wines.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>• Guilea (<em>guy-lee-ah</em>) –</strong> Former province of Pelabria. Won independence in Civil War. Most cultured,</p><p>civilized, and advanced kingdom on Albana. Home of the Guilean Codex, a book of science and</p><p>knowledge.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>• Oscait (<em>oss-kay</em>) –</strong> Merchant clans and money lenders. Controls the Pelabrian Peninsula. Best sailors/fishermen around.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>• Ostraad (<em>oss-tra-dd</em>) –</strong> Monotheistic backers of the Church. From the continent (Aegos). Conqueror nation. Took Urydae in</p><p>holy war.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>• Pelabira (<em>peh-lab-ree-ah</em>) –</strong> Former major kingdom. Lost Guilea in a civil war. Couldn't pay back Oscait,</p><p>got annexed for debts.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>• Urydae (<em>Yuri-day</em>) –</strong> Former northern reach of Pelabria. Gained independence in civil war. Refused to</p><p>accept God by Ostraad. Conquered by Ostraad.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><u>Other Notes</u></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>• Aegos –</strong> Western Continent</p><p><strong>• Aglesh –</strong> 2nd immigration wave to Albana</p><p><strong>• Austor –</strong> Origin nation of the Ostraad conquerors</p><p><strong>• Efrana –</strong> Indigenous peoples of Albana, now gypsies. Used to control the lands now known as Drale</p><p><strong>• Erdaine –</strong> Elven forest city</p><p><strong>• Manu Plevra –</strong> The Hidden Hand. Secret order of wizards who police magic to reduce witch hunts from the Church</p><p><strong>• Othais –</strong> Aegosian nation from which Oscait descends</p><p><strong>• Tulemar –</strong> Dwarven mine city</p><p></p><p></p><p>Characters were made this session.</p><p></p><p></p><p>A Sellsword (Fighter) from Davon with dreams of being a Knight (very Captain America style in the "I don't like bullies" and "I can do this all day!").</p><p></p><p></p><p>A Merchant (Thief) and spy from the Merchant Clans of Oscait who seeks to make a clan for himself while reporting back to his family.</p><p></p><p></p><p>A mage (Wizard) who has spent his life hiding with the Elves from the Manu Plevra and has had a vision that has compelled him to finally step back out into the world.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'll post more as it comes along.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AslanC, post: 6944483, member: 14077"] Tonight something magical happened at my gaming table. We sat down to start a new Myth & Magic (infamous AD&D 2e neoclone) campaign, with plans to play in the world of Hârn and all my players seemed less than enthusiastic. When we started discussing it, the feeling was that Hârn is an AMAZING setting, but it's level of detail, realism, alongside fantasy just was too dense for us. Too much information. We all had read, me more than them ;), bunches of documents and realized it just wasn't for us. So we decided as a group to build our own setting for the campaign. Normally I make the setting, they play, but tonight we made the setting and came together in a way that just blew me away. We used random roles, random name generators, and then edited to get there. We all agreed that we wanted an island, I suggested instead of mimicking the British Isles, we look at Japan. That led to us deciding to have a right-justified map instead of the bog-standard left-justified one. Then the story unfolded and here is what we came up with. Note that the map is a BIG TIME WIP and I will try to develop it here with you all. The greyblue lines on the map represent mountain ranges btw. [URL="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/AslanC/media/Albana%201.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/AslanC/th_Albana%201.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [I]Click for larger[/I] [B][U]Nations of Albana[/U][/B] [B]• Athait ([I]a-th-ate[/I]) –[/B] Former power player. Last king died heirless 300 years ago. Infighting for succession reduced them to near savages. Warlords, wilds, danger. [B]• Brucca ([I]brew-ka[/I]) –[/B] Infernalists. Devil worshipers. Monsters and demons roam loose. Giant volcano in the middle. [B]• Davon ([I]dav-on[/I]) –[/B] Most chivalric. Landlocked. Good king but no heirs make many think of Athait and its' fate. [B]• Drale ([I]duh-rail[/I]) –[/B] Former Efrana homelands. Invaded by giantkin from the Aegos. Strong warrior culture. [B]• Ecthalien ([I]ek-thall-ee-ann[/I]) –[/B] Pagan holdout, rejects the Church brought over from the continent. Very rural and rustic people with lots and lots of forests. [B]• Eskaine ([I]es-cane[/I]) –[/B] Imperial holdout. Safe on island. Home of the Last Legion. Warm currents make good wines. [B]• Guilea ([I]guy-lee-ah[/I]) –[/B] Former province of Pelabria. Won independence in Civil War. Most cultured, civilized, and advanced kingdom on Albana. Home of the Guilean Codex, a book of science and knowledge. [B]• Oscait ([I]oss-kay[/I]) –[/B] Merchant clans and money lenders. Controls the Pelabrian Peninsula. Best sailors/fishermen around. [B]• Ostraad ([I]oss-tra-dd[/I]) –[/B] Monotheistic backers of the Church. From the continent (Aegos). Conqueror nation. Took Urydae in holy war. [B]• Pelabira ([I]peh-lab-ree-ah[/I]) –[/B] Former major kingdom. Lost Guilea in a civil war. Couldn't pay back Oscait, got annexed for debts. [B]• Urydae ([I]Yuri-day[/I]) –[/B] Former northern reach of Pelabria. Gained independence in civil war. Refused to accept God by Ostraad. Conquered by Ostraad. [B][U]Other Notes[/U][/B] [B]• Aegos –[/B] Western Continent [B]• Aglesh –[/B] 2nd immigration wave to Albana [B]• Austor –[/B] Origin nation of the Ostraad conquerors [B]• Efrana –[/B] Indigenous peoples of Albana, now gypsies. Used to control the lands now known as Drale [B]• Erdaine –[/B] Elven forest city [B]• Manu Plevra –[/B] The Hidden Hand. Secret order of wizards who police magic to reduce witch hunts from the Church [B]• Othais –[/B] Aegosian nation from which Oscait descends [B]• Tulemar –[/B] Dwarven mine city Characters were made this session. A Sellsword (Fighter) from Davon with dreams of being a Knight (very Captain America style in the "I don't like bullies" and "I can do this all day!"). A Merchant (Thief) and spy from the Merchant Clans of Oscait who seeks to make a clan for himself while reporting back to his family. A mage (Wizard) who has spent his life hiding with the Elves from the Manu Plevra and has had a vision that has compelled him to finally step back out into the world. I'll post more as it comes along. [/QUOTE]
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