Remathilis
Legend
The group of adventurers stumbled back into the inn. They were worn, beaten, and one of there number clearly missing. The warrior, a dwarf with a red beard, wanders up to the innkeeper. "We need three rooms fer de night" he said. "I'm sorry" the innkeeper replied, but we're booked till..."
Thursday? Sabado? Free-day? Vor?
Lots of fantasy worlds build fantasy calendars. To be honest, January, August, Friday and Wednesday don't make a lot of sense in a world without Roman and Norse myth. However, renaming, re-arranging, or otherwise changing the calendar to something "fantastical" often leads to "You arrive on Soaralis..." "What day is that?" "Thursday" "Oh."
Clearly, Tolkien felt no need to change the calendar for his Middle Earth, but what about you?
How have you changed or replaced the calendar in your world?
What do you do to remind players (and yourself) what day it is?
What other difficulties have you encountered?
If you haven't changed, what (if anything) do you do to account for the names and weirdness (leap year?) of the Gregorian Calendar?
Thursday? Sabado? Free-day? Vor?
Lots of fantasy worlds build fantasy calendars. To be honest, January, August, Friday and Wednesday don't make a lot of sense in a world without Roman and Norse myth. However, renaming, re-arranging, or otherwise changing the calendar to something "fantastical" often leads to "You arrive on Soaralis..." "What day is that?" "Thursday" "Oh."
Clearly, Tolkien felt no need to change the calendar for his Middle Earth, but what about you?
How have you changed or replaced the calendar in your world?
What do you do to remind players (and yourself) what day it is?
What other difficulties have you encountered?
If you haven't changed, what (if anything) do you do to account for the names and weirdness (leap year?) of the Gregorian Calendar?