Re: World building
- From: Peter Knutsen <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:08:36 +0200
Marcel Beaudoin wrote:
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Thanks for the comments on the methods. Comparing the two, I will probably go for a combination of the two. Start with making the world, down to countries and governments (very basic notes) and then pick one where the players would start and then work outwards from there.
That's probably the best idea, to combine the two.
I'm doing kind of the same with Ärth. I've got the world in broad strokes (stolen 90% of it from history, of course), but my focus is on northern Europe, since once it is time to get some players and start a campaign, they're quite likely to naturally focus on that area.
Ideally, start with a slightly isolated place, as your focus spot. Do the broad strokes entire-planet first, as you've suggested yourself, but when it becomes time to add detail, find some kind of island (or at least a peninsula). It'll be somewhat isolated from the surroundings (having just a few "points of contact), which has implications both for culture and history, but also for making it naturally (slightly) difficult for the PCs to just leave it.
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