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LoneWolf23k · 07-05-2022, 07:47 AM

I've often thought about creating a fantasy world to run a time-spanning campaign inspired by Chrono Trigger. It would have like seven major time periods:

1-the Dawn Age: an age that is equal parts Prehistory with Dinosaurs, plentiful Lovecraftian creatures, roaming Titans, rampaging Demons, and the Rise of the Gods. A Harsh world of monsters, gods and demigods.

2-the Ancient World: the gods have vanquished the Titans, trapped the demons, banished the Elder Things, and tamed most of the monsters. Now the mortal races have begun building their first kingdoms across the world. The Elves seek to create a global empire of magic from their flying cities.

3-the Medieval Era: your "traditional" Dungeon Fantasy world, with kings and knights and adventuring warriors. An age of warring states, as the mortal races recover from the fall of the Elven Empire.

4-the Age of Enlightenment: A clockpunk/steampunk time period, as the mortal races' grasp of science leads to immense progress and new developments. An age of exploration and discovery

5-the Modern Age: a world much like our own, save that humanity shares the world with a variety of other races, and magic co-exists with technology. This is an age of Action adventure, heroes fighting against crime groups and vague terrorist organizations. GURPS Technomancer would be a great inspiration here, although I'd make the world a bit backwards in terms of technology, around TL7 with some magic and dieselpunk options.

6-the Cyber Age: A more scientifically-advanced age, one where corporations have become the real political power of the world. An age of cyber-runner mercenaries fighting in the corporate shadow-wars.

7-the Apocalypse: a Cataclysm has shattered the old world, destroying the major civilizations of the world. Monsters of all kinds have reclaimed most of the world, the remaining gods are at war with the forces of chaos, and those mortals that are not caught in the conflict struggle to survive.

The overall campaign would be a time-hopping one, involving factions from different time periods seeking power and dominance, and using time gate magic to try and alter history for their own designs.

07-05-2022, 07:47 AM	#18
LoneWolf23k Join Date: Sep 2004	Re: New Fantasy Setting Seeds. I've often thought about creating a fantasy world to run a time-spanning campaign inspired by Chrono Trigger. It would have like seven major time periods: 1-the Dawn Age: an age that is equal parts Prehistory with Dinosaurs, plentiful Lovecraftian creatures, roaming Titans, rampaging Demons, and the Rise of the Gods. A Harsh world of monsters, gods and demigods. 2-the Ancient World: the gods have vanquished the Titans, trapped the demons, banished the Elder Things, and tamed most of the monsters. Now the mortal races have begun building their first kingdoms across the world. The Elves seek to create a global empire of magic from their flying cities. 3-the Medieval Era: your "traditional" Dungeon Fantasy world, with kings and knights and adventuring warriors. An age of warring states, as the mortal races recover from the fall of the Elven Empire. 4-the Age of Enlightenment: A clockpunk/steampunk time period, as the mortal races' grasp of science leads to immense progress and new developments. An age of exploration and discovery 5-the Modern Age: a world much like our own, save that humanity shares the world with a variety of other races, and magic co-exists with technology. This is an age of Action adventure, heroes fighting against crime groups and vague terrorist organizations. GURPS Technomancer would be a great inspiration here, although I'd make the world a bit backwards in terms of technology, around TL7 with some magic and dieselpunk options. 6-the Cyber Age: A more scientifically-advanced age, one where corporations have become the real political power of the world. An age of cyber-runner mercenaries fighting in the corporate shadow-wars. 7-the Apocalypse: a Cataclysm has shattered the old world, destroying the major civilizations of the world. Monsters of all kinds have reclaimed most of the world, the remaining gods are at war with the forces of chaos, and those mortals that are not caught in the conflict struggle to survive. The overall campaign would be a time-hopping one, involving factions from different time periods seeking power and dominance, and using time gate magic to try and alter history for their own designs.