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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Viking Bastard" data-source="post: 6457864" data-attributes="member: 509">Going through my chaotic notes, I see that I'm not going to be able to do this on session-to-session basis. For future sessions, sure, but not for the ones already played. I don't remember exactly in what order these trivia bits were thought up, so I'm piling them together by subject matter.First off, the general make-up of the world...[sup]1[/sup]<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> The world's name is Wodan and the Flan is one of it's continents.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> It's flat and circular, with North representing the frosty hub and South pointing towards the scorched rim.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> The Sun and Moon spin around the disc.[sup]2[/sup]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> It's not very big, as D&D worlds go. The Flan is smaller than Europe and it's one of the bigger continents.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Wodan is dead-center inside a crystal sphere, semi-Spelljammer-style. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> At the bottom of the sphere is an ocean made up of water spilling over the rim of Wodan for the last million years. It is known as the Deep Sea and currently fills the sphere about 2/3rds of the way up to Wodan.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> It is said that the great Aboleth Mother sleeps with her children down in the Deep Sea, awaiting her time.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Wodan's seas are replenished by a portal from the Elemental Plane of Water at the bottom of the Wild Seas (which are extremely dangerous to sail).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> There are various chunks of earth-matter floating around Wodan inside the sphere. The larger ones have their own inhabitants and cultures. The closer ones are known as the Cloud Kingdoms and the ones further away are the Star Kingdoms.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Stars are various bright lights emanating from these Star Kingdoms (their own little suns, lighthouses, bright cities, etc).</li> </ul>[sup]1[/sup] I can actually pinpoint most of this stuff coming from one conversation during the third session:[sblock]Player #1: "Is this world a planet?"Me: "No, it's flat. A disc, like the Discworld."P#1: "Sooo... hubwards and rimwards?"Me: "Yeah... works like that, I guess... but we're just going with North and South. North is the cold hub, South is the hot rim. And the Sun spins around the world, not the other way around."Player #2: "Is it on top of a giant turtle?"Me: "No, it's enclosed in it's own little planar bubble. Just hovering in the middle."P#1: "Hmm, if you travel to the end of the bubble, do you loop around to the other side?"Me: "No, without the right magic, you'll bump into the Crystal Wall. Where you will be encased in crystal with the multitude of others foolish enough to try. The Crystal Wall is littered with the crystallized bodies of those foolish enough to have tried throughout history. With the right magic, though, you'll plop right through into the Bleed, the space between worlds. The bubble is bigger on the inside, so the sphere appears much smaller from the other side."P#2: "*cough*DC*cough*"Me: "Shush, you!"P#1: "Do the seas spill over the sides of the disc?"Me: "Yes. Sure."P#1: "If it's an enclosed sphere, where does the water go?"Me: "To the bottom of the sphere, of course. Hmm. Into the Deep Sea."P#1: "Deep Sea?"Me: "It's really really deep. Seriously deep. And full of horrors. Aboleths. And other Elder Horror stuff. It's slowly filling the sphere, threatening total annihilation."Player #1: "Ok, ok. Now... explain the stars."Me: "Various light sources from the Star Kingdoms, of course. Duh."Player #1: "Fine."[/sblock][sup]2[/sup] So far I'm ignoring the seasonal effects this would have, although I drafted up a calendar structure sometime on the back of an envelope (but I can't find it).</blockquote>

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