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<blockquote data-quote="River" data-source="post: 1302768" data-attributes="member: 843">OK, some cool details that will make your world believeable.1.&nbsp; Someone mentioned mining?&nbsp; Well the underseas races can mine underwater...&nbsp; Not a big deal.&nbsp;&nbsp; I imagine in a lot of ways it would be EASIER to mine underwater... What the underseas races don't have is FIRE.&nbsp; they can't smelt ore.&nbsp; So your surface races are going to be doing a good trade smelting ore and forging metal for the underseas races.Worked glass is going to be another big trade good. I can see the underseas empires trying to take over land masses for the soul purpose of setting up refineries and forges.Also spices? if you live underwater it would be hard to &quot;spice&quot; your food with anything available on the surface, although I imagine any number of seaweeds and aquatic plants would be valuable as spices to the surface dwellers.2.&nbsp; The sea provides a lot of food, arable land shouldn't be a huge problem, except for trees.&nbsp; In a world where everyone either lives on or uses a boat on a regular basis wood is going to be a valuable resource.&nbsp; Think about the natives on Easter Island.&nbsp; They cut down all their trees and essencially doomed themselves.&nbsp; This is going to be doubly true if you're economy is based on application of fire to raw materials purchased from races below the waves.. You'll need wood, dried seaweed, or something else you can burn.3.&nbsp; It is pathetically easy for an aquatic creature with an axe to sink a ship.&nbsp; If you've got your aquatic orc version think about the tactics they'd use... Attacking land based creatures at sea, an envirmoent they can't survive in...&nbsp; Harpoon the hull of a passing ship, pull yourself up to it, drill/chop holes, and wait for it to sink... No need to risk your life fighting the crew if the sea will kill them.&nbsp; Ships in such a world are going to need to metal-plate their hullls below the water line...River</blockquote>

[QUOTE="River, post: 1302768, member: 843"] OK, some cool details that will make your world believeable. 1. Someone mentioned mining? Well the underseas races can mine underwater... Not a big deal. I imagine in a lot of ways it would be EASIER to mine underwater... What the underseas races don't have is FIRE. they can't smelt ore. So your surface races are going to be doing a good trade smelting ore and forging metal for the underseas races. Worked glass is going to be another big trade good. I can see the underseas empires trying to take over land masses for the soul purpose of setting up refineries and forges. Also spices? if you live underwater it would be hard to "spice" your food with anything available on the surface, although I imagine any number of seaweeds and aquatic plants would be valuable as spices to the surface dwellers. 2. The sea provides a lot of food, arable land shouldn't be a huge problem, except for trees. In a world where everyone either lives on or uses a boat on a regular basis wood is going to be a valuable resource. Think about the natives on Easter Island. They cut down all their trees and essencially doomed themselves. This is going to be doubly true if you're economy is based on application of fire to raw materials purchased from races below the waves.. You'll need wood, dried seaweed, or something else you can burn. 3. It is pathetically easy for an aquatic creature with an axe to sink a ship. If you've got your aquatic orc version think about the tactics they'd use... Attacking land based creatures at sea, an envirmoent they can't survive in... Harpoon the hull of a passing ship, pull yourself up to it, drill/chop holes, and wait for it to sink... No need to risk your life fighting the crew if the sea will kill them. Ships in such a world are going to need to metal-plate their hullls below the water line... River [/QUOTE]

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