That works in settings with a small sun pulled by a chariot or whatever, but not in the Spelljammer/Planescape cosmology of Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms
What tropes do you want to see more of in fantasy RPGs?
That works in settings with a small sun pulled by a chariot or whatever, but not in the Spelljammer/Planescape cosmology of Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms
Silvercat Moonpaw
Adventurer
Maybe we need more fantasy settings designed with physical realities more approximating mythology?
aramis erak
Legend
There are some out now... they're very tiny market share settings, but one went up and funded on Kickstarter recently.
They can be extremely lore dependent and discourage players because of it... Tribe 8 comes to mind. Or Mechanical Dream, Toon, TFOS, Skyrealms of Jorune,...
They require training players in the physics and metaphysics...
Even in some games with "Physics as normal except for the metaphysics" (WoD, Pendragon, Legend of the Five Rings, Hârn, Rolemaster/ShadowWorld, Dresden Files...) there is a lot of cultural and setting information to impart as gently but quickly as practical.
Star Trek, Star Wars, BSG, and Stargate all have certain things that need prep explanation.
The weirder the setting, the more prep the players need.
Silvercat Moonpaw
Adventurer
More fluffy dragons: either having feathers or fur or being completely mammalian/avian.
Silvercat Moonpaw
Adventurer
More modernistic democracies/republics. (Wanted to make sure saying "more democracies" didn't mean "more ancient Greek-style" and similar.)
John Dallman
Hero
Won't those require mass communications, comparable with newspapers, radio or television?
Silvercat Moonpaw
Adventurer
If they do, it doesn't bother me if they exist.
