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It seems like everyone is on board with a duality concept of tech vs. magic/nature cultures as long as there are openings for some "shades of gray". That'd be those little dot things on either end of the yin/yang symbol. ; ) The gray might take the form of a "neutral" culture that maybe we...

@ironchef: I really like the "wand" vs. "pickaxe" that you describe! That's perfect. Simple and completely representative of both ideologies. @cervator: Are we really sure we don't want to have a way to "win" the game? Or at least a game mode where that's possible? I think having a sandbox...

I was putzing around with the game over the weekend and thinking about ways we can gradually implement some of the features we're discussing here. I think it's important to place an achievable path before us. Start small; within the bounds of the MC setting we have, and grow. To keep things...

Throw out traditional "races" for a moment. What about tech vs. magic cultures? Say there are two primary tribes of humanoids. One favors primitive tech (steampunkish - but square~!) and one favors magic/swords. Sticking with our sandbox theme, we simply have these two factions to begin...

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D&D is set in a Tolkien inspired universe. It is, after all, Dungeons and Dragons. That's the premise. Right up front people know what they're getting into. You go spelunking, you have swords and mages and whatnot. You have quests. The thematic premise is that this is set in a "fantasy"...

Cervator edit: Added header, moved to Incubator Skaldarnar edit: Added related thread Name: World Theme and Backstory Summary: Putting some consistent flavor and style into the world, possibly specific to a game mode ("Untrue Tao" primarily in this thread) Scope: Core Content Current Goal...