Tell me your tales of Calidar!

Curious about the setting. It mentions space ships, how does that work? It is a "hodge podge" setting? Thoughts, experience and opinions please!

Quote from: trechriron;821546Tell me your tales of Calidar!

Curious about the setting. It mentions space ships, how does that work? It is a "hodge podge" setting? Thoughts, experience and opinions please!

Hi Trech.  Calidar is a medieval fantasy RPG setting that focuses on skyships able to navigate through the skies or between worlds.  It is the direct heir to the Voyages of the Princess Ark, a popular series of adventure published in Dragon Magazine in the 80s and 90s.  Style-wise, it may remind you of old style D&D.  Click here for the description.  Check the various tabs for the home page and the product reviews.  Click here for the DTRPG page.

Mr. Heard Himself!  Thanks for stopping by!

So, I've poked about your blog (very nice btw...). I was curious about some particulars. I wanted to see if anyone was using the setting in their current game.

So, the Sky Ships can travel into space?

It looks like there are an enormous amount of nations, etc. How would you describe the variety? Tons of races? Languages?

I am interested in the setting using D&D5e.

Quote from: trechriron;821572Mr. Heard Himself!  Thanks for stopping by!

So, I've poked about your blog (very nice btw...). I was curious about some particulars. I wanted to see if anyone was using the setting in their current game.

So, the Sky Ships can travel into space?

It looks like there are an enormous amount of nations, etc. How would you describe the variety? Tons of races? Languages?

I am interested in the setting using D&D5e.

You can probably find people using the setting at the Piazza. (Click here for that).

Some skyships can sail into space or into other planes (not all of them--depends how they are made).  Each race uses different ways to travel between worlds.  Some people have made a parallel between Calidar and Spelljammer.

There is one planet that is the focus of this campaign setting -- Calidar itself.  It is mostly wilderness (the Dread Lands) save for one small continent (the Great Caldera).  It is akin to Mystara's known world.  It features ten realms.  These are former colonies of three moons.  Each of the moons is controlled by an empire (Alorea is the elven empire, Kragdur is the dwarves, and Munaan the humans).  Other races exist (gnomes, fellfolk/halflings, Kahuulkin--basically Martians, Caniseans--dogfolk, and Feliseans--catfolk).  The style is very much like Mystara.  

There are two other planets: Draconia (evil dragons), and Lao-Kwei (Calidar-China) with its own moon, Kumoshima (Calidar-Japan).  Lao-Kwei is somewhat like Mars, while Draconia looks like Mercury (it is a hollow world, since the outside is uninhabitable).  And then there's the Fringe, a vast asteroid field surrounding the Soltan Ephemeris (solar system), and Ghule, an artificial planetoid that contains a giant dungeon filled with millions of orcs and other humanoids.  Ghule comes another universe.  It shows up once in while when its alien gods awaken.  When Ghule travels through the Soltan Ephemeris, the orcs go on the hunt for hundreds of thousands if not millions of slaves, which they bring back to their universe to feed their voracious gods.  If there aren't enough Calidaran victims, the gods also snack on the orcs... Nasty bunch, those.  

Etc.  

Sounds like a blast! I will check out that other forum.

Being a big fan of Bruce's earlier work, I'm really looking forward to reviewing this. Unfortunately, while the maps arrived, the book has not, and I'm starting to seriously fear it has been lost in the mail...

Quote from: RPGPundit;821914Being a big fan of Bruce's earlier work, I'm really looking forward to reviewing this. Unfortunately, while the maps arrived, the book has not, and I'm starting to seriously fear it has been lost in the mail...

Still?  What a bummer.  I'll ask DTRPG to send you another copy.  Sorry about that.

It has space orcs that ride inside giant space worms.

Sadly, I haven't made the time to utilize Calidar in a game.

When you do find time, keep an eye for the second book, CC1 "Beyond the Skies." It'll be Calidar's version of "Deities and Demigods," but with a lot more meat and color.

Quote from: Bruce Heard;822043When you do find time, keep an eye for the second book, CC1 "Beyond the Skies." It'll be Calidar's version of "Deities and Demigods," but with a lot more meat and color.

Wow! That looks like an undertaking for sure.

I ordered the hardcover (with PDF) and the maps.

Since I didn't get a lot of response here, and it looks pretty spiffy, I'll just create a conversion for 5e and see what tales I can tell! :-)

More to follow (as I read up, fiddle around).

Still would love to hear anyone else with thoughts on the setting...

Quote from: trechriron;822115Still would love to hear anyone else with thoughts on the setting...

Funny, 'cuz I don't own the book and I would love to hear your thoughts on the setting. How about a review?

Quote from: The Butcher;822267Funny, 'cuz I don't own the book and I would love to hear your thoughts on the setting. How about a review?

I shall have one forthwith, once I am finished reading it thoroughly of course.

Quote from: trechriron;822115I ordered the hardcover (with PDF) and the maps.

Since I didn't get a lot of response here, and it looks pretty spiffy, I'll just create a conversion for 5e and see what tales I can tell! :-)

More to follow (as I read up, fiddle around).

Still would love to hear anyone else with thoughts on the setting...

Thanks, Trenton

I saw your orders -- thank you. DTRPG will ship the book as soon as it is printed (P.O.D.)  The two poster maps are already in the mail.  I dropped them at the post office yesterday morning.  

Quote from: Bruce Heard;822413Thanks, Trenton

I saw your orders -- thank you. DTRPG will ship the book as soon as it is printed (P.O.D.)  The two poster maps are already in the mail.  I dropped them at the post office yesterday morning.  

Excellent (also, my pleasure)! So far I'm enjoying the fiction at the beginning, and I skipped forward a tad. I like the fell..something halflings! A cool tribal Polynesian feel.

The imperial nature of the Elves is an interesting twist on that race. The Ghul...something planetoid dungeon full of "orcs" that invade using space creatures is absolutely brilliant! What a great catalyst for a campaign.

I have much more to read (and absorb) but a review is forthcoming.