Scope
The motivation behind building Tertara
My motivation for making this world is to run D&D games in and to be a fun and creative project to help keep me sane
The goal of the project
A fun setting to GM in and just maybe be fun for my friends to play in
Tertara's Unique Selling point
It is a dark fantasy world, where the good guys lost a while ago, and since then the world has descended into chaos. However, while the age of hero's is over, those weary souled adventures seek to light the path. They will never be able to truly save the world, but they can fight tooth and nail and with gritted teeth to buy the world just a little more time, to delay the apocalypse by just a little bit longer
Theme
Genre
Dark Fantasy
Reader Experience
It can be both a magical place and also a grim existence with varying degrees around the world. Some places are more traditional sword and sorcery while others are very high fantasy.
Reader Tone
Dark
Recurring Themes
Trial, struggle, and fear.
Character Agency
They will never be able to truly save the world and vanquish all evil, but every victory they fight for they can halt the apocalypses by just a little more.
Focus
governments and organizations
daily life and ideals, customs of ethnicities, and other such stuff
deities and their rituals, practices, ideals, tenants, and artifacts, as well as the influence of their churches
military orders, wars, and ruined civilizations and ancient long forgotten lore
Drama
Strange dark zones of black magic and shadows are slowly cropping up around the world, and monsters and undead are roaming around like never before. This all happened ever since the Crusade of Light, and more and more dangerous monsters are appearing all over the world.