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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5450983" data-attributes="member: 92511">Thanks Dice.I'm thinking that there are a few really simple possibilities:1) Just use western/greco zodiac as is.2) Use the Chinese zodiac as is...though then I'd fear ending up with a campaign that runs suspicuously like a season of Jackie Chan Adventures. lol. Much as I loved that cartoon, but still...3) Using either of the &quot;real world&quot; zodiacs and then just replacing the existing constellations with different figures/animals/symbols.This offers the possibility of using real/actual star charts/astrology as elements in-game with no other work than looking at your conversion list (i.e., Cancer=Thisfantasysign, Gemini=Thatfantasysign.)Since I already have a few gods who are associated with various colored &quot;stars&quot; (i.e. planets.) and gods assigned to each of the 2 moons of my world, I think I have to go with totally coming up with something from scratch for my world...My initial thoughts/instincts are...that since the viewing of the stars was probably developed by the very first &quot;wise/learned peoples&quot;...in my world, the accepted Orean astrology/zodiac would have been created by the Druids...perhaps based off of an Elf origin...or the Druidic Zodiac and the Elvin Zodiac could be unrelated (as the eastern and western zodiacs of the real world).Anyway, a fun creative thought experiment...All thoughts/concepts/comments welcome...and still very interested to hear if you've done anything like this already.--SD</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5450983, member: 92511"] Thanks Dice. I'm thinking that there are a few really simple possibilities: 1) Just use western/greco zodiac as is. 2) Use the Chinese zodiac as is...though then I'd fear ending up with a campaign that runs suspicuously like a season of Jackie Chan Adventures. lol. Much as I loved that cartoon, but still... 3) Using either of the "real world" zodiacs and then just replacing the existing constellations with different figures/animals/symbols. This offers the possibility of using real/actual star charts/astrology as elements in-game with no other work than looking at your conversion list (i.e., Cancer=Thisfantasysign, Gemini=Thatfantasysign.) Since I already have a few gods who are associated with various colored "stars" (i.e. planets.) and gods assigned to each of the 2 moons of my world, I think I have to go with totally coming up with something from scratch for my world... My initial thoughts/instincts are...that since the viewing of the stars was probably developed by the very first "wise/learned peoples"...in my world, the accepted Orean astrology/zodiac would have been created by the Druids...perhaps based off of an Elf origin...or the Druidic Zodiac and the Elvin Zodiac could be unrelated (as the eastern and western zodiacs of the real world). Anyway, a fun creative thought experiment... All thoughts/concepts/comments welcome...and still very interested to hear if you've done anything like this already. --SD [/QUOTE]

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