kigmatzomat
Hero
Hi Enworld. I'm helping a friend build his first campaign and the general theme we came up with was "Land of a Thousand Gods." This is a setting where every village has some protector and cities have their own "deity" living onsite. The only universal religions are elementalists (sun/fire, water, air/storm, earth) and "nature" (aka druids). The world has no "true" gods, so few priests with more than 2nd level spells, and the lack of broad civilization makes wizardry quite rare.
Each valley, mountain, or river, or particularly notable spot will be an independent community. The land varies between extremes; towering forests, bleak deserts, raging oceans, looming mountains, and only the largest city-state controls the land a week's ride from the gates.
The home setting will be a monastery/library so in many cases the players will be working from little more than scraps of rumors. What I'd like is for people to throw out ideas for locales in this world. We expect the Kurzon Boat people to revere Lady Kurzon (nymph of the Kurzon River), the Oakblood tribe to protect and be protected by the living forest (treants), the city of Tal-Athas to be ruled by their Eternal King (lich), etc, etc.
We'll be adding demons/devils/undead with the ability to possess people so feel free to improvise.
Each valley, mountain, or river, or particularly notable spot will be an independent community. The land varies between extremes; towering forests, bleak deserts, raging oceans, looming mountains, and only the largest city-state controls the land a week's ride from the gates.
The home setting will be a monastery/library so in many cases the players will be working from little more than scraps of rumors. What I'd like is for people to throw out ideas for locales in this world. We expect the Kurzon Boat people to revere Lady Kurzon (nymph of the Kurzon River), the Oakblood tribe to protect and be protected by the living forest (treants), the city of Tal-Athas to be ruled by their Eternal King (lich), etc, etc.
We'll be adding demons/devils/undead with the ability to possess people so feel free to improvise.