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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gothmog" data-source="post: 4364542" data-attributes="member: 317">Pretty much everything you listed, with the additions of:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Strong horror elements.  I draw on medieval myths (which were there to pretty much scare the crap out of people), Lovecraft, and some Kult-like references.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Pretty much no non-human PCs.  My homebrew world has 15 cultures that are basically different races, and elves are more like completely amoral eladrin in 4e (think Pratchett's elves, but less funny), dwarves are semi-magical and very reclusive, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Some sort of Roman Empire-like culture or influence.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Sword and sorcery, not high fantasy.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Arcane magic is feared and shunned, because eventually even the best intentioned spellcasters WILL be corrupted by it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Distinct traditions of magic, with very different types of spells and thematic feel.  For example, Cabalism is about rituals, divination, and long-term magical effects, while Witchcraft is more about nature (not in the happy "nature is so benign dude" kind of way), communing with nature spirits, and projection into the spirit world.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Emphasis on investigation/exploration adventures.  The world isn't gonna blow up or end due to the workings of one person or organization, so I tend to shy away from BBEGs or plots where the world must be saved.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> I mostly use a worldview that is semi-medieval/dark ages, but with some weird alterations due to the presence of magic and monsters.  That said, I also have a love of pirates, vikings, seagoing adventures, lost/forgotten civilizations, serpent people/yaun-ti, the Far Realm, and secrets man was not meant to know.</li> </ul>Oddly enough, 4e fits a lot closer with what I'm looking for out of a game for this kind of world that almost any other version of D&D.  I've toned down some aspects of magic (less reliable and natural 1s on spellcasting rolls can have some BAD consequences), but overall magic is less powerful in 4e, and the presence of rituals fits what I'm looking for very closely.Published settings close to my heart are the Old World (Warhammer), Midnight, Freeport, and Arcanis (I dig the Roman-esque feel).</blockquote>

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