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Homebrew settings - looking for advice but also general World Building 2017-09-01 09:48:50 Post No. 55168764
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Homebrew settings - looking for advice but also general World Building
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2017-09-01 09:48:50
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Hey /tg/ been playing and DMing table top games for years. My group usually just picks up a setting along with the mechanics. I've been feeling ambitious about my next game and am contemplating using a general system or otherwise adapt another system a and try to craft a homebrew setting.
My group's never used a fully homebrew setting, and I think it would be fun to see how it would expand and grow if they like it and help add to the world building.
That said I'm not really sure where to go about it. I've got the basic ideas of what I want in terms of genre and tone, but not sure how much detail I should get into world building. I'm not doing this out of some OCD need to create and detail a whole world or to create some setting i've been creating prior.
If it helps spark discussion I'll detail what I'm trying to do, but feel free to just talk about the anecdotes you've had or world/setting building information in general.
I'm looking to do a mecha anime inspired setting. Think soft-specific mecha (I mean they're giant robots after all) but treated with some seriousness. IE more of them portrayed as mobile weapons platforms built for specific role and less giant robot kungfu.
I'd love to incorporate in some atmosphere from things like AD Police, Dominion Tank Police, and Akira. At least one major location I'd like to have as a sprawling city full of crime and neon. Maybe not full blown cyberpunk as I'm more interested in the mecha than human augmentation (We get that from Shadowrun games we've played), however I do like the idea of a big sprawling kind of fucked up city as a hub.
Finally thinking some space shenanigans might be interesting so shamelessly ripping off from Gundam maybe some space colonies at war with earth or each other. Give the party a route to go off and do their own thing in space from time to time.
TLDR; I wanna make a mecha setting and would like advice. But you can talk about what ever homebrew anecdotes you want.
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>>55168764
Sounds like you've got some good things going there anon
flesh out the factions, main NPCs, etc.
If you're stuck watch/read a load of mecha stuff for inspiration.
Have a google around worldbuilding advice, there are plenty of good articles on it.
good luck anon
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>>55169285
Thanks.
I'll post what I got once I start writing things down if any one is interested.
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>>55169295
I tend to get my players to come up with places and some factions myself. Gets them invested in the game if they have put part of it together.
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>>55168764
say to your group
>Hey guys I wanna do a mecha type setting based on these things. Try and bringe these shows
Run a one shot in fate:acc or core. Just for world building.
We where running sky pirates and we are going to switch systems to something a little more now that we got the world done. We have finished the first story and had some really cool developments that we wouldn't of included otherwise.
Weather witch's rather then lose their souls or power their magic by blood their inner ear gets fucked up and get seasick all the time.
There are gyromanchers
There are zombies and voodoo magic
There are race tension between magpies and crow people.
There are is an race that looks like angels and they sweat babyoil
God's/ higher beings can take mortal form.
Wood is rarer then metal.
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>>55168764
>That unicorn shirt
That's one slick dude.
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