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<blockquote data-quote="fusangite" data-source="post: 487361" data-attributes="member: 7240">I could imagine some quite interesting ideas off here:1. A variant of the 8th century Moorish invasion of Spain in which the Moor equivalent are Byzantine Christians, levied from the same area of North Africa as the Moors came from.2. An emperor, following Constantine's example decides to create a new imperial capital in Germanic area of the empire and attempts to elevate it to a holy see. I could see some fascinating clashes here -- a giant metropolis in the middle of the forests of Germany with Orthodox Christians, Arian heretics and pagans. One could fit a lot of D&amp;D into that.3. A variant of the crusades take place except in reverse: the Nestorian Christians and Jews try to seize the Holy Land from the Empire. One could also use a lot of contemporary history to texture something like this.These three would make for great backdrops against which to run a half-classical half-medieval campaign that would give some sense of atmosphere by mixing the tropes of Roman history with those of medieval history.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fusangite, post: 487361, member: 7240"] I could imagine some quite interesting ideas off here: 1. A variant of the 8th century Moorish invasion of Spain in which the Moor equivalent are Byzantine Christians, levied from the same area of North Africa as the Moors came from. 2. An emperor, following Constantine's example decides to create a new imperial capital in Germanic area of the empire and attempts to elevate it to a holy see. I could see some fascinating clashes here -- a giant metropolis in the middle of the forests of Germany with Orthodox Christians, Arian heretics and pagans. One could fit a lot of D&D into that. 3. A variant of the crusades take place except in reverse: the Nestorian Christians and Jews try to seize the Holy Land from the Empire. One could also use a lot of contemporary history to texture something like this. These three would make for great backdrops against which to run a half-classical half-medieval campaign that would give some sense of atmosphere by mixing the tropes of Roman history with those of medieval history. [/QUOTE]

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