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Hi everyone!
I got the world building bug again and so I'm building another world. I have three hooks so far:
1. Orcs are not irredeemable monsters.
2. The human empire is unsure whether or not it has toppled.
3. Current technology is Crusades era.
I haven't a map yet. But so far I have the following cultures:
1. Orcs belong to a barbarian culture that has invaded the Human Empire at least three times. They are Shamanistic clans to the most part, but some clans have adopted Christianity. (Yes, Christianity is a part of this world). Most of the orcs believe in the Spirit World and in Totems. Orcs will be designed after the World of Warcraft RPG orcs. Low Middle Ages era technology.
2. Elves are the wisest and beautiful of all beings. They are divided into three different cultures. The Noldor, also known as High Elves, live in a secluded valley forest away from Men. They are still considered pagan by the Church, but mostly they are Atheistic. Renaissance technology.
3. The Psiar, also known as Psionic Elves, live in a virgin forest away from most men. They adopted Christianity, but practice outside of the Church. Thus they are considered Heretics. To this day, no one fanatic has dared to venture into the forest to force the Church on the Psiar. Renaissance technology.
4. The Sindar, the most primitive of the elves. They are wood elves of the Black Forest. They are pagan and believe in a myriad of elf gods. None have adopted Christianity. Dark Ages technology.
5. The human empire. Vast lands have been conquered. But they never conquered the forests of the Elves. It has ruled for 700 years, but now it's in troubling decline, almost collapsed. Two emperors claim control. One is a pagan heretic, the other is a Christian. However, Crusades fever has gripped control of the Populace and they attack the other human Empire, which is also in decline. Crusades era technology.
6. The Other Human Empire is based on Fate worship. This empire is also in decline, but has weathered three orc invasions. It believes that the Orcs are irredeemable, and have called Jihad against the Orcs, but they never expected fellow humans to come into their lands trying to reconquer the human city of Sion for Christians. Crusades era technology.
That's what I have so far.
Sindar... Noldor... Tolkien wants his royalties!
Also... S(Z)ion? Jihad? The crusades? This is, uh, weird. How exactly are you going to reconcile real-world mythology with this fantasy landscape?
Suppose you have a group of players one of whom wants to play a wood elf, one a Muslim Fate worshipper, one an orc, one a Christian. Where in the world can they adventure without the locals wanting to lynch one or more of them? This is a problem IMO.
BTW, the Sindar weren't the same as the wood elves in Tolkien's work.
I don't see it as lazy. Just realistic. Here's why.
All the populated star systems in our Galaxy has a Jesus Christ overseeing them as a governor. A few examples I can think off of the top of my head:
* Beta Capricornis Prime. Homeworld of orcs. The Orcs do exist and currently in their seventh period of development. They have an Orc Christ ruling over them.
* Betelgeuse Prime, homeworld of the Dragons. Yes, dragons do exist and have been to Earth and Mars during the Neolithic Age. They have a Christ overseeing their development. He's a dragon.
* Andromeda (alpha) Prime, homeworld of the (Andromedan) Elves. Yes, elves do exist and they live on average to 700 of our years. They have a Christ. He's an elf.
When a new world is going to be Created, the Advanced Human mother creates a child that is always male. His father provides him with an Essence (or Spirit, if you will). Then the male is reared by the Mother until he is "Weaned." Then the Father takes him to his work.
He is reared by his Advanced Human Father to be the Overseer of the solar system he's creating. Then his mother would create other humans (using human loosely and broadly). When the Overseer son goes down to the created World to experience Earth life, he will potentially take a mate. The mate can either be male or female, mostly because he was reared by his Advanced Human mother. Our Christ currently has a female wife.
Christianity has always existed in some form in the Universe. And will always exist. A world without Christianity is no world at all.
It's at times like this I want to reconsider my personal refusal to use emojis. Words alone can't.
Anyway, my own point was unrelated to the others. How does your game world support a diverse party? Or are PCs restricted in which of those backgrounds they can choose?
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I don't know if the OP is being serious or not.
Took a quick look at post history. I'd go with: serious.
Sounds similar to Mormonism. If your party is fine with it, then fine. It’s not like you are planning to sell this to a mass audience.
If using an Abrahamic-style God, then I recommend you have divine characters revere “saints” as their deities. That way diversifies and opens up the domains and such your religion can handle.
But rather than building a whole world, you should probably just start with a small country where the adventure will take place. You can always expand to other countries and lands as needed.
Until the topic gets locked, I will toss in my ideas.
Using Pathfinder normal levels of magic, Jesus probably was the cleric of an adventuring party. JC overthrew the Roman Empire(at least half of it), appointed the first Pope, then ascended.
Saints and descendants of JC or Hercules will be mythic characters.
I like atheists being empowered by false godlike Lamias.
You need to have this written out so prospective players can sign off or walk away right at the start. If everyone wants to make conflicting changes, it just isn't happening.
You have quite the obsession with lamias.
I really don't think you need to worry about atheists. There are enough character options that non-divine cultures can do just fine without divine casting. But really, being atheist in a world where religion is easily testable seems very strange. There are clearly "gods". The only thing in question would be if the gods are worthy of worship.
I really don't think you need to worry about atheists. There are enough character options that non-divine cultures can do just fine without divine casting. But really, being atheist in a world where religion is easily testable seems very strange. There are clearly "gods". The only thing in question would be if the gods are worthy of worship.
Fair enough. There are plenty of topics on the subject.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_cosmology
You could say it's a fairly common belief system, but that part of it isn't as well known.
Fairly common doesn't translate to sane.
That seems a little hate speechy
I wouldn't call it that (hate) but Paizo's T&Cs are pretty firmly against any discussion of RL religion. Drop it guys?
Aw nuts.
hate speech: abusive or threatening speech or writing that expresses prejudice against a particular group, especially on the basis of race, religion, or sexual orientation.
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Is it prejudice if it's true? ;p
I'm digging myself into a deeper hole, aren't I?
It is confusing that hate speech doesn’t actually require any hate at all. You can be prejudiced against a group without hating them.
I think it's safe to assume this is for a home game, and not for PBP.
I think the Mods are waiting for enough excuses to lock the topic and are not trying to drive customers away by blocking them.
Prejudice requires the fallacy that any behavior is genetic or part of any belief system.
A few child molesting priests say nothing about Christianity in general.