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<blockquote data-quote="IanB" data-source="post: 4035537" data-attributes="member: 1473"><p>I've been toying around with a sort of 'reverse colonization' sort of idea, where the PC races are happily living in a New World type area and some technologically superior ones come sailing across the ocean and start colonizing their area. I'm not 100% sure where I want to set things like the technology level of the various sides, etc., but I know that I will probably have the different 'tribes' in the new world - and the different nations colonizing them all represented with different races. I'm not going to go for any 1:1 mapping of real world culture:fantasy race as I think that would be a little too much, but you might see the human tribe being coastal/archipelago fishermen who bear the brunt of the initial problems when the dragonborn discovery fleet arrives from overseas, while the elf hunter-gatherers in the less rich nearby jungle area are less impacted, and the fabled dwarven 'cities of gold' are what drives hobgoblin explorers into the hinterlands, whatever. Something like that.</p><p></p><p>My initial thoughts are something like this for a break-down of where people are:</p><p></p><p>"Native" races/tribal groups:</p><p></p><p>human</p><p>tiefling ("lost" tribe of humans or something probably)</p><p>dwarf</p><p>elf</p><p>half-elf (maybe, maybe not)</p><p>halfling (dark sun-ish maybe?)</p><p>goliath?</p><p>shifter?</p><p></p><p>"Invader" races/major nations:</p><p></p><p>dragonborn (the most colonization-oriented nation)</p><p>hobgoblins et. al. (the most plunder-oriented nation)</p><p>kobolds (the most trade-oriented nation)</p><p>gith? I want a 4th group I think, 4 makes for a good number, and this could be the 'religious conversion' focused group?</p><p></p><p></p><p>And then stuff like orcs and gnolls might appear as servants, slaves, or mercenaries for the others but wouldn't have a major on-screen presence. Maybe one of the invader groups has invented the warforged? And of course, there would be pirates.</p><p></p><p>The feywild/shadowfell thing could be reinvented as the "spirit world" or some such.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IanB, post: 4035537, member: 1473"] I've been toying around with a sort of 'reverse colonization' sort of idea, where the PC races are happily living in a New World type area and some technologically superior ones come sailing across the ocean and start colonizing their area. I'm not 100% sure where I want to set things like the technology level of the various sides, etc., but I know that I will probably have the different 'tribes' in the new world - and the different nations colonizing them all represented with different races. I'm not going to go for any 1:1 mapping of real world culture:fantasy race as I think that would be a little too much, but you might see the human tribe being coastal/archipelago fishermen who bear the brunt of the initial problems when the dragonborn discovery fleet arrives from overseas, while the elf hunter-gatherers in the less rich nearby jungle area are less impacted, and the fabled dwarven 'cities of gold' are what drives hobgoblin explorers into the hinterlands, whatever. Something like that. My initial thoughts are something like this for a break-down of where people are: "Native" races/tribal groups: human tiefling ("lost" tribe of humans or something probably) dwarf elf half-elf (maybe, maybe not) halfling (dark sun-ish maybe?) goliath? shifter? "Invader" races/major nations: dragonborn (the most colonization-oriented nation) hobgoblins et. al. (the most plunder-oriented nation) kobolds (the most trade-oriented nation) gith? I want a 4th group I think, 4 makes for a good number, and this could be the 'religious conversion' focused group? And then stuff like orcs and gnolls might appear as servants, slaves, or mercenaries for the others but wouldn't have a major on-screen presence. Maybe one of the invader groups has invented the warforged? And of course, there would be pirates. The feywild/shadowfell thing could be reinvented as the "spirit world" or some such. [/QUOTE]
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