zelandia - the homebrew setting based off New Zealand . Part 1

List of gods I’m doing :
Tane Mahuta - god of the forest
Mother papatuanuku - god of the earth
Father Ranginui- god of the sky
Tangaroa - god of the sea
Whiro- god of darkness
Tumatauenga - god of war
 

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Zardnaar

Legend
Am I the only one who has seen Kea in their native environment? Grew up in east Otago but used to go up the Waitaki Valley to Mount Cook and they were up there. They liked butter IIRC and undoing your shoe laces. Were not overly afraid of humans.

Being D&D you can over exaggerate things. Zealandia is bigger than NZ perhaps. The South Island has massive fiords, forests, alpine areas, and plains (for Canterbury Plains).

Pre colonisation native bush probably covered a lot of that. It was cleared with fire by the Maori and later the Europeans. You would have thought the Moa would have survived in the Interior somewhere but they didn't.

Some interesting Moa type stuff.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03036758.2012.751038

And this

http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/kea

Worst part of NZ for national pride. Yanks get an Eagle as a national bird, Russians get a bear, British get a bulldog, and we get a half blind flightless bird that is dog tucker for any predator bigger than a mouse.
 
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Zardnaar

Legend
Scotland gets a unicorn as their national animal.

That is still an improvement. Wales gets a Dragon.

Anyway Kea +2 int, +1 con IMHO. As a Humanoid perhaps resistance to cold, it gets cold up in the alps.

Might need an ancient race. If you have read the Riftwar Saga the Valheru (Dragonlords) created animal/humanopid mixes but in a fantasy NZ that race could be something like an ancient lizard man empire or whatever. I think we had arctic dinosaurs here going back further.
 

cbwjm

Seb-wejem
I definitely mentioned the unicorn as an improvement.

If not straight up cold resistance for the kea then a ribbon ability which adapts it to the cold like the goliath ability might be suitable.
 

Zardnaar

Legend
I definitely mentioned the unicorn as an improvement.

If not straight up cold resistance for the kea then a ribbon ability which adapts it to the cold like the goliath ability might be suitable.

Oh half Dragon Kea. Where did I put that 3.5 template (just say no).
 

I definitely mentioned the unicorn as an improvement.

If not straight up cold resistance for the kea then a ribbon ability which adapts it to the cold like the goliath ability might be suitable.

Yeah kea cold resistance is in concrete and will be there . Damn wish I could get some decent illustrations for these races haha I’m doing part 2 tonight as we speak so shouldn’t be long !
 

Stormdale

Explorer
Am I the only one who has seen Kea in their native environment? Grew up in east Otago but used to go up the Waitaki Valley to Mount Cook and they were up there. They liked butter IIRC and undoing your shoe laces. Were not overly afraid of humans.

Had our car attacked by a few as a kid at a picnic stop on one of the alpine passes- can't recall if at Arthur's Pass or on our way to Milford but they had a fondness for the rubber seals around windows in older cars and car aerials too IIRC.

Stormdale
 

Had our car attacked by a few as a kid at a picnic stop on one of the alpine passes- can't recall if at Arthur's Pass or on our way to Milford but they had a fondness for the rubber seals around windows in older cars and car aerials too IIRC.

Stormdale

hahaha crack up. I have never seen them in the wild but I have heard they are funny as :):):):).
 

Preview of Part 2!!!

Tangaroa the demigod of the ocean, lakes and rivers

Follower Alignments are usually TN (true neutral).

The first born son of the sky father and earth mother who governs the waters in and around Aoteari. He does not take sides defined by good and evil and often does not care for mortal matters and only cares for the beings that dwell in the water. He lives under the great lake of Taupor, the largest lake in Maui in his underwater domain. He often calls upon and uses his 5 guardian children called the Taniwha to protect his water kingdoms from those that may seek to poison or disrespect the balance and life of the beings that ruled under him. The common civilized races often pay him and his water kingdoms respect and build shrines in his name as to not anger the wrath of either him or his powerful Taniwha children. Even the wicked Whiro is reluctant and takes caution as to not face the wrath of his eldest brother as it is said he is the mightiest of all children born from the sky father and earth mother.



Whiro the demigod of darkness and death

Follower Alignments are usually LE or NE. 

The Last born and youngest of the children born from the sky father and earth mother. He is the embodiment of all evil in Aoteari. He seeks nothing more then to bring death and misery to all beings. He is a master of trickery, deception and lies and is always cunning and scheming, wishing to undermine the authority of his parents and siblings. He draws his power from death, pain and suffering of others and lives in his vast underground kingdom below the swamps of Kara. He is attended by many creatures such as all those that befoul the cycle of life and death such as liches, necromancers and other undead beings. His most vast servants are the Weta race who were created in his image and who make up the bulk of his servants who seek the pleasures of pain and death of others. It is even said he seeks allies (perhaps demon lords?) to further his goals and to see all life defiled and removed.
 

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