Turakian Age Questions

[Alcamtar]

1. Are elven and dwarven naming elements translated anywhere?

2. Are there any large deserts or arid regions in Ambrethel? At a glance it seems the whole world is fertile, except the polar regions. There is of course the Harge****e devastation, but I'm talking about natural climate areas.

[Steve Long]

1. No.

2. Not in the areas depicted, no. Some areas (e.g., parts of Mhorecia and southern Mitharia) are fairly arid compared to other parts, but there are no true Sahara- or Southwest US-style deserts. As discussed on page 50, there's lots more to the world, and there could certainly be deserts there.

[Labrat]

1. No.

2. Not in the areas depicted, no. Some areas (e.g., parts of Mhorecia and southern Mitharia) are fairly arid compared to other parts, but there are no true Sahara- or Southwest US-style deserts. As discussed on page 50, there's lots more to the world, and there could certainly be deserts there.

1. You can get a feel for racial naming conventions by looking at the names of the elven tribes... I actually encourage my players to take their tribal name as a 'surname'. The dwarven locations/cities and some of the mentioned NPCs could help establish a dwarven naming convention.

2. Maybe the Harge****e Devestation region would still fit your purposes if you made it the way you are envisioning it? I am tempted to think of it as a region of 'post-apocalyptic fantasy'. I'll have to check out what Steve wrote about it when I get a moment. Seems like a pretty good place to adventure in any case.

Hope this helps.

[Dale A. Ward]

Hey, Al... you know the old joke about the Sahara Forest, don't you? :D