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Greetings all, my apologies for being silent, I've been lost in the smokey haze of CA living. Have we gotten any further movement here.? I know that Malrex has been incredibly busy juggling multiple flaming torches.

Core Rules; G& G works for me. It's can easily be crossed over to other d20 systems or retro's. And of course Jon.0 makes it awesome. Base Setting; A good portion of this is roughly done with Chapter 1 I think. More work to be done here. Rough History; We should have Ynas edit it... I can do some rewriting matching to Grutzi's feedback. Verloren and Allamani: I'm thinking the Verloren should be detailed in the setting and the Allamani in Coppercore. Considering Drachen Vale is settled more by the Allamani then the Verloren. Shaman/Warlocks; Okay, but we still need to work up the warlock class... Dwarves/Elves; Okay, that's easy.. The Druidic Circle; Also easy. Really the Druids are replacing the Shamans for the Allamani, but not the Verloren. This poses some strife between them. And yeah you got that Zhine for the Druids already done.! The Major Settlements: Yeah I think we got this already I can always add more info if needed. Rough Map; I need to clean this up and of course make a wandering encounter tables for the setting... We can do this. And keep in mind this setting is just the frame work to put in other adventures. Then we can expand out to other regions on the larger map...or beyond. Let's create a world.!

It's over 20 full map sections... I really need to get busy getting it typed up...sigh... A DM's job is never finished.

Sadly Malrex has partnered with someone who is technologically challenged. I can't seem to figure out how to save my replies and or comments in that nice link you provided...? I know I must just be missing something obvious... I'll bother Malrex with this in the morning.

Hello again, I really need to keep up. I use the link and work on it from there. Trying to do this while working from home has.....issues....Don't know how Malrex makes the time... Will advise.

Greetings, I'm going to start working on this now.. Grutzi you put allot of time and thought into this, so please don't take offense to my blunt questions and comments.

I'm liking allot of what I"m reading, to have some tweaks and quesitons. But I had to put an pet of mine down today. So I'll do my write up at another time soon.

@Grützi stop moving our furniture... Do you work for Scandinavian design...? .haha!

But here's another "Anthropomorphic....."

Greetings, I took a quick gander at this and will take a deeper look when I"m not on the clock. As for the "Alive" thing, Do we really need to make the categories all start with "A".. Yeah I know , it's a German thing...

Yes, there are some adventures that lead into the Woods of Loss. This is the realm of the fey, and the elves keep it well guarded. Mortals become easily lost with the misty shadows of this forest, often never finding their way out. Thus the name.... I have allot of encounters written up for this , but now true adventures. So yes this is another open environment for creation. The elven "city" is protected by a vast wall of flowering and thorny vines. Within the walls is a vale , may of the elves live within large willow trees, using their wood craft to make comfortable homes with the canopy of the trees. The Queen and her entourage use the same flowing vines to make their court high up in massive red wood like trees. Through out the "city" are may rope bridges, platforms , flowing water, beautiful land scaping and untold mysteries....ect.....

Yes indeed, it was a skeleton lay out for general use. But there's so much that can be done here and is certainly open for any ideas. I'm really only set on the "Valley of Kings" Keep in mind I wrote this well before GOT. So the big cliff with the elevator leading up to the surface entrance is a must. Obviously this is meant to be a dwarven city., But not all the mines or cavern farms and such need to be mapped out, just alluded to. Unless of course and adventure involves them. Some key area such as the "Hall Of Whisper" and some of the temples need to be in there, just need to change up some names and such... But yeah, lots of room here for some cool dwarf themed adventures. Open environment for development.

Greetings Merciless one's, I only have a few more Gods to work on. I'm trying to keep it pretty simple as the Verloren have for the most part turned away from the Gods. However as I write I keep making changes and update too mesh the myths together and what not. Perhaps I'll wrap it up this weekend. Then I'll send it over. But yes Grutzi, we'd like you to take a look at what we have so far regarding Coppercore and such. Hope you and yours remain plague free. Be well

Greetings oh Merciless one's. I hope you all have avoided the plague zombie and have plenty of toilet paper. Currently I'm still working through the Pantheon, with all the distractions it's been taking a bit longer then expected. But, creating gods is no easy task. What we have on the spirits is really good and I don't think it will take much to make them functional game wise. I'll be getting on that shortly. Jonbar

Regarding Totems and Talismans. The Totem is like a greater talisman. Many talismans are consumed or break upon usage. The shaman would certainly have a totem of their Beast carried upon them. They wold adorn themselves with talismans for various boons, or to be used like a scroll...

Greetings, couldn't hurt to check this out. FG&G put out some pretty cool supplements. Especially their book on Alchemy. HackMaster is pretty interesting too. Many similar rules, but seems a bit cumbersome...

Well that's good too see. Did you tell about are various upcoming projects?

I've been working on the pantheon of gods and their sphere, but will revisit the spirit scene.

Animism...Good. Elements...We could just use the Spheres and Schools and or Domains.    Animism Doctrines doesn't work for me.  Shamans don't have doctrines.  A doctrine is generally a written set of teachings or rules and such.  Like the 10 commandments.  Shamans don't write anything down, nor do the spirits.  We need another word,  We shall think on this. Personality...I find you chart creative and useful.  Perhaps if we don't like "Personatlity"  we could use "Traits" or "Humanism" or "Mentality" Concepts.. Okay good.  However let's avoid the use of the terms  "Fluffy or Crunchy" when we publish..hah! New magical system...Yes I agree,  a spirit or banngeist should only have arcane spells that are associated to their nature or as you noted. Possible areas of influence: Growth, Decay, Change, Stasis, Order, Chaos, Life, Death, …(these would be Domains)  So a banngeist with Domain in Decay and Death would have some Spell Like powers from the arcane Necromantic school.   These in turn could be channeled to the warlock. Power levels...Minor , Major and Greater, to keep it simple.  This again is just a base to cover what level of spells they can channel for the shaman or Warlock. Or what range of HD it has.   A Greater Spirit is pretty much a Demi God level being.. So minor has up to third level spells, Major up to 6th and Greater 7-9th... I like powers of 3s... Corruption..  Yes indeed.  Perhaps the corruption affects the Warlock..? Turning them slowly evil or insane..? Bizarre abilities.. Perhaps each spirit has a chance to have a unique ability or power based off it's nature..  Would it be transferable to the shaman or warlock?  Keep in mind the spirits cannot really affect the Prime World...  Generally speaking...  Could be a new spell.  "Manifest Spirit..." Build your own spirit/banngeist guide... Yes good idea.  We should probably make a template for each of the Beast Totems.  They'd have allot of similarity, but each with it's own special power.. Indeed the real world does inhibit our creative genius.  I'm still recovering from surgery,  my Strength and Dexterity have been diminished.   I am just now able to type almost normally....  Avoid tearing tendons off bones.  It's ...inconvenient... Jonbar  the Lamed...

Sorry for the delay...still can't type well.