Yora
2010-05-01, 06:40 AM
I've become very fond of the epics of ancient greece and india, as well as other kinds of archaic fantasy, like Conan or the very early history of other fantasy settings like Forgotten Realms, Eberron, or Azeroth.
Unfortunately, most modern fantasy is based more on medieval and renaissance europe and east asia with very few resources explicitly referring to these earlier ages. So I'd like to create a kind of index for such materials, but as I don't know much about lesser known publications, I hope there will be lots of contributions by other people as well.
Frostburn: Frostburn deals primarily with arctic environments in general, but also includes lots of material on primitive societies and their weapons and other equipment. If you wan't to play an ice age campaign, this is the book for you.
Lost Empires of Faerūn: This book coveres several ancient empires of the Forgotten Realms setting. As the realms are effectively timeless when it comes to technology and society, it's not that drastically different, but I still think it's a very good read.
Secrets of Xen'drik: This book is very different than the regional splatbooks of the FR and even Secrets of Sarlona. It's primary focus is on the exploration and treasure hunting of modern adventurers, but it also has quite some infos about the really old ancient kingdoms of the continent and many locations that still hint at what they once were.
Races of Stone & Races of the Wild: These books do not actually refer to a different time frame than other 3rd Ed. publications, but I think their representation of elven, halfling, and goliath society (not so sure about dwarves and gnomes) fits very much into an archaic fantasy setting.
Unfortunately, most modern fantasy is based more on medieval and renaissance europe and east asia with very few resources explicitly referring to these earlier ages. So I'd like to create a kind of index for such materials, but as I don't know much about lesser known publications, I hope there will be lots of contributions by other people as well.
Frostburn: Frostburn deals primarily with arctic environments in general, but also includes lots of material on primitive societies and their weapons and other equipment. If you wan't to play an ice age campaign, this is the book for you.
Lost Empires of Faerūn: This book coveres several ancient empires of the Forgotten Realms setting. As the realms are effectively timeless when it comes to technology and society, it's not that drastically different, but I still think it's a very good read.
Secrets of Xen'drik: This book is very different than the regional splatbooks of the FR and even Secrets of Sarlona. It's primary focus is on the exploration and treasure hunting of modern adventurers, but it also has quite some infos about the really old ancient kingdoms of the continent and many locations that still hint at what they once were.
Races of Stone & Races of the Wild: These books do not actually refer to a different time frame than other 3rd Ed. publications, but I think their representation of elven, halfling, and goliath society (not so sure about dwarves and gnomes) fits very much into an archaic fantasy setting.