Vote Up a Campaign Setting (3E/4E)

[Sereg]

I think supercontinents work well for a desrert setting and to have more than one would work well with travel and trade, therefore paired supercontinents. By the way, Zeta Kai, I could not see the map you drew for Tippy which is a real shame.

[Zeta Kai]

By the way, Zeta Kai, I could not see the map you drew for Tippy which is a real shame.

I'm sorry that you cannot see it. It will be up on my DeviantArt account in a few days.

BTW, all votes are tallied.

[Flame of Anor]

To be perfectly honest, I was never really fun.

This thread has gotten entirely too silly!!!


P.S. Mewtarthio, your signature quote from Kyeudo is funny, but wouldn't it just be dei ex machinis? I wouldn't think that a Latin speaker would have trouble coming up with that or a non-Latin speaker have trouble not using "deus ex machina's".

EDIT: Oops, forgot to vote. I'll vote for paired supercontinents. But I'll change to "few large continents" if it looks like "many small continents" is winning.

[UnChosenOne]

Few Large Continents.

[Mewtarthio]

P.S. Mewtarthio, your signature quote from Kyeudo is funny, but wouldn't it just be dei ex machinis? I wouldn't think that a Latin speaker would have trouble coming up with that or a non-Latin speaker have trouble not using "deus ex machina's".

The trouble is that the latter is clearly incorrect due to its use of the apostrophe, while the former may or may not be entirely accurate. If, for instance, we assume that a single machine is used to lower multiple gods, it would instead by dei ex machina, no?

I really shouldn't be posting this late.

[Fako]

Few Large Continents

[thegurullamen]

I'll vote for A Few Large Continents Shaped Like Spaceships Firing Island-Bullets At Each Other. And a Ninja. Or Null Vote. Whatever's good

[bue52]

Few Large Continents

[Flame of Anor]

The trouble is that the latter is clearly incorrect due to its use of the apostrophe, while the former may or may not be entirely accurate. If, for instance, we assume that a single machine is used to lower multiple gods, it would instead by dei ex machina, no?

I really shouldn't be posting this late.

Ah, I see your problem. I completely agree with your assessment of the hideous form "deus ex machina's", though I have seen it used, I'm afraid. It is an interesting point you make about the single machine, though, I can see how that might make more sense. (Those ancient Greco-Roman theaters, they're never funded enough for multiple machines...)

I really shouldn't be posting this late either.

[Zeta Kai]

I'll vote for A Few Large Continents Shaped Like Spaceships Firing Island-Bullets At Each Other. And a Ninja. Or Null Vote. Whatever's good

I'll put you down for Few Large Continents.

All vote are currently tallied, BTW. And voting will end later this morning (EST).

[Rimx]

Many Small Continents.

[Ghill]

Several Large Continents. But I am curious, should a desert world have oceans of water? What will separate the continents? badlands? Canyons? Mysterious mist? oceans of obscenely fine sand?

[Zeta Kai]

Several Large Continents. But I am curious, should a desert world have oceans of water? What will separate the continents? badlands? Canyons? Mysterious mist? oceans of obscenely fine sand?

1) Several Large Continents is not a valid option. Please choose another.

2) Nobody ever said that this was a completely desert world. This is not Dune D20/4E. The genre is Arabian Nights/Desert Fantasy. That does not equal a setting on a desert planet. This has been mentioned several times, & refuted each time. Don't make me use the F-word*...

*And by "F-word", I mean "Fallacy".

[AgentPaper]

Just because there's water nearby doesn't mean there can't be a desert. Maybe there's some chemical in the water that prevents it from evaporating right. So, water doesn't rise, clouds don't form, no rain. The deserts would go all the way to the ocean. That's just an example, of course. I'm not sure if the build team wants pure desert, there could well be some nicer areas close to the sea or along rivers.

Edit: Zeta got it first. And more relevant, of course.

[Ossian]

For what it counts now, I'd cast my vote for the several small islands. I like the opportunities they propvide and they fit well with the previous ingredients (especially the peopling, the magic as main antagonyst and the climate/terrain), but again, that's how I see the movie playing in my head.



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[afroakuma]

Well, here we are at what I believe will be the last full week of voting. I think we've got some pretty decent ideas so far.

[Zeta Kai]

Just because there's water nearby doesn't mean there can't be a desert. Maybe there's some chemical in the water that prevents it from evaporating right. So, water doesn't rise, clouds don't form, no rain. The deserts would go all the way to the ocean. That's just an example, of course. I'm not sure if the build team wants pure desert, there could well be some nicer areas close to the sea or along rivers.

But there doesn't have to be any special properties of the water to make large swaths of desert on a planet. Earth has ~70% of its surface covered in water, & of the 7 land masses large enough to be considered continents, 2 of them are largely desert (Antarctica & Australia). Then theres the Sahara, which dominates the northern third of Africa. Then there's the Middle East, which inspired this setting & is half-desert. Then there's the smaller deserts of the world, like the Gobi & the Mohave. Our own planet is a testament to the saying "Water, water, everywhere, & not a drop to drink."

[afroakuma]

Not to mention what constitutes desert can be caused by geological features such as high mountain ranges that simply block most rainfall.

[Lappy9000]

Many Small Continents sound interesting....

[puppyavenger]

I'm going to change my vote from paired supercontinents to Few large continents

[Sereg]

I'm going to change my vote from paired supercontinents to Few large continents

Same here. It at least has a decent chance of winning.

[Zeta Kai]

The votes are in, & the winning Geography is Few Large Continents!

So next, I need you guys (& girls) to vote on the setting’s Primary Religion. Votes will be tallied regularly. As always, please only vote for 1 religion type, & please peruse the voting rules. Remember, this is not a RL religious debate; let's keep this civil & pertinent to the setting. Thank you for voting.

Primary Religion

{table=head]Religion (Examples)
No Gods (Atheism/Buddhism/Jainism)
One Single God (Christianity/Islam/Judaism/Sikhism/Bahá'í)
Yin/Yang Gods (Zoroastrianism/Daoism)
Triumvirate (Hindu Trimurti)
Divine-Mortal Lineage (State Shinto)
Pantheon (Core D&D/Greco-Roman/Egyptian/Norse)
Infinite Gods (Hinduism/Shintoism)[/table]

[XiaoTie]

Divine-Mortal Lineage seems like a really good idea for a desert setting, but I'll vote for Triumvirate.

[Human Paragon 3]

I vote for Infinite Gods/Pantheism. Spirits are in everything, some more powerful than others.

Also, I don't see why some people couldn't favor another religion, such as a monotheistic sect.

[puppyavenger]

so this is only the main religion, not the one that everyone worships, right? because for example, a group of monotheists worshiping a particularly powerful spirit as the only god.

also infinite gods

[afroakuma]

We're trying not to overcomplicate things, so we're really voting right now for the total number and structure of gods.

As an example, the Hindu Trimurti consists of three equal and ruling gods. Sivaism/Shivaism believes in Siva/Shiva as the greatest of these three. So there is some latitude for variations.

[bue52]

I don't see why divine power can't just come from angels or something like that... so Single God, then u can twist clerics here and there, allowing something different yet similar.

[Fako]

Triumvirate...I've never seen the setup used in a campaign (though that could just be my lack of knowledge of campaigns...)

[zagan]

Infinite Gods would be a nice change.

[Satyr]

No Gods. I would very like to see a setting without any gods. Just because it would be an exception to the general presentation of fantasy with the almost standardized Pantheon and something that is more exclusive (meaning not as overused) and therefore it can establish a more innovative and interesting distinguishment to the fantasy setting uniformity.