tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post2090495447982656794..comments2024-03-28T03:39:41.417-07:00Comments on Beyond the Black Gate: Campaign Concept - Sword & Sorcery BalticAlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-31958112473646626852012-06-22T21:48:34.685-07:002012-06-22T21:48:34.685-07:00Idea to ponder... What if you pull a D&D? D&am...Idea to ponder... What if you pull a D&D? D&D origionally based the Greyhawk region on North America (if you put Chicago where Greyhawk is and adjust Mexico to the south, you can sort of use your imagination to see it with the coasts and mountains). Make the area around the baltic that you highlighted its own world, with the emporor ruling across where Denmark, Southern Sweden, and East Poland are (which would explain his rise to power as the seas would be controlled by his gateway to the ocean, lol). The Shining Empire could exist where Russia, Latvia, and Estonia are, and you could change some coastlines and add fjords and other climates where you want them. Just something to think about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-21152712535699568902012-04-06T19:33:32.273-07:002012-04-06T19:33:32.273-07:00This is awesome! Love to see what you do with this...This is awesome! Love to see what you do with this.Khaymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370567634711726881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-32868368219550114052012-03-26T18:21:06.670-07:002012-03-26T18:21:06.670-07:00Sure! I'd be happy to add a a link to the page...Sure! I'd be happy to add a a link to the page here.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-8508858233438417512012-03-21T01:54:07.214-07:002012-03-21T01:54:07.214-07:00I like this idea so much, I think I'm actually...I like this idea so much, I think I'm actually going to run this. I've knocked up a hex map and am doing a quick compendium of house rules and the like. Want me to send any stuff over to you if and when I run it?Tall Tales and Short Storieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09324534612592542669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-72873404537669632532012-01-25T21:12:01.868-08:002012-01-25T21:12:01.868-08:00Did you ever take this anywhere? I love the sound...Did you ever take this anywhere? I love the sound of it!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10231423670489116607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-69208113195750975272012-01-25T21:09:54.259-08:002012-01-25T21:09:54.259-08:00"though it'd probably be even more hereti..."though it'd probably be even more heretical and unorthodox than Byzantine practices."<br /><br />HUH? That's a very odd description for the city that was the seat of Christendom for quite some time!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10231423670489116607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-65633825068095418122010-06-13T15:21:51.472-07:002010-06-13T15:21:51.472-07:00Wow. That's pretty cool.Wow. That's pretty cool.bblackmoorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617692481304880921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-80416618442522837682010-05-26T13:11:17.811-07:002010-05-26T13:11:17.811-07:00Nice! No fjords in the Baltic, though - you need t...Nice! No fjords in the Baltic, though - you need the Norwegian coast for that...Ole Andreas Hoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17846772355187484577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-82093685730922731242010-05-26T10:44:22.345-07:002010-05-26T10:44:22.345-07:00I like and approve this concept. :) Check out Thr...I like and approve this concept. :) Check out Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson (recently re-read and I made the wife read it also) for some ideas.aka Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-48185751043172402762010-05-22T00:29:08.839-07:002010-05-22T00:29:08.839-07:00I approve of this idea! :DI approve of this idea! :DAkrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-68220819626155154572010-05-21T19:23:57.886-07:002010-05-21T19:23:57.886-07:00Cool. I do like me some alternate history.Cool. I do like me some alternate history.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-91779002926908648682010-05-21T19:08:16.463-07:002010-05-21T19:08:16.463-07:00Whoops! Forgot to add the late 17th century testim...Whoops! Forgot to add the late 17th century testimony of Thiess. There's a bit on him <a href="http://www.werewolves.com/hounds-of-god/" rel="nofollow">here</a>, but the real places to look are in <i>Witches, Werewolves, and Fairies</i> by Claude Lecouteux, <i>Apollo the Wolf-God</i> by Daniel Gershenson, or either of <i>Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath</i> or <i>The Night Battles</i> by Carlo Ginzburg.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-89103110331142280012010-05-21T19:03:11.127-07:002010-05-21T19:03:11.127-07:00NetherWerks: The werewolves were, specifically, fr...NetherWerks: The werewolves were, specifically, from Livonia. There's a good article on them <a href="http://werewolves.monstrous.com/werewolf_livonia.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-69203406456926271432010-05-21T15:45:00.070-07:002010-05-21T15:45:00.070-07:00Wow! Poland in D&D :-)Wow! Poland in D&D :-)Albert R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09691712927512834666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-69274192288250016392010-05-21T14:08:30.490-07:002010-05-21T14:08:30.490-07:00Richard Tierney. Take a look at his Simon of Gitt...Richard Tierney. Take a look at his Simon of Gitta novels. Gnosticism might just flourish in this sort of setting, though it'd probably be even more heretical and unorthodox than Byzantine practices. <br /><br />What would it take to carry out a slave revolt in this dark-Cthulhu-esque Roman Empire ala Spartacus if such a thing were to even be attempted under a mad emperor like you're describing? Shudder.<br /><br />Ever look up Baltic, i.e. Latvian werewolves? Very interesting critters. You should be having a great deal of fun with this setting.netherwerkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361800925618339097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-68431959382288290552010-05-21T13:46:16.070-07:002010-05-21T13:46:16.070-07:00I'd play that. If you ever want to develop it,...I'd play that. If you ever want to develop it, I'd gladly help!squidmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486198900111225929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-51586613359177429972010-05-21T10:49:01.430-07:002010-05-21T10:49:01.430-07:00My first thought on seeing the map was "Hmm, ...My first thought on seeing the map was "Hmm, Vasa alt.history?" But Varangian S&S antics in a Dark Ages Wild East works too.<br /><br />Tchernobog hungers! Pile high the fire and keep your sword sharp.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-8867520998766700232010-05-21T10:15:56.041-07:002010-05-21T10:15:56.041-07:00If you ever hexmap the region, I'd like to see...If you ever hexmap the region, I'd like to see how it'll become. Good luck with this endeavor.Marcelo Paschoalinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05869301766211022548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-75735835588110802432010-05-21T10:15:17.044-07:002010-05-21T10:15:17.044-07:00While I get that Risus Monkey might want to go 13t...While I get that Risus Monkey might want to go 13th Warrior here, I don't think Islam would have developed as it did historically.<br />I think the presence of the Old Ones would stifle new faiths from developing. A common enemy would tend to unite Christians. <br />Islam might be a militant sect of Christianity though. <br />I will concede I don't know all that much about the beginnings of Islam so 'grain of salt'.<br /><br />It is a cool setting idea. Runequest would work great with it IMO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-86390117575310275372010-05-21T09:41:57.242-07:002010-05-21T09:41:57.242-07:00@Risus
Christianity, yes, centered around Byzanti...@Risus<br /><br />Christianity, yes, centered around Byzantium, though somewhat more primitive than we know it today, as there has not been the opportunity to absorb all the pagan holy days, which are still observed in their native lands and forms.<br /><br />Islam, not sure what to do about. It got started in 610, which places it two-hundred years after the breaking of the Seal. Some interesting possibilities to ponder there...Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-28875335668104517462010-05-21T09:27:30.043-07:002010-05-21T09:27:30.043-07:00Very nice concept, love to hear more.Very nice concept, love to hear more.GrayPumpkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776658442266878498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-62503205035522211092010-05-21T09:02:43.447-07:002010-05-21T09:02:43.447-07:00I'd play it. Will Christianity or Islam exist?...I'd play it. Will Christianity or Islam exist?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635116929490398699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094937232522894470.post-24101189741312223772010-05-21T08:51:28.239-07:002010-05-21T08:51:28.239-07:00That sounds pretty damn awesome! I'd play tha...That sounds pretty damn awesome! I'd play that game.David The Archmagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649391406526258069noreply@blogger.com