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Ok kids, I need some ideas.
I am attempting to populate my world, and I have this tendency to hit a blank wall. Most worlds aren't completely populated from just one person's brain.
So what I'm looking for are kingdom ideas. I'm pretty good at running with a basic idea, but well, there are lots of kingdoms and I don't want them to all just be clones of each other, so I'm looking for a little spice.
Here are the parameters:
BTW, by kingdom mostly I mean political entity. It doesn't have to be king-ruler type of kingdom. Could just
be a grouping of city-states. Or it could even be quasi-democracy. Who knows.
Mostly human, of various races. In fact, most of the western european style kingdoms are already populated, so most of what
I'm likely to want to do include less western traditions, especially in ethnic appearance and culture.
There are non-human races, and there can be entirely non-human kingdoms, though these are a bit
dicy. Elves are unlikely, but still possible if it's interesting. My elves are xenophobic by nature, and it's
not likely they'll overcome that politically. Dwarves are the most likely in terms of non-humans to organize somewhat and
be wide open to human interaction. Orcs and goblins don't organize well. An organized maroan (catman) or gnoll kingdom
is possible too.
The magic level is medium; it's generally restricted to those born with the capability of doing it. In some parts of the world magic is really hated, unless it's priestly, but in other parts it can be tolerated.
I have lots of terrain to play with. In one part of the world I have a big, sort of evil-ish empire that's expanding,
and in another part of the world I have the remains of an older empire that collapse several hundred years ago,
but like the Roman empire (which it is heavily based upon) its influence is still felt simply by having touched
so many people in so many places.
Oh yes, humans mix with all of the races really well, so half-human stuff is great and fits into the world really well; but the races don't mix with each other, so there is no half-dwarf/half-elf combo, for example.
I am attempting to populate my world, and I have this tendency to hit a blank wall. Most worlds aren't completely populated from just one person's brain.
So what I'm looking for are kingdom ideas. I'm pretty good at running with a basic idea, but well, there are lots of kingdoms and I don't want them to all just be clones of each other, so I'm looking for a little spice.
Here are the parameters:
BTW, by kingdom mostly I mean political entity. It doesn't have to be king-ruler type of kingdom. Could just
be a grouping of city-states. Or it could even be quasi-democracy. Who knows.
Mostly human, of various races. In fact, most of the western european style kingdoms are already populated, so most of what
I'm likely to want to do include less western traditions, especially in ethnic appearance and culture.
There are non-human races, and there can be entirely non-human kingdoms, though these are a bit
dicy. Elves are unlikely, but still possible if it's interesting. My elves are xenophobic by nature, and it's
not likely they'll overcome that politically. Dwarves are the most likely in terms of non-humans to organize somewhat and
be wide open to human interaction. Orcs and goblins don't organize well. An organized maroan (catman) or gnoll kingdom
is possible too.
The magic level is medium; it's generally restricted to those born with the capability of doing it. In some parts of the world magic is really hated, unless it's priestly, but in other parts it can be tolerated.
I have lots of terrain to play with. In one part of the world I have a big, sort of evil-ish empire that's expanding,
and in another part of the world I have the remains of an older empire that collapse several hundred years ago,
but like the Roman empire (which it is heavily based upon) its influence is still felt simply by having touched
so many people in so many places.
Oh yes, humans mix with all of the races really well, so half-human stuff is great and fits into the world really well; but the races don't mix with each other, so there is no half-dwarf/half-elf combo, for example.
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Date: 2004-12-24 05:44 pm (UTC)