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<blockquote data-quote="Blue Orange" data-source="post: 8327661" data-attributes="member: 7025997"><p>I don't see what's wrong with trying to do a little world-building--some people enjoy it and it can sometimes serve as the basis for adventures. Tolkien said we were created in God's image, so of course we like to make up worlds too. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>That said real life had no magic or monsters, and you're probably not going to stat out every inhabitant of the village (and certainly not of Waterdeep/Palanthas/Gotham).</p><p></p><p>I think it was the revised 2nd ed DMG that argued for the 'fallen empire' as a source of the magic and treasure. In an apex society, the <em>staff of magi</em> and <em>longsword +5</em> are going to be in the High Wizard's Tower and carried by the General of the King's Forces, respectively, and your characters will have no chance of getting them. (Where do we put nuclear weapons nowadays? How about expensive medications? Large airplanes?) But if the Empire fell...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue Orange, post: 8327661, member: 7025997"] I don't see what's wrong with trying to do a little world-building--some people enjoy it and it can sometimes serve as the basis for adventures. Tolkien said we were created in God's image, so of course we like to make up worlds too. ;) That said real life had no magic or monsters, and you're probably not going to stat out every inhabitant of the village (and certainly not of Waterdeep/Palanthas/Gotham). I think it was the revised 2nd ed DMG that argued for the 'fallen empire' as a source of the magic and treasure. In an apex society, the [I]staff of magi[/I] and [I]longsword +5[/I] are going to be in the High Wizard's Tower and carried by the General of the King's Forces, respectively, and your characters will have no chance of getting them. (Where do we put nuclear weapons nowadays? How about expensive medications? Large airplanes?) But if the Empire fell... [/QUOTE]
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