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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 4809605" data-attributes="member: 8461">I've been thinking about this campaign setting for a while, and while I'm planning on writing an article (or even a series of articles) about it, there's a LOT to consider, both for fluff and crunch. In a nutshell:Races: Are all the various D&D races here? Are some of them "cavemen" while others are not? Or do they all exist in a state of savagery?Classes: Most modern classes won't be appropriate in a primitive setting. A few others will need to be tweaked.Skills and Feats: Like classes, a significant number of these will need to be dropped, with others possibly tweaked depending on if you think they'd be used or not.Religion: Are the gods absolutes that created/predate the races that worship them? If so, why are they allowing their people to exist in a state of savagery (e.g. compare the contemporary - supposedly timeless - view of Corellon Larethian with the idea of cave-elves)? Or do people ultimately create the gods, meaning that likely none of them exist at this point? If that's the case, what gods are there now?Equipment and Magic Items: A staple of the stone age is that there's no real manufacturing, beyond simple weapons/tools of wood, stone, and bone (and maybe harnessing fire) - how will your characters reliably defend themselves (e.g. what about armor)? Since most magic items won't exist yet (because items themselves don't exist yet) how will the PCs remain mechanically viable?Monsters: What monsters don't exist in the setting? This is important, since some monsters just "feel" more modern - the vampire, for example, seems like a Romantic monster, and not one you'd meet in the stone age; ditto for the lich, with its phylactery and attentive magical focus. Do you have monsters that have some sort of organized civilization? If so, be careful for your players trying to utilize the benefits of their technological/magical advances (e.g. "Hey, I pick up the lizard-man's metal weapon, discarding my club in favor of it!"); this also holds true for planar monsters, as the planes are considered to be timeless. Dinosaurs and other powerful animals should have greater prominence to reinforce the feel of the stone age.Magic: Is magic thought of as advancing like a science? If so, it may seem inappropriate for the strongest level of spells to be available in the stone age. Are certain spells, particularly ones with names in them, banned on the idea that they haven't been invented yet?Adventures: Given all of the above, how do you craft adventures that feel appropriate for the stone age? What sorts of villainous plots need to be foiled in a world where most people are just concerned with hunting and gathering? What are the rewards for adventuring when there's no valuable material possessions? Hope that helps!</blockquote>

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