Another Campaign Setting

[Christopher R Taylor]

I think once I get the Jolrhos project done, all the books out, I'm going to do a simpler fantasy hero campaign setting with a more humble, low magic approach.  The kind where superstition works (you really do get bad luck if you spill salt, unless you throw some over your shoulder), where monsters are more simple than D&D, and where people are the main enemy.  So dragons exist but they are alligator sized and dumb, not building sized and genius.  Where goblins sneak around at night and steal children and alternate races are rare and frightening.

 

The idea appeals to me a lot, and could focus more on political conflicts, wars, and small kingdoms rather than large established long histories.  The kind of campaign that's more like Conan than Lord of the Rings.  I think there's significant interest out there for that kind of thing.

[L. Marcus]

It's the sort of thing I'm going for with my Dagrike setting. Not classic D&D High Fantasy, not Conan-ish Sword & Sorcery, but something in between. Call it Low High Fantasy.

[bluesguy]

It would be easier to digest for new GMs and players as well.

 

I like the idea

[Belwen]

Sounds like a fun setting. It reminds me of Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane stories/setting, though without the sword and sorcery magic.

[Kesedrith]

Sounds like a plan to me.  As some are mentioning, it sounds like a setting that could be used for those who are interested in a more "realistic" sort of fantasy setting.  It could even be modified to be used for those of us who like doing something of a more historical, Medieval flavor.