This Modern Death Forum - Burning Sundays Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:57:03 -0400 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.10 Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5055#Comment_5055 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5055#Comment_5055 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:37:30 -0500 Randy World Burning Questions PDF

What's the Big Picture? What's going on in this setting that makes it ripe for adventure?
What's changing, evolving, declining?

What's the world's culture? What are the cultural analogs? Analogs can be taken from
historical earth, current events or fantasy works.]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5057#Comment_5057 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5057#Comment_5057 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:02:15 -0500 Amnesiac Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5060#Comment_5060 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5060#Comment_5060 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:12:02 -0500 Amnesiac interesting info.]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5061#Comment_5061 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5061#Comment_5061 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:12:16 -0500 Randy power metal.]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5062#Comment_5062 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5062#Comment_5062 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:30:31 -0500 Randy Posted By: Amnesiactechnology with the power to change the world: Iron.
This is awesome.
I am already imagining Egyptian-flavored Elves and Assyrian-flavored Men.]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5064#Comment_5064 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5064#Comment_5064 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:10:31 -0500 Shaun
Also, do you want to run this game, Randy? I have no problem abdicating the GM seat :)]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5067#Comment_5067 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5067#Comment_5067 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:24:44 -0500 Amnesiac Posted By: ShaunAlso, do you want to run this game, Randy? I have no problem abdicating the GM seat :)

This sounds suspiciously like a request.]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5069#Comment_5069 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5069#Comment_5069 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:26:10 -0500 Shaun Posted By: AmnesiacThis sounds suspiciously like a request.Hey, I don't mind being a BW player and doing the hard work.]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5071#Comment_5071 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5071#Comment_5071 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:27:51 -0500 Amnesiac Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5075#Comment_5075 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5075#Comment_5075 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:34:42 -0500 Shaun Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5077#Comment_5077 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5077#Comment_5077 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:41:09 -0500 Amnesiac Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5078#Comment_5078 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5078#Comment_5078 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:02:28 -0500 Shaun
The people are more or less unfazed by what's going on - they're used to being ruled by a dictator. One tyrant's the same as another, and, thanks to the power of iron, the city is actually doing fairly well for itself.

If we go with that, then the PC's should come from one of the towns about to be conquered - perhaps one that remained loyal to one of the dead heirs. In fact, maybe there's a rightful heir in hiding, perhaps sent away with servants before his or her father's stronghold was sacked.]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5080#Comment_5080 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5080#Comment_5080 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:14:04 -0500 Amnesiac
How homogenized was the culture in the Empire? I'm thinking they came in, conquered, installed a local governor, and then left well enough alone as long as the tribute kept coming. Enough structure for there to be a bastardized common trade language, but not so much that the whole thing could be considered a single culture.]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5081#Comment_5081 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5081#Comment_5081 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:36:49 -0500 Shaun Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5082#Comment_5082 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5082#Comment_5082 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:25:47 -0500 Amnesiac
How involved are the gods? Do they even exist?]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5083#Comment_5083 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5083#Comment_5083 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:33:02 -0500 Shaun Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5084#Comment_5084 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5084#Comment_5084 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:44:34 -0500 Randy Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5085#Comment_5085 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5085#Comment_5085 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:48:53 -0500 Shaun Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5086#Comment_5086 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5086#Comment_5086 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:53:23 -0500 Randy Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5087#Comment_5087 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5087#Comment_5087 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:56:20 -0500 Randy Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5088#Comment_5088 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5088#Comment_5088 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:05:27 -0500 Shaun Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5089#Comment_5089 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5089#Comment_5089 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:09:51 -0500 Randy wrong?]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5090#Comment_5090 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5090#Comment_5090 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:23:16 -0500 Shaun Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5091#Comment_5091 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5091#Comment_5091 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:27:45 -0500 Shaun Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5093#Comment_5093 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5093#Comment_5093 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:11:09 -0500 Babe true right, not the right that people are just going along with because it's easier. I know it's a little early for characters, but it fits nicely within the plot-I want to be a priestess to the old gods, in a church that the dictator would like to befriend for political gains. Whether the city everyone is from is the place, or soldiers against the dictator are taking refuge there, it adds some good bits. Maybe churches are still respected as sanctuary.

Posted By: ShaunIf the city itself is being expansionist, then I'd say quite a few people know about the iron - and are probably afraid of it.


Well, yeah-we have the means to come for them. Maybe the outlying cities are rising up together against the dictator, creating one big army instead of individual fractured ones.

How would all this tie into the dwarves, though? If the dictator has the iron, and we're fighting against him...

Although it would be good tasty bits if part of the conflict was that we were trying to infiltrate his iron works, threatening the very heart of his power. That gets both the heroics and fight against going.

Posted By: ShaunThat would be easy if someone plays a Dwarf.


They're the one who's helping us infiltrate.]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5094#Comment_5094 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5094#Comment_5094 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:15:39 -0500 Arcana Posted By: Randy
Posted By: Amnesiactechnology with the power to change the world: Iron.
This is awesome. I am already imagining Egyptian-flavored Elves and Assyrian-flavored Men.
These comments brought to mind a fairly good, albeit Shojo*, Manga named Red River

Its all about the whole fertle crescent region during the Assyrian times, the effect of iron on war during the bronze age, the rivalry and conflict with Egypt, and of course there is a modern day high school girl who was transported back to that time via magic (Inuyasha before Inuyasha was). You can Read it out here, it looks like most of the series is scanned and up, I stopped reading somewhere at 3/4ths through because the other books were never checked in at the library. It might not be your thing (not sure if you manga/anime is up your respective alleys) but it's a pretty good fiction set in that time period, of course I have no idea how accurate it actually is...

*: Shojo is Manga for women, it focuses on interpersonal conflict, romance and intrigue rather than muscles that get bigger when you growl. In other words it is sorta like what Indie games are to D&D.]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5095#Comment_5095 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5095#Comment_5095 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:22:14 -0500 Babe Posted By: ArcanaShojo is Manga for women, it focuses on interpersonal conflict, romance and intrigue rather than muscles that get bigger when you growl. In other words it is sorta like what Indie games are to D&D.
That was just an awesome sentence.]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5096#Comment_5096 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5096#Comment_5096 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:24:34 -0500 Randy Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5097#Comment_5097 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5097#Comment_5097 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:36:07 -0500 Babe
Entire Empire: Gradora
Head City: Tringsly City]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5099#Comment_5099 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5099#Comment_5099 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:21:18 -0500 Randy The green stretch to the south is the very tip of the Pharaon Elves' rivery territory.
The yellow and orange areas to the west and east are what's left of the Mannish empire. The Hartenblut Provinces and the East Prefectures.

Photobucket]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5100#Comment_5100 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5100#Comment_5100 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:30:01 -0500 Shaun Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5101#Comment_5101 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5101#Comment_5101 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:47:11 -0500 Shaun Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5102#Comment_5102 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5102#Comment_5102 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:55:33 -0500 Randy

General Sholeh herself:
]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5103#Comment_5103 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5103#Comment_5103 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:00:41 -0500 Randy Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5104#Comment_5104 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5104#Comment_5104 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:03:06 -0500 Randy Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5106#Comment_5106 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5106#Comment_5106 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:02:31 -0500 Babe
Well, not exactly, but I have an awesome reason for them to be there.

So the arid desert is great, but the very most northern point is volcanic. It adds a great element if you start describing the sky on days to set the tone. I mean, Mt Ari-petook is calm on some days, and on others it darkens the sky with it ashy cloud. It creates that nice air of forboding, as well as...well, fuck, everything is that weird red when ash fills the air. Every is a little more...jumpy when Ari-petook is spewing. Who knows when it will finally blow?]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5108#Comment_5108 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5108#Comment_5108 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:19:05 -0500 Randy ]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5109#Comment_5109 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5109#Comment_5109 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:22:10 -0500 Babe Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5110#Comment_5110 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5110#Comment_5110 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:22:45 -0500 Randy Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5111#Comment_5111 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5111#Comment_5111 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:26:21 -0500 Amnesiac Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5112#Comment_5112 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5112#Comment_5112 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:30:38 -0500 Shaun Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5113#Comment_5113 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5113#Comment_5113 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:31:30 -0500 Randy Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5114#Comment_5114 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5114#Comment_5114 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:32:11 -0500 Randy Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5115#Comment_5115 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5115#Comment_5115 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:49:22 -0500 Amnesiac Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5116#Comment_5116 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5116#Comment_5116 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:27:50 -0500 Amnesiac Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5117#Comment_5117 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5117#Comment_5117 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:38:51 -0500 Shaun Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5118#Comment_5118 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5118#Comment_5118 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:39:24 -0500 Babe (Concerning Orcs) Maybe the dictator keeps a contingent of them, to make examples out of the towns that put up a resistance. Elves? Potentially the ruling class?

So I totally see that yes, Orcs are allowed to fight, but have their own special troop, separated from the others because hey, they're lower class.

Elves are just kind of the elite of the city. They just ease from one ruler to the next, because they'll still be here when the ruler's gone. They are the upper echelon, and to be allowed to party with them means you've made it.]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5119#Comment_5119 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5119#Comment_5119 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:40:45 -0500 Amnesiac Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5120#Comment_5120 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5120#Comment_5120 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:48:32 -0500 Randy Posted By: BabeElves are just kind of the elite of the city.

The Elves have a shit-ton of fertile land. They've been the biggest food supplier in this part of the world for as longs as anyone can remember. A few agri-barons have big, sprawling estates in the city.]]> Burning Sundays http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5121#Comment_5121 http://forum.thismoderndeath.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=166&Focus=5121#Comment_5121 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:48:53 -0500 Amnesiac
With Elves, what if they are required to legitimize a claim of sovereignty? Either for cultural, religious, or mystic reasons. So anybody aspiring to a throne wants them, but they have to keep them happy.]]>