Quote from: Benoist;302273I will not spam again. I was just pissed off.

And I know there was no copy/paste aka plagiarism per se.
Still, don't act like you're not giving the finger to the Haven, because you are.

With the attitudinal crap you are displaying here as a representative of the Haven, it deserves a "fuck you". Grow up and behave more like Hinterwelt because he's providing a good example to emulate.

By looking at the topic dates, RPGPundit *is* cutting-and-pasting. This thread is an example and  "Just how D20-compatible is Pathfinder?" (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=14179) also.

It's pretty childish and lame actually.

Quote from: jlcsusara;302308It's pretty childish and lame actually.

Which is exactly what I'm trying to say, albeit I said it while pissed off, which I shouldn't have.

And now I'm going to stick to the Pundit Plagiariser thread and not keep hijacking this thread.

Ice Planet, Desert World, Forest Moon... and done.

That was easy!

Quote from: Benoist;302273I will not spam again. I was just pissed off.

And I know there was no copy/paste aka plagiarism per se.
Still, don't act like you're not giving the finger to the Haven, because you are.

Oh I AM giving them the finger. No doubt about that. Their whole site is an act of giving me the finger, they're just too morally bankrupt to admit it. I'm made of sterner stuff. I'll stab them to their faces, not in the back.

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Quote from: jlcsusara;302308By looking at the topic dates, RPGPundit *is* cutting-and-pasting. This thread is an example and  "Just how D20-compatible is Pathfinder?" (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=14179) also.

It's pretty childish and lame actually.

Um, you DO know what cutting and pasting actually means, right? Its not just a figure of speech.

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Quote from: RPGPundit;302200Just what kind of thing does one do when preparing a new setting?
What if, in particular, you're making a new fantasy world?

Do you look at historical cultures?
Do you look at anything else? What study goes into it for you?

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I think it depends on what the founding idea I have for the setting is. For example in my lastest issue of the local RPG fanzine I produce. We are working on a shared world. Basically everybody contributing a peice of this world. My idea was to create my own type of Raven Loft type setting. So I started researching that. My first step in creating any setting is to make a list of ideas I would like to see incorperated or that give me a starting place. Which lead me to start researching Transylvania. I looked at the history, culture, and geography. I looked at and though what do the cities look like? So I started to research archtecture, and biulding. I then started to research and add in little bits from eastern europe/russian history and mythology. I make notes on all of this. Then slowly (or quickly sometimes:)) start asembling the peices as I see fit. With my own touches and ideas of course.

QuoteJust what kind of thing does one do when preparing a new setting?
What if, in particular, you're making a new fantasy world?

Do you look at historical cultures?
Do you look at anything else? What study goes into it for you?

RPGPundit

Our GM is planning a new setting, though sci-fi. Once our group decides on general concepts (like genre, grittiness, etc...), we also gather ideas on what we'd like to see in the campaign, do some research, and collate it into one big wish list. The GM will "develop" from there.

We will also use the following tools and resources:
1) Dawn of Worlds - for worldbuilding (geography, history, and cultures)
2) Birthright's Domain Rules - for kingdoms and societies
3) Mythic RPG - for any missing parts!

Well I've been doing loads of historical research for a possible True20 setting/world I've had bouncing around in my head, but then it's most likely going to be the "transplanted Earth culture" variety ala GURPS' Yrth. I'm hoping it'll be more subtle like it's true inspiration the Deverry Cycle.

Quote from: jlcsusara;3024332) Birthright's Domain Rules - for kingdoms and societies

Played and loved Birthright with 2e, 3e, and 3.5 and thoroughly emjoyed the domain rules throughout. All the BR setting and rules material was my old GMs though, and I've been contemplating attempting to include something similar in the world I've been cooking up. What I'm wondering is have you tried the Fields of Blood supplement? If so, how different is it from BR? I'd love to be able to get usable realm rules in just the one setting-neutral book rather than trying to run down and adapt rules from BR.

Quote from: Sigmund;302442What I'm wondering is have you tried the Fields of Blood supplement? If so, how different is it from BR? I'd love to be able to get usable realm rules in just the one setting-neutral book rather than trying to run down and adapt rules from BR.

Sorry, no. But looking at the Field of Blood website, it seems to have a full set of wargame rules... for miniature mass combat fun!

Yet Birthright has more character, history, maturity, and proven playability!

You decide!

For my own FtA!GN!'s The Setting I did research on the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth, and on the Mongols, as well as brushing up on my Tibetan Buddhism.

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For my Tiwesdaeg setting, I mashed up Celtic, Saxon and Viking England. So I researched into them. I was most interested in small details of daily life, like what people wore and ate, what their festivals and games were, and so on. I found that was the best for getting players into the setting.

That's funny, Kyle, I'm doing something very, very similar for my Lloegyr campaign which started a few weeks ago. Care to compare notes?

See the several Tiwesdaeg campaigns (and others) here, Premier. Feel free to email.