Would this scare away previous Mystara fans? Hell, I dunno. I made up half of that. Would it give the setting something that stands out? I think so. I am admittingly, to some degree, just utilizing my own homebrew setting for ideas here![]()
I don't see why it should. There was enough of it already going on in the setting, with both Thyatis and Alphatia having overseas colonies, explorers heading off in all sorts of directions (Like the moon). An 'age of exploration' setting seems different to any we have now. If that's enough of a hook to grab people, then it sounds doable.