I've assembled a draft of my Gazetteer of Myoshima, which you can find here:
http://home.dei.polimi.it/agosta/.private/Myoshima.pdf
It's designed to work with the map I've posted some days ago, and includes the information posted on the race and class threads.
As usual, it is not as complete as it could be -- specifically, it is missing an adventure section, as well as a description of the bloodlines in rules terms (though the Dragonne, Elven and Sphinx bloodlines can be found in Rakasta of Mystara, and the Lammasu bloodline is described in this article: http://www.pandius.com/lammasu.html ).
Given more time, I would have added more NPCs -- as to now, I've only described the members of the imperial government, and a few others.
Also, the Okuden (Secret Crafts) could have been expanded by replacing some of those taken from GAZ3 with original ones, but, as mentioned in the wizards thread, I didn't have good ideas on how to replace the Alchemy and Witchcraft arts...
Moreover, I've already passed the 64-pages mark, which is probably a sign that I'm becoming too verbose ;) so before the whole thing becomes unreadable, I thought it better to stop it here and let you see whether you like what I've written up to now.
Let me know your thoughts on this work, and on Myoshima in general!
GP
I'll print this one out tomorrow at work and get back to you on details when I have had a chance to read through it.
Havard
Wow, you are productive!
I've been working on this for months, actually
I'll print this one out tomorrow at work and get back to you on details when I have had a chance to read through it.
Thanks, I'd definitely appreciate your (or, for that matter, anybody else's) comments.
GP
If you are looking at ways to cut down on the page numbers, perhaps it could be an idea to write the gaz exclusively for Classic D&D and then releasing a separate Conversion booklet for AD&D or vice versa? Just an idea.
More later
Havard
Things keep getting in the way, but I finally got around to printing out this lovely document along with its map. I'm going to need more time to read through it carefully, but I like what I'm seeing so far.
If you are looking at ways to cut down on the page numbers, perhaps it could be an idea to write the gaz exclusively for Classic D&D and then releasing a separate Conversion booklet for AD&D or vice versa? Just an idea.
Yes, that's a possibility. However, the Gazetteer is mostly written for OD&D -- I only included a list of character kits usable in AD&D to conver the character specializations, and a few races.
GP
If you are looking at ways to cut down on the page numbers, perhaps it could be an idea to write the gaz exclusively for Classic D&D and then releasing a separate Conversion booklet for AD&D or vice versa? Just an idea.
Reducing the margins would do a lot to help too- I notice the top and bottom especially seem to have large amounts of white space.
Reducing the margins would do a lot to help too- I notice the top and bottom especially seem to have large amounts of white space.
Ahem, the page count remark was in joke, and referred more to the fact that people are not likely to read something that long than to a problem with paper wasting.
Also, as a writer of academic papers, I'm all too familiar with the tricks to squeeze more text per page ;)
GP
You could call it "Champions of Patera"*or "Dawn of Myoshima" or something. The main focus would still be on Myoshima like DotE focused on Alphatia and Thyatis, but also covered the colonies of those countries...
*Or is that Matera? I mix em up.. :P
Havard
I just had an idea! Why not expand on the gazetteer to cover more of the moon and call it a "boxed set"? ;)
LOL! Box not included, though ;)
You could call it "Champions of Patera"*or "Dawn of Myoshima" or something. The main focus would still be on Myoshima like DotE focused on Alphatia and Thyatis, but also covered the colonies of those countries...
*Or is that Matera? I mix em up.. :P
It's Patera. Well, one could think of a work covering more of Patera, as in the existing Patera Project. Unfortunately, I'm not especially knowledgeable about SE Asia (neither about Japan, but that's easier to cover up with literature and anime). I could do something with Rajahstan, probably, but it would take time (one must ensure that the aspects of India included do not overlap with Sind or Shajahpur).
I could do something with Rajahstan, probably, but it would take time (one must ensure that the aspects of India included do not overlap with Sind or Shajahpur).
One possible means of going about this would be to make Rajahstan more of a Vedic era India, as opposed to the Hindu/Vedantic era India presented in CoM (or even the Mughal era India presented for Shahjapur in HWA3).
The route I was sort of hinting at in the little Patera work I did was to present it as more along the lines of the Hinduized city-states of SE Asia (thus preserving the more generally Asiatic feel of the rakasta/Patera, and giving them a bit more distinction from the already covered India/Sind).
One possible means of going about this would be to make Rajahstan more of a Vedic era India, as opposed to the Hindu/Vedantic era India presented in CoM (or even the Mughal era India presented for Shahjapur in HWA3).
Indeed, I'd like this solution.
The route I was sort of hinting at in the little Patera work I did was to present it as more along the lines of the Hinduized city-states of SE Asia (thus preserving the more generally Asiatic feel of the rakasta/Patera, and giving them a bit more distinction from the already covered India/Sind).
That's also possible. Also, since Rajahstan is composed of several city-states, it is possible that some of them be modeled on specific SE Asia city-states rather than on Vedic Indian kingdoms.
GP