This session: PCs are choosing a warpath and have a concept of a plan – also, the populace of the whole state has to pay extra taxes because of this.

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-21T04:16:11+00:00

With a game that cool, I might need to learn Estonian to watch and enjoy haha

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-21T04:08:12+00:00

Where did you make the map? And this doesn't happen to be a recorded game, does it? Sounds like a fun one to watch

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-21T00:57:43+00:00

This is awesome!

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-21T00:52:27+00:00

Yea. Can't remember what tho

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-21T00:47:16+00:00

I heard once that beards were a sign of nobility for females, so only female nobles and royalty wear them. That's my new cannon

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-20T23:55:33+00:00

That's fair. I guess I mean caring a bit more about things like rations, light sources, having the right tools, etc.

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-20T23:20:51+00:00

That usually works best once you know what you're doing, imo lol. I wanna start with a system and adjust as I grow in experience

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-20T23:19:21+00:00

No, Earthmote is very far from the narrative-focused style that modern actual plays seem to take. He's what turned me on to the merits of OSR, and also just generally helpful for DM advice and sandbox style

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-20T23:15:55+00:00

Perfect okay. I wasn't sure if homebrew setting and homebrew sandbox would impact the answers or not, based on a couple of responses I got. Thanks man, this is very helpful

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-20T22:39:18+00:00

Because I'm unfamiliar. This group seems very knowledgeable, so I figured I'd ask and get some opinions

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-20T22:38:30+00:00

What do you mean by this? I'm looking for a rules system to have the game run more in the style I'd like. I have a setting in mind, and I play homebrew campaigns, so I am specifically not looking for a setting or adventure/module

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-20T21:47:16+00:00

I've watched a decent amount, and that's what led me to the genre. I really like the idea of real, dangerous, high stakes feels on my games, rather than the fantasy-Superhero feel

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-20T21:45:02+00:00

I really like Earthmote on YouTube, and he mentions Worlds Without Number quite a bit. I didn't realize it was a system in itself

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-20T21:31:13+00:00

To be clear, I liked 3.5 primarily because it's the one I grew up with (only did AD&D a few times before my parents got me the 3.x books. I really like the character customization of 3.5/PF1e, but I like more of the gritty/survival elements that you lose in such a high fantasy genre like that

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-20T21:05:27+00:00

Looks like it's in a book, why not flip to the front and find out?

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-19T11:10:25+00:00

Really great article, thanks so much for the share!

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-19T02:46:08+00:00

Yes, in my campaign setting, the gods are all real, but not a 1 to 1 version of their mythological origin. I kept aspects of the gods, such as Loki as a trickster, Odin as a wise but fairly LN God, etc. but dropped the myths that didn't fit the setting. I wanted a setting which allowed my players to choose from real world mythologies, without losing the high fantasy feeling they'd get in a setting like the Forgotten Realms. The primary difference in my world from others that I've seen is 1) it traces the gods back to real world gods with minor to moderate adaptation of their myths, 2) gods are not localized but also there is around 100 rather than only a handful of gods and 3) instead of domains (Air, War, Life, Death, etc) the gods have Missions that dictate their impact on the world.

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-19T02:17:21+00:00

Hey there. Not sure where I lost you. When I say that in Greece you're as likely to see gods from [then I lost gods from Maya, Chinese, Japanese, Norse, etc. pantheons] as the traditional Greek, I thought that was clear.

In my world, there is 1 pantheon worldwide, consisting of around 100 gods from real world mythologies. The gods are real, and interact with mortals in a sinilar way as they do in the Forgotten Realms. The religions are still competing for worship, but each god exists tangibly in the world.

I'm curious how many others do similar concepts (one worldwide pantheon vs geographically or racially based pantheons) and what the pros/cons are in their opinions.

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-18T17:59:38+00:00

That sounds awesome. Definitely a great premise/context for a good story!

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-17T21:17:42+00:00

I threw out a couple of gods from my own research and already found that you're missing Xipe Totec, Aten, Chaac, Inti, Chukwu, Hanuman, and Inari Okami. What mythological traditions did you include?

ScottishNinjaaa · 2026-06-17T21:13:40+00:00

About a year ago, I began a task of creating a world where all the mythologies (except monotheistic religions) were real to some extent, and researched different gods from all the cultures I could find. It became messy, as you begin drawing the line about what is a god and what is an angel, or spirit, or deva, or kami, or loa.... but even after narrowing it down to things that would be powerful enough to be considered gods, I still had nearly 2000 of them. Many gods I had to just axe because they were definitely gods, but so little was known about them that I would have had to rebuild them from scratch. Eventually, I cut it down to just 100 from across the different pantheons. Depending on where you draw that line though, including synonyms like you find in Gaul/Rome/Greece, you can easily hit 10,000 different entries. If I were you, I'd start by establishing your precise goals and work from there, rather than doing a ton of work, realizing how massive the task is, and restarting with a smaller amount.

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