So here's the current list of things Im pondering for Bryn Mawr - and the more interesting will probably become blog posts as I mentally delve into the political and social traits of the the game world, perhaps to the point of splitting the posts off into thier own blog. But thats all in the future... for now I just need to get the ideas out of my head and into some sort of physical form. So with no further ado...
The grand list of ponderings
- What are the real world parallels of the cultures of the races?
- Ice houses - how is food preserved among the major races of the world? How is it prepared?
- Is there an Aurora in the world? How far south does it show, what colors?
- What sort of drinks (especially alcoholic) do the different races make or brew? For example Rat Lager of the Dwarves
- How big are the fields of the world? Perhaps the size of an American football field
- How common are tornadoes?
- Is there Ergot? do people know what it is?
- The "Town Cryer of Carnegie Towers" as an NPC.
- Mental illness, how common and how is it treated?
- How common are taverns? Are they just places to drink or something more
- Are there any cows or are deer, elk and fish the main sources of meat?
- What are the standardized units of the kingdoms?
- How is death and burial treated by the races
- What are the unifying cultural meals of the races
- What spices are in the land?
- Does millet or sorghum exist? What are the grains and staples of the races?
- Are there city states in the world?
- What founder crops are there for each race?
- Are there any military colonies?
- What amount of the houses in the world are also storefronts and shops?
- Skiing in the land?
- Where are the canals from the Great Empire?
- What is know about the lake that exists at the site of the former capital of the Great Empire? What is weird?
- What sort of mines are in the land?
- Are imperial gifts, ala the Chinese, in the world? Gifts that are part bribe part grease to maintain the government, known as pander diplomacy
- What is the link between crafts and government?
- Is there an incarnation of the memory of the land?
- What is the religions of the land like? Dualistic, monotheistic, or pantheistic?
- Do the Nephillum have a place in the game? The children of man and angel.
- Is Borron treated as a great betrayer or a cleanser of iniquity? Are there differing views? Does anyone worship him?
- Are there fairs in the land?
- How are markets handled?
- How are family feuds handled?
- How is magic like polymorph treated in the legal system
- Do fish ponds exist in the land?
- Whats Breakfast or Childs ale like? How common?
- Do people eat seafood? How often and what sort?
- Are there deer parks?
- How heroic are PCs expected to be?
- are there Equinox ceremonies?
- does the fairy realm exist?
- How common is Human Sacrifice?
- What is the role of Anchorites in the land?
- Are there any special rules or folk lore on how magic might or might not work?
- What sort of architecture does each race favor?
- Do chariots have a role in the world?
- How rare are diamonds?
- the importance of genealogy and who you are related to
- are sacrifices offered in times of natural disasters
- do the gods need appeased or hornored
- whats paper like in the world?
- are there sacred mountains?
- What role do titles have in the land?
- Whats food like? What sort of food?
- Are there healing wells? Is there worship at these wells?
- Are there fae and do they live in the hollow hills? What lives in the hollow hills instead?
- What symbols are worn by different groups in combat to avoid fraticide
- Do swords tell of their achievements and uses when cleaned?
- Is there a Plain of Pillars from some ancient battle?
- Are there merchant houses?
- What are taxes and dues like in the land
- Are there faerie doctors?
- What is the role of the giant in the land? Are they in decline, have they become corrupted?
- Is there an equivalent to the Fomori?
- What role do Doorkeepers have in the land?
- Are there bloodfines?
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