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<blockquote data-quote="Tolamaker" data-source="post: 8513883" data-attributes="member: 7031495"><p>This is a group of tables to help facilitate coming up with a few holidays as the group helps to flesh out the game world. Every player (and me) is going to make at least two holidays.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Origins</strong></span></p><p>Where did this holiday come from? Is its origin Cultural or Racial?</p><p></p><p>Flip a coin (You can also roll once on each table if you would so like. Perhaps a holiday originated from Dasseni Orcs, or Sindairese Elves)</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Heads - Culture</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Tails - Race</li> </ol><p><strong>Culture Table.</strong> Roll a d6. (Parentheses if you want to find real-world inspiration)</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Morusan (Fantasy Rome)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ragesian (Fantasy Rome/Byzantium)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Shahalesti (Fantasy British Isles)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Dasseni (Fantasy Central Europe)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ostalin (Fantasy East Asia)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Sindairese (Fantasy North Asia)</li> </ol><p><strong>Race Table.</strong> Roll 1d10 (These are just the most common races. Feel free to make a merfolk, or goliath holiday)</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Human</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Dwarf</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Elf</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Orc</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Half Orc</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Halfling</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Gnome</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Tiefling</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Dragonborn</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Goblin</li> </ol><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Reason for the Season</span></strong></p><p></p><p>Is this primarily a religious or secular holiday? (The gods are real, and their miracles evident, so even a secular holiday may have a patron god)</p><p>Flip a coin:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Heads - Religious</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Tails - Secular</li> </ol><p><strong>Religion Table</strong>. Roll a d12 (Substitute with whatever gods you are using)</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Airgetlamuada</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Gruumsh</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ilmr</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Meditrina</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Nantosuelta</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Sif</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Suijin</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Svarog</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Talasius</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Tamanoya</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Uzat</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Zorya</li> </ol><p>Alternatively, this could originate from the four primordials (See the WotBS Player’s Guide).</p><p>Roll a d4</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The Earthshaker Worm</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The Tidereaver Kraken</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The Flamebringer Dragon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The Stormchaser Eagle</li> </ol><p><strong>Secular Table</strong>. Roll a d10, Then flip a coin.</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Great Battle (Celebrating Victory or Remembering Defeat?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Story of a Nation (Its Founding or Dissolution?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Famous Individual (Their Life or Death?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Work (Practical or Celebratory? [e.g. First day of harvest vs. take a day off])</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Celestial Event (Regular or Rare?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Weather Event (Delightful or Dangerous?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Rare Creature (Delightful or Dangerous?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Local Legend (True or False?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Adventure/Adventurer’s Past (Triumphant, or Never Heard from Again?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Acts of the Gods (Loving or Wrathful?)</li> </ol><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Customs</span></strong></p><p><strong>Customs/Themes table.</strong> What do you do on this holiday? Roll a d12.</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Perform</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Eat</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Abstain</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Celebrate/Play</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Give</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Create</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Remember</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Compete</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Learn</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Journey</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Share</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Destroy</li> </ol><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Example Holiday</span></strong></p><p></p><p>I decided to roll on both culture and race. I rolled a 2 on both <strong>Culture</strong> and <strong>Race</strong>, so this comes from Ragesian Dwarves. That probably means its from southern Ragesia, but not necessarily.</p><p></p><p>Heads on <strong>Reason</strong> means this is a religious holiday. I honestly don’t remember much about the primordials off the top of my head, so I’m going to stick with the gods I made earlier. I rolled a 12, so the patron of this is Zorya, Goddess of Dawn, Children, and Time.</p><p></p><p>Out of curiosity, I rolled on <strong>Secular</strong> events and came up with 10, or acts of the gods. I rolled tails, so the act was wrathful. I may use that as inspiration farther down.</p><p></p><p>For <strong>Customs</strong> I rolled a 10, which means Journey is what people do for this holiday. What kind of journey? Physical or spiritual?</p><p></p><p>So, Ragesian Dwarves began a holiday for Zorya that has something to do with a Journey. Because of my secular roll, I could also involve a wrathful act of Zorya into the history.</p><p></p><p>Zorya is Goddess of the Dawn, and Dwarves are usually known for being underground dwellers. Perhaps This holiday is a day when the dwarves made a point to come out of their mountains and see the sun rise. This spread across the continent, and now every Zorreise (zor-RYE-zsa) people travel to the tops of hills or mountains to see the sun rise as early as possible. People often ask Zorya to bless them with long life, as there is a story that one dwarf never went to the surface, intent on her work, and Zorya cursed her to age as quickly as a human, dying at the young young age of 85. Families often make sure to help the elderly make this trip.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tolamaker, post: 8513883, member: 7031495"] This is a group of tables to help facilitate coming up with a few holidays as the group helps to flesh out the game world. Every player (and me) is going to make at least two holidays. [SIZE=6][B]Origins[/B][/SIZE] Where did this holiday come from? Is its origin Cultural or Racial? Flip a coin (You can also roll once on each table if you would so like. Perhaps a holiday originated from Dasseni Orcs, or Sindairese Elves) [LIST=1] [*]Heads - Culture [*]Tails - Race [/LIST] [B]Culture Table.[/B] Roll a d6. (Parentheses if you want to find real-world inspiration) [LIST=1] [*]Morusan (Fantasy Rome) [*]Ragesian (Fantasy Rome/Byzantium) [*]Shahalesti (Fantasy British Isles) [*]Dasseni (Fantasy Central Europe) [*]Ostalin (Fantasy East Asia) [*]Sindairese (Fantasy North Asia) [/LIST] [B]Race Table.[/B] Roll 1d10 (These are just the most common races. Feel free to make a merfolk, or goliath holiday) [LIST=1] [*]Human [*]Dwarf [*]Elf [*]Orc [*]Half Orc [*]Halfling [*]Gnome [*]Tiefling [*]Dragonborn [*]Goblin [/LIST] [B][SIZE=6]Reason for the Season[/SIZE][/B] Is this primarily a religious or secular holiday? (The gods are real, and their miracles evident, so even a secular holiday may have a patron god) Flip a coin: [LIST=1] [*]Heads - Religious [*]Tails - Secular [/LIST] [B]Religion Table[/B]. Roll a d12 (Substitute with whatever gods you are using) [LIST=1] [*]Airgetlamuada [*]Gruumsh [*]Ilmr [*]Meditrina [*]Nantosuelta [*]Sif [*]Suijin [*]Svarog [*]Talasius [*]Tamanoya [*]Uzat [*]Zorya [/LIST] Alternatively, this could originate from the four primordials (See the WotBS Player’s Guide). Roll a d4 [LIST=1] [*]The Earthshaker Worm [*]The Tidereaver Kraken [*]The Flamebringer Dragon [*]The Stormchaser Eagle [/LIST] [B]Secular Table[/B]. Roll a d10, Then flip a coin. [LIST=1] [*]Great Battle (Celebrating Victory or Remembering Defeat?) [*]Story of a Nation (Its Founding or Dissolution?) [*]Famous Individual (Their Life or Death?) [*]Work (Practical or Celebratory? [e.g. First day of harvest vs. take a day off]) [*]Celestial Event (Regular or Rare?) [*]Weather Event (Delightful or Dangerous?) [*]Rare Creature (Delightful or Dangerous?) [*]Local Legend (True or False?) [*]Adventure/Adventurer’s Past (Triumphant, or Never Heard from Again?) [*]Acts of the Gods (Loving or Wrathful?) [/LIST] [B][SIZE=6]Customs[/SIZE] Customs/Themes table.[/B] What do you do on this holiday? Roll a d12. [LIST=1] [*]Perform [*]Eat [*]Abstain [*]Celebrate/Play [*]Give [*]Create [*]Remember [*]Compete [*]Learn [*]Journey [*]Share [*]Destroy [/LIST] [B][SIZE=6]Example Holiday[/SIZE][/B] I decided to roll on both culture and race. I rolled a 2 on both [B]Culture[/B] and [B]Race[/B], so this comes from Ragesian Dwarves. That probably means its from southern Ragesia, but not necessarily. Heads on [B]Reason[/B] means this is a religious holiday. I honestly don’t remember much about the primordials off the top of my head, so I’m going to stick with the gods I made earlier. I rolled a 12, so the patron of this is Zorya, Goddess of Dawn, Children, and Time. Out of curiosity, I rolled on [B]Secular[/B] events and came up with 10, or acts of the gods. I rolled tails, so the act was wrathful. I may use that as inspiration farther down. For [B]Customs[/B] I rolled a 10, which means Journey is what people do for this holiday. What kind of journey? Physical or spiritual? So, Ragesian Dwarves began a holiday for Zorya that has something to do with a Journey. Because of my secular roll, I could also involve a wrathful act of Zorya into the history. Zorya is Goddess of the Dawn, and Dwarves are usually known for being underground dwellers. Perhaps This holiday is a day when the dwarves made a point to come out of their mountains and see the sun rise. This spread across the continent, and now every Zorreise (zor-RYE-zsa) people travel to the tops of hills or mountains to see the sun rise as early as possible. People often ask Zorya to bless them with long life, as there is a story that one dwarf never went to the surface, intent on her work, and Zorya cursed her to age as quickly as a human, dying at the young young age of 85. Families often make sure to help the elderly make this trip. [/QUOTE]
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