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Bataf
Scope
The motivation behind building Bataf
"I was motivated to start a new world after I realised that, while I was being respectful, I was appropriating another culture for my world. So now I have started to write a world using only influence from cultures I have heritage from."
The goal of the project
"For now I hope to use this world as a basis for a Dungeons & Dragons campaign, but I also hope to later turn my work into either a novel or into a Setting Guide."
Bataf's Unique Selling point
"The unique selling point of this world is that I bring a world set in the lower countries instead of the traditional medieval england. I often try to avoid the typical trappings of fantasy as I have not grown up with fantasy and as a kid was more interested in prehistory and worlds such as Avatar: the Last Airbender."
Theme
Genre
"The genre I am writing this world in is fantasy, as that is the aspect I am most interested in. More specifically it is a high fantasy setting with a hard magic system. In this world magic is as much a part of physics as quarks are. The science of this world is on a same level as our own 17th century, with most nations employing Mauritian tactics such as pike and shot."
Reader Experience
"The feel I desire for my world is a sense of wonder and adventure. I try to accomplish this goal by combining attributes from various literary genre to create an unique mix that allows the reader to be surprised by what comes next."
Reader Tone
"The tone of the world is generally somewhere in the middle and can vary between bright and dark depending on the mood that is appropriate for the location."
Character Agency
"I believe that my player characters have as much influence on the world as their players are willing to take on."
Focus
Drama
The southern continent of Svellbjargheim had to be magically separated from the rest of the world because in the distant past a tidal-wave of southerners had washed over the rest of the world and almost destroyed it.
Souls are linked to the sun and the moon. Souls that go to the moon are allowed to reincarnate and go for another cycle of live, but those that go to the sun are consumed to keep the sun burning.
In the distant past a mysterious city, named Al-Kanish, appeared out of nowhere. With it the people living there brought bringing technological marvels that stunned the world and shot it technologically up by a few centuries.
A volcanic eruption in the northern hemisphere has filled the air with ash. Now the lands around the volcano are succumbing to crop failures as the people are living through a year without a summer.
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