For some reason its always nice to be able to tell your PC's where and how full the moon(s) is. Also useful for how bright it is at night when in the wilderness.
And useful for having PCs wake up in the middle of the forest covered in blood during a full moon. >:)
I have three things to add: Festivals, Festivals, Festivals!
Days when vudrans get wasted on some herb that makes you reel like an idiot, to greater appreciate physical perfectness. It's breaking day! (people also leave old pottery around)
Beyond that, lots of holidays - religious and secular - and other very important national days. Not every past ruler's birthday, name day, and day he first kissed a girl, but maybe the birth and death dates of the most important of rulers.
If they have continental or even global special non-holiday hilidays (like Children's Day) add them, too.
Some of the days should be tied to specific dates (27 Rova or so), others to things like "First Wealday in Desnus", or even: "First Fireday after the last new moon in summer". Maybe even "whenever Akiton is perfectly aligned with Golarion"
And some, of course, will take place "whenever the High Priest feels like it" or something like that.
cake day, very important that you include delicious cake day
The cake is a lie!
Some holidays should commemorate something huge in meaning for oldsters but have little meaning except for "time off from work/school" for young 'uns; this creates a role-playing opportunity to show generational differences (durn kids--no respect for the past!)
The problem with tying things down to a particular date, is that sometimes the DM wants things to be happening for story reasons, and the last thing anyone wants is a smart aleck player saying "But Vudra pot breaking day is on 12 Rovagug"
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So let's say you buy a book. A book with hard covers. A book with hard covers filled with awesome about a fantasy world.
And in that book, let's say there's a section about time, the calendar, and holy days. And in that section, let's say there's a list of the months of this fantasy world, and in each month are listed things like dates that different fantasy nations celebrate their independence from other fantasy nations and the holy days of the fantasy deities.
Let's say you wanted to see some other kinds of days marked on this fantasy calendar... what other kinds of days would you want to see?
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How about regional holidays. Heck, even go down to holy days or possibly even days based around superstition or something similar. If you guys were really dedicated you could even do holidays that specific towns (most likely the big cities) celebrate.
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The problem with tying things down to a particular date, is that sometimes the DM wants things to be happening for story reasons, and the last thing anyone wants is a smart aleck player saying "But Vudra pot breaking day is on 12 Rovagug"
The other thing you want to be careful of are days that have magical significance -- ie, certain spells work better or worse. You don't want a situation where the party is gearing up to roll out on a quest and the wizard suddenly says "Stop! It's Pranthulmas, all evocations are minimized today!" Or, "Let's wait a week until the Feast of Zikzakius when divinations are always successful."
First, I think a world calender with EVERY significant date would give us Holidays every single day of the year - think of the RW. If Golarion becomes that 'fleshed out', then I would suggest regional calenders eventually down the road - Holidays like 'Christmas' may be multi-national, and a few of those would be nice, but most official Holidays are national, not multi-national.
I'd like to see at least one country have a cultural connection to an entire month - something along the lines of The Holy Month of Ramadan, or Black History Month. This should definately be regional though, and the one that springs to mind is the Vedic-like culture (I forget the name.. begins with 'V' I believe).
Also, at least one Multinational "Time of Giving" style Holiday, similar to RW Christmas, or WoW's Grandfather Winter celebration. Naturally I think it should be in the Winter, but a "Harvest Time" version, or any other season for that matter, could work just as well.
Lastly, I don't think all of this should be worked out now, ahead of time. In the long run, that could come back and bite the designer's in the Tukus. A couple of really important ones at start-up, and then a few more added from time to time as the world grows would be best, IMHO. Having come from FR, I can honestly say that an over-developed world starts to tie the hands of the creative team after awhile, so they really should leave a lot of room for this sort of growth.
Eric Mona Day
At first, I found this funny...
But having a Holiday (ANY Holiday) that coincides with Erik'd Birthday would be a nice homeage.
Then we can take it to the next level - have a Holiday called 'Liberation Day' that coincides with Paizo's break from WotC (the day they officially stopped publishing Dragon together). The hliday can be applied to some IG historical event, but I just thought tying to a real date would be fun.
So let's say you buy a book. A book with hard covers. A book with hard covers filled with awesome about a fantasy world.
And in that book, let's say there's a section about time, the calendar, and holy days. And in that section, let's say there's a list of the months of this fantasy world, and in each month are listed things like dates that different fantasy nations celebrate their independence from other fantasy nations and the holy days of the fantasy deities.
Let's say you wanted to see some other kinds of days marked on this fantasy calendar... what other kinds of days would you want to see?
How about a day or two that started out as a Thasillonian celebration (particularly one with really evil origins) that just sort of carried on into present day, but has been completely re-worked to coincide with modern beliefs? i.e. Cute Puppy Appreciation Day which was originally the Annual Thasillonian Knights of Xin Puppy-Eater Potluck Dinner and Bowling Tournament. BTW, sorry if this is a repeat post.
Eric Mona DayAt first, I found this funny...
But having a Holiday (ANY Holiday) that coincides with Erik'd Birthday would be a nice homage.
It's on the 8th of Nova. :)