Boric Slavelord Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 First off let me say I'm glad to be here! And having been out of the HERO loop for quite some time. With the new 6th edition out and the new edition of FANTASY HERO coming out soon I'm looking to start new fantasy campaign and wanted to hash over some ideas here with you all. I want to do something kinda new but it seems there isn't anything really new. But to start lets say the new campaign world is set on world that is first off FLAT but supported by HUGE pylons that vanish off into infinity. Aside from that the world is pretty much like our earth in terms of climate and terrain. There are no gods per se but there are references to the ONE who created all things. Although there are various other beings of supernatural ability. There's magic of course but not everyone can use it except those few who are given the gift or talent. These we'll call Magisters who are born really powerful but need time and training to use that gift properly. and that's just for starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World Cool idea with the flat Earth thing. Hope to see more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World Looking forward to hearing more. And welcome aboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boric Slavelord Posted June 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World Looking forward to hearing more. And welcome aboard! The bunny avatar is scaring me..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World The bunny avatar is scaring me..... Boric Slavelord is wise. Only two posts in, and already he knows to Ph3ar teh bunneh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boric Slavelord Posted June 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World I'm trying to think what to put on this world insofar as races. All the standards have been done to death but at the seem time there's a reason they have been. Humans of course will be on this world but I want NO orcs but I really would like some kind of "bad guy" race. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World Hmmm. Flat World, and a Non Orc Bad guy. First question then, is What's on the Bottom? ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World I agree with Rex. I think you should design the bad guy with close reference to the world you are creating. They might have something to do with the flat earth (upsidedowners) or the pylons (pylon flying lizard men). They should be closely tied into the building and design of the background. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boric Slavelord Posted June 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World Hmmm. Flat World, and a Non Orc Bad guy. First question then, is What's on the Bottom? ~Rex Well the world sits on these HUGE pylons which seem to go off into infinity. What's below there? Probably some dark mind bending species. Haven't quite decided yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World Well the world sits on these HUGE pylons which seem to go off into infinity. What's below there? Probably some dark mind bending species. Haven't quite decided yet. I think Rex meant what was on the bottom of the flat earth (or that's how I read it)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World Precisely.... ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boric Slavelord Posted June 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World I think Rex meant what was on the bottom of the flat earth (or that's how I read it)... Oooohhh. Haven't really thought about that but I'm thinking some kind of underworld. Maybe some kind of Behemoth dwells there that's the size of a world. Worshipped by strange red humaniods with six arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boric Slavelord Posted June 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World Here's another one. The "Sun" orbits the world and disappears in the huge forest of pylons at night but doesn't shine there. It just vanishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grymour Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World This sounds a great deal like something Farmer did with his world of Teirs series... perhaps the "gods" are simply powerful beings identical to humans, but far more powerful. One or more created the world, got tired of it and moved on. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World *Goes into thinking Mode* ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boric Slavelord Posted June 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World This sounds a great deal like something Farmer did with his world of Teirs series... perhaps the "gods" are simply powerful beings identical to humans' date=' but far more powerful. One or more created the world, got tired of it and moved on. Just a thought.[/quote'] Or maybe just one god or Creator and the rest are just very powerful beings. The nature of the Pylons themselves I could keep mysterious. I'm thinking they're constructed of some strange stone metallic material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World Pylonium.........it surfaces once again in the annals of RPG metals and minerals. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World Here's another one. The "Sun" orbits the world and disappears in the huge forest of pylons at night but doesn't shine there. It just vanishes. ...into the pylons?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boric Slavelord Posted June 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World ...into the pylons?? Into that region beyond into which the pylons stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World Into that region beyond into which the pylons stretch. That doesn't suggest a story. The sun disappearing into the pylons suggests a story at some point and something different about the world. Right now I am thinking that this world sounds like a 64 pin computer chip.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World Seems to me one could almost structure it like a ball. Flat World on the inside, pylons going down to the interior of the ball, into a pit of "flame", which spits out a ball once in awhile, that rolls up one side of the sphere (the sun), and then comes back to another side...... Or something like that....anyway....thinking. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSandman Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: A Whole New World I'd suggest reading the page about Discworld ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld_(world) ) either for ideas-to-do or not-to-do At least you'll be aware of it if a player mentions it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boric Slavelord Posted June 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Re: A Whole New World I'd suggest reading the page about Discworld ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld_(world) ) either for ideas-to-do or not-to-do At least you'll be aware of it if a player mentions it... Yes I know about Discworld. Another idea is to have the world be very huge I was thinking it would be about say hundreds of thousands of miles long and wide. Make it square. I was thinking an immense river flows all along the edge of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Re: A Whole New World I was thinking an immense river flows all along the edge of it.with the afterlife on the other side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Re: A Whole New World Hmm... flat world, pylons disappearing into the sky... the logical conclusion (from a mythic cosmological perspective) is that the pylons actually support the sky. This would lend itself to an almost Ptolemaic model of the universe, with the flat world at the center and the sun, moon, stars and planets on "crystal spheres" or some other type of conveying framework. This of course begs the question of what lies outside this framework. Whoa, wait a second. I just got hit with the most bizarre vision. The pylons are actually the stacks of enormous furnaces and steam engines beneath the surface of the earth, which power the machinery that keep the heavens turning. What belches out of the stacks forms the clouds. The sun is an enormous ball filled with combustibles, which emerges out of the top of one pylon, tracks across the sky as it burns its "fuel," then passes into another pylon on the opposite side of the world, from where it's carried beneath the earth overnight to its starting position and refueled for the next day's run. If there's anyone living on the "bottom" of the world, they never see the sun at all. I need to think more about the implications of this. And BTW, Boric, welcome back to HERO and to our community! I hope you derive much enjoyment from both. (Might be a worthy occasion to consider emancipating those slaves.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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