Roxxy
2015-01-19, 12:14 AM
Eldrata is a magitech Old West/Victoriana setting that focuses on monster hunting and exploring the unknown in a world characterized by epic scale, fantastic terrain, and wondrous devices. It is not Steampunk, but it shares a lot of tropes and imagery with the genre. The game takes place during a magic-fueled industrial revolution, as the secrets to using arcane magic have recently been unlocked. The world of Eldrata is one that, despite its diversity, is actually rather closely integrated. In the past divine churches spanned the globe, and now mass communication, large global trade networks, and railroads and self propelled ships have tied people ever closely together.
This is a continuation of Thyressa - American Magitech (http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rm2v?Thyressa-American-Magitech#1). Some things have changed, and the world has expended beyond just being an America based fantasy, but what themes were originally in Thyressa are still here.
Here is the main setting document. (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qCKmHScbM_rDJe0oycRkGry12YPQgTvLaFCxs-zLta0/edit?usp=sharing)
Currently, I am focusing on fleshing out Castara and then an important region of a different country, and moving out from there. The sample name sections are not finished yet, but I don't have time to finish them now. I've procrastinated too much on my homework already. Eventually, each ethnic group should have at least ten sample names per gender, plus names for dwarves and drow. Magni, elves, and seraphim name children based on ethnicity, not race. Races don't generally have their own languages do to how interreliant they are.
Armor and Weapons (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mwq_Dr7tWLqZtx2to4x31IYN7m62lcfoCd5efjkyaz4/edit?usp=sharing)
Here is where it starts getting a little weird. Eldrata doesn't really have much in the way of heavy armor, and even breastplates aren't that common. To avoid throwing off game balance, armor was shifted between categories, so a breastplate in Eldrata is equivalent stat wise to full plate in Golarion. Likewise, large swords like the greatsword are also not really a thing, but wielding a longsword two handed will produce equivalent damage. The shortbow is gone, replaced by the recurve bow, which is on par with the longbow. I don't play below level 4, so small monetary amounts aren't something I worry about and I don't have cost values for basic weapons. Some weapons got buffed, Eastern and Western weapons go on the same table, those names in italic are alternate weapons that mimic the listed stats, and there are no small sized player races in Eldrata.
So, how is it so far? Questions? Questions are incredibly useful, because they make me think about things I would not have considered if I weren't asked, and in general greatly speed up my worldbuilding.
This is a continuation of Thyressa - American Magitech (http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rm2v?Thyressa-American-Magitech#1). Some things have changed, and the world has expended beyond just being an America based fantasy, but what themes were originally in Thyressa are still here.
Here is the main setting document. (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qCKmHScbM_rDJe0oycRkGry12YPQgTvLaFCxs-zLta0/edit?usp=sharing)
Currently, I am focusing on fleshing out Castara and then an important region of a different country, and moving out from there. The sample name sections are not finished yet, but I don't have time to finish them now. I've procrastinated too much on my homework already. Eventually, each ethnic group should have at least ten sample names per gender, plus names for dwarves and drow. Magni, elves, and seraphim name children based on ethnicity, not race. Races don't generally have their own languages do to how interreliant they are.
Armor and Weapons (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mwq_Dr7tWLqZtx2to4x31IYN7m62lcfoCd5efjkyaz4/edit?usp=sharing)
Here is where it starts getting a little weird. Eldrata doesn't really have much in the way of heavy armor, and even breastplates aren't that common. To avoid throwing off game balance, armor was shifted between categories, so a breastplate in Eldrata is equivalent stat wise to full plate in Golarion. Likewise, large swords like the greatsword are also not really a thing, but wielding a longsword two handed will produce equivalent damage. The shortbow is gone, replaced by the recurve bow, which is on par with the longbow. I don't play below level 4, so small monetary amounts aren't something I worry about and I don't have cost values for basic weapons. Some weapons got buffed, Eastern and Western weapons go on the same table, those names in italic are alternate weapons that mimic the listed stats, and there are no small sized player races in Eldrata.
So, how is it so far? Questions? Questions are incredibly useful, because they make me think about things I would not have considered if I weren't asked, and in general greatly speed up my worldbuilding.