tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post6206557164279830340..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: The Fantastical Possibilities of a Local EconomyAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-88555175134784468512014-01-08T02:21:55.981-07:002014-01-08T02:21:55.981-07:00I find your idea of using the elements of real wor...I find your idea of using the elements of real world in a fantasy campaign very interesting.<br />I am personally not convinced it would work for me. One of the charms of playing in a fantasy world is the discovering "the unknown" also in the geographical and cultural sense. Unfortunately I find it very difficult to get as a player as very few DMs I know bring depth to these aspects of the game.<br />But generally I would opt for visiting a great fantastic city I've never heard of than a fantastic city of Paris. But in truth it's a matter of proper presentation not the city name, so what do I know...<br />I am just curious, what lies in your world on the lands of current Poland? Is it a region inhabited by some demihuman race, a savage wilderness or a human kingdom?Yarivandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435729264105444880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-32160233465713986802014-01-06T11:26:31.257-07:002014-01-06T11:26:31.257-07:00You can find a list of the monsters faced by the o...You can find a list of the monsters faced by the online party on one of the player's blogrolls, Blaise, <a href="http://ahmetogluahmet.blogspot.ca/search?updated-min=2013-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=3" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://ahmetogluahmet.blogspot.ca/search?updated-min=2012-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2013-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=11" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://ahmetogluahmet.blogspot.ca/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=3" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />From those links, you'll see the party has fought an astral wolf, a huecuva, pirates, a man on tarn back, kobalds, an otyugh, a hydra and ghouls. They've also met a dragon and a ghost. Recently they fought a wraith, but that's not included in the blog roll yet.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-49116452520172059052014-01-06T08:38:39.970-07:002014-01-06T08:38:39.970-07:00Thanks Alexis, I had always wondered where the fan...Thanks Alexis, I had always wondered where the fantastical fit in to your world. I suspect you may have written about it before but I have not done the work to seek it out. If this is not true, I would be interested in the "monsters" in your world.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />BlaiseBlaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11540765488623200141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-5872840076473460772014-01-03T21:04:45.049-07:002014-01-03T21:04:45.049-07:00I suppose you could look to see what were the last...I suppose you could look to see what were the last animals that the native americans made extinct and just add them back in. You would probably have all types of megafauna like wooly mammoths and aurochs instead of buffalo. You would probably find your giant beavers as well.jbeltmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02264520619277158883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-78957440059604445872014-01-03T16:55:24.926-07:002014-01-03T16:55:24.926-07:00I know it's crazy, but I'd go absolutely b...I know it's crazy, but I'd go absolutely bonkers if that sort of thing started showing up on the trade tables.<br /><br />"Yes, my fighter has an addiction to candied Wyvern stings. Well, yes, I know it'll cost the party a good 800 gp a month, but what can I say? It's deadly good eating!"<br /><br />That said, if you've left out the Native American tribes, does that include things like the Aztec and Mayan civilizations in South America as demihumans? Do you have a rationale in place, (assuming not, I think I've heard them mentioned before, could be wrong), for why they opted not to spread further north?<br /><br />Would be really fun and interesting indeed to play a campaign of settling the frontier by fire and sword (and wagon trains).Pandredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917809464727878157noreply@blogger.com