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<blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 794155" data-attributes="member: 10784">I think it is the characters that inhabit the world that make it original, unique and fun to play.&nbsp; What good is a unique and different concept if the characters are bland?&nbsp; Would you rather have a world of great heroes who had the on screen personality of Dolph Lundren, or would you rather have a world of Hamlets, Romeos &amp; Juliets, Ben Franklins, Abe Lincolns, Robin Hoods, Wong Fei Hongs, Julius Cesar, Cleopatra, King Arthur, etc?&nbsp; The best of plots and places can be ruined if the NPCs are blah, 2 dimensional or just plain boring.And, why are elves and dragons unoriginal?&nbsp; I have seen so many worlds where elves are in decline and only a small minority.&nbsp; Or, where dragons haven’t been heard of in years (the original Dragonlance, George R.R. Martin).&nbsp; Why not a world teeming with dragons, or one with a very small amount of dragons.&nbsp; My world (if I ever get to finish it) was going to have one dragon of each color and each age category – so, only several dozen in the whole world.&nbsp; But, rather than have elves and dwarves in decline, both races would be in their primes and have major kingdoms on my world.&nbsp; But, the biggest “empire” in my world was going to belong to hobgoblins.Maybe it is not super-unique, but I hope to have a lot of interesting characters and a good history filled with noble heroes and heroines, dastardly villains, unspeakable evils, triumphs of good against seemingly impossible odds, and all that.The start of my world is below...<a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/news/modules/Downloads/store_folder/Setting_Proposals/WorldProposalTerra.doc" target="_blank">http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/news/modules/Downloads/store_folder/Setting_Proposals/WorldProposalTerra.doc</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="NewJeffCT, post: 794155, member: 10784"] I think it is the characters that inhabit the world that make it original, unique and fun to play. What good is a unique and different concept if the characters are bland? Would you rather have a world of great heroes who had the on screen personality of Dolph Lundren, or would you rather have a world of Hamlets, Romeos & Juliets, Ben Franklins, Abe Lincolns, Robin Hoods, Wong Fei Hongs, Julius Cesar, Cleopatra, King Arthur, etc? The best of plots and places can be ruined if the NPCs are blah, 2 dimensional or just plain boring. And, why are elves and dragons unoriginal? I have seen so many worlds where elves are in decline and only a small minority. Or, where dragons haven’t been heard of in years (the original Dragonlance, George R.R. Martin). Why not a world teeming with dragons, or one with a very small amount of dragons. My world (if I ever get to finish it) was going to have one dragon of each color and each age category – so, only several dozen in the whole world. But, rather than have elves and dwarves in decline, both races would be in their primes and have major kingdoms on my world. But, the biggest “empire” in my world was going to belong to hobgoblins. Maybe it is not super-unique, but I hope to have a lot of interesting characters and a good history filled with noble heroes and heroines, dastardly villains, unspeakable evils, triumphs of good against seemingly impossible odds, and all that. The start of my world is below... [url]http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/news/modules/Downloads/store_folder/Setting_Proposals/WorldProposalTerra.doc[/url] [/QUOTE]

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