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Message: <blockquote data-quote="A'koss" data-source="post: 1275531" data-attributes="member: 840">Hey-ho Keith! Well I am curious to see how you've taken the D&D conventions to arrive at your setting. It'll be interesting to see what "glue" (for lack of a better word) you've used to keep all these... volitile... elements together. "It's an attempt to look at what is out there - psionics, magic, monsters - and create a world where it all makes sense."  - I couldn't help a nostalgic smile at this, I feel I should thank you for that. These are almost the exact same words I used maybe... four years ago when I was designing my old Namea campaign. The results, however, were a just a little different. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />   Let's just say, short of divine aid, I saw little chance of the PC races achieving dominance in a world that evolved alongside every MM race. I could go on about the effects of D&D-based advancement and it's impact on society. Especially when you have completely self-sufficient high level characters who hold all the cards - near god-like power, the ability to improve every facet of their being, immense wealth and where death is but a temporary inconvenience. There are a lot of elements in core D&D that, very arguably, lend themselves to self-destructive societies or of the dominance of dozens of more "worthy" races. Arguably, I probably look too closely at things like this. Over the years things I've certainly taken a more keen interest in campaign ecology, societies, evolution, potentially "setting-busting" magic and so on.  Your setting obviously resonates in a positive way for a lot of people here and again, even if it's not my cup of tea, I wish you all the best of luck with it! Cheers! A'koss.</blockquote>

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