Posted By Sean-Khan on 09/19/2006 12:12 AM
Is the problem that everyone has so different tastes, and have strong view of many things in the world? So, while the idea in theory is great, I think it's almost impossible to create a world that everyone is happy about.

Solution? Creating kind of module library. Towns, persons, magic items, countries, organisations, historical events, other things not tied to map. And some way to categorize them, give them keywords etc. This way, everyone can contribute something and take something that they can use in their own campaigns.

Of course people can make their own worlds out of these components and share them - so if the world matches someone's view, he can use it straight out.

Right now I'm making a world of my own mainly out of ready pieces - taken from Elric of Melnibone, Middle Earth, Rome and other historical stuff, Wheel of Time, Faerun, Greyhawk, Babylon 5 and others. So, there's old, waning empire of Melnibone where Hextor, Sune, Waukeen & Azuth are worshipped. Whitecloaks that worship 'The only true god, Helm', are gaining power and try to erase spellcasters from the world. So, lots of interesting things collected together to form my own world without too much work.

While I have a lot of stuff ready, I'm still looking a lot of original stuff. A resource library would work excellently, leaving the main development for myself and giving me details.

Posted By Sean-Khan on 09/19/2006 12:12 AM
Is the problem that everyone has so different tastes, and have strong view of many things in the world? So, while the idea in theory is great, I think it's almost impossible to create a world that everyone is happy about.

Posted By Sean-Khan on 09/19/2006 12:12 AM


Solution? Creating kind of module library. Towns, persons, magic items, countries, organisations, historical events, other things not tied to map. And some way to categorize them, give them keywords etc. This way, everyone can contribute something and take something that they can use in their own campaigns.