Fallen Fantasy Worldbuilding Thread (No SV, Help Cyber Go Insane in Fantasy Land Together)

How feasible would it to be for Gondor to form a coalition to try and contain Mordor forces on the island?
I mean its an Option, just understand its like herding cats and dogs.

And Gondor has to do like all the world because Saruman is busy cleaning things up.
Though honestly, I don't know the state of naval assets for most of the groups involved. And just how barely functional is Brettonia?
You mean they aren't already a puppet to other factions? surely you jest.
 
You mean they aren't already a puppet to other factions? surely you jest.
Being a puppet implies there is enough order they can be kept on a generally consistant stance. :V
And, that might be an issue for them.
And Gondor has to do like all the world because Saruman is busy cleaning things up.
This is either good or bad, and I am not sure which.
At least we got two Arthurs running around in England Propper.
Just don't mind the other master ring floating around somewhere with a possibly mad ring forger.
 
Just don't mind the other master ring floating around somewhere with a possibly mad ring forger.
Yes Talion is around with Ghost bro.

As for the Gods.

To Remind you, Illuvitar is gone and Heaven was Sacked by Impirialist Elves who broke most of their powers to do it.

Any questions on them.
At least we got two Arthurs running around in England Propper.
Nigel Tarry King Arthur is the real one...

As for the other one, have fun.
 
Nigel Tarry King Arthur is the real one...

As for the other one, have fun.
Fair. The other is pretty much a Roman Idealist backed by a man whom devoted his life to gathering as much lore as he could.
To Remind you, Illuvitar is gone and Heaven was Sacked by Impirialist Elves who broke most of their powers to do it.

Any questions on them.
Well, I guess How are things i general?
...And, well, what are the odds a crusade may end up being called in retaliation? 😅
 
...And, well, what are the odds a crusade may end up being called in retaliation? 😅
Umm, Heavan's Gone, Humanity no longer has an afterlife and the underlying principles that run the world are hanging by a thread because other gods are picking up the slack.

There will be no crusades...because their'd have to be some actual purpose beyond revenge to do it.

Literally one of the first jobs in quest is rebuild a religious creed, because we kinda need it to not give into despair.

Hell even Suaron is rebuilding it because its kinda important.
Fair. The other is pretty much a Roman Idealist backed by a man whom devoted his life to gathering as much lore as he could.
I mean, who wouldn't be a Romaboo in post fall britian?
Well, I guess How are things i general?
Not as bad as you think but like, if you wanna have some peace of mind, find a god or spirit to shanghai into some power quickly.
 
Umm, Heavan's Gone, Humanity no longer has an afterlife and the underlying principles that run the world are hanging by a thread because other gods are picking up the slack.

There will be no crusades...because their'd have to be some actual purpose beyond revenge to do it.

Literally one of the first jobs in quest is rebuild a religious creed, because we kinda need it to not give into despair.

Hell even Suaron is rebuilding it because its kinda important.
...Well bleep. *Looks to the church, and the fact the closest gods are the greek ones*(Roman gods may count, but they are kinda Greek gods with new outfit and name.)
Odds that they might just try and simply built it themselves? At least the branch with Roman!Arthur would just be confused, given in their verse, they kinda existed and yet didn't, with the supernatural factions regarding them as a false religion, while they still managed to tap into something.
 
...Well bleep. *Looks to the church, and the fact the closest gods are the greek ones*(Roman gods may count, but they are kinda Greek gods with new outfit and name.)
The Greek/Roman's want to kinda erase Gods existence, because they hate him.

As for the other spirits, they just want a home.
se, they kinda existed and yet didn't, with the supernatural factions regarding them as a false religion, while they still managed to tap into something.
yep.
 
So.... I guess the most likely path would be a new movement that may be championed by R!Arthur. On the principles of basically "So what? It was always more about the teachings, lessens, and community, than about it's physical presense. Jesus would be very disappointed if THIS was all it took to beak us. So what if Heaven's gone? We can Rebuild it. What can't is what we still have, the community, the wise teachings of Jesus, and our faith in a better future."
 
Jesus would be very disappointed if THIS was all it took to beak us.
To be fair on Jesus...he didn't expect the other Gods to March in an straight up Murder you for believing in God...and kill pretty much kneecap your entire civilization for shits and giggles because they bored and want you to pray harder.

Its an uphill struggle to stay an honest man of the cloth, when there is SO MUCH evidence of things being proven wrong, and well we aren't rational to begin with.

To explain, the Elves have more right to rule the universe now then Humans do, because they (or at least a subset of them) raised the foundations of the world.

The Thalmor are vindicated! Thats how bad it is...at start date.

It can get better, but its gonna take a lot of work and random spirits and lesser gods getting recruited to fill out the spiritual quota.

Gandalf and Saruman and the Istar can only do so much to fix things after the Witcher's antagonists broke everything on a metaphysical level.
We can Rebuild it. What can't is what we still have, the community, the wise teachings of Jesus, and our faith in a better future."
"Alright but we're going to need to rebuild it off the back of old Pagan traditions and make them all saints when its over, YOU There, random Spirit. We need you shoe in for a saint."

To say nothing about what Sigmar's doing to help...a lot of the good guy Gods are really trying to help fix things.
 
Last edited:
"Alright but we're going to need to rebuild it off the back of old Pagan traditions and make them all saints when its over, YOU There, random Spirit. We need you shoe in for a saint."

To say nothing about what Sigmar's doing to help...a lot of the good guy Gods are really trying to help fix things.
There is going to be lots of crisis of faiths and such....
Full struggling together vibes with the different denominations all facing the same crisis, with the same enemies that don't care about stupid arguments about prophets of 'a lie'. On top of the need to bring in outsiders to try and not only rebuild, but stay alive in the first place. 😅
 
Last edited:
ull struggling together vies with the different denominations all facing the same crisis, with the same enemies that don't care about stupid arguments about prophets of 'a lie'.
yeah...lets be fair...When your a god from another pantheon and all you need to to sway people is just show up and kill the ones who both have strong faith and are actually intelligent enough to call you out, then you've practically already won the game...its just a matter of growing your powerbase now.

As for everyone else? Well, why do you think Aragorn is also the Spiritual Leader of his people as well, its part of his traditional Anglo Saxon traditional duties to be apart of and gague the spiritual well being of his people.

Its part of the reason why Gondor is one of the few places that seemingly has their shit together.

The Impirials don't count because well, Civil Wars tend to be neat distraction from spiritual crisis.

And Karl Franz looks upon this world and calls it a tuesday while praising the hell out of Sigmar.
On top of the need to bring in outsiders to try and not only rebuild, but stay alive in the first place. 😅
"All Gods' work for the one...eventually. Not that many of them know it until the time comes...but its their duty to fill that void, until that good news can be reached and they know the path."
 
And meanwhile, the Ymaryn are looking at all this chaos and glances at their old records.
"Yep, no matter how much things change, some things stay the same"
*In the background, the local Parthenon does what they do best, including making sure the leadership doesn't get too complacent*
 
Yep...everything is just weird.

So anyone got any questions on anything?
Honestly...
How would the Hylian Parthenon fit in this? Especially with the whole reincarnation thing going on.

And any ideas on how to handle the whole Zonai thing? Given the fact that we know vanishingly little of them, and what little we show taken in context of the company still wanting to tie the new timeline to the old one leaves some possible colonialist vibes, given facts like founding hyrule in spite of it existing FAR before the king Rauru decided to unite the peoples in the area and setting canon events in motion.
 
So anyone want any questions or a faction sheet?
One question is honestly, who are the big leaders in the Sengoku Jedai factions? Based on my limited knowledge, I'd honestly guess Oda Nobunaga and Uesugi Kenshin. Basically cause the former is a Genius that pummuled his way through the opposition, and the latter because of being a genius able to directly contest the former...

And, well, how would the whole Buddhism thing fit into the whole spiritual big picture.
"So....
Your 'god' is just some random guy whom ascended, and is attempting to guide others to ascend?"
 
I get the feeling that religeon wise. The massive monothiest tent is in full struggling together crisis mode, with threats from MANY angles and a crisis of faith others want to exploit.
The various more polythiest faiths are in a far more varied state, depending on their patron dieties and godly neighbord.
"What did I tell you. YOU. DONT. HAVE. SEX. WITH. STRANGERS. You don't know if he happens to be zues and therefore invite retribution from his wife!"
Ymaryn just keeps going as normal, except the Parthenon is now decidedly active and actively working to prevent a repeat of the incident that nearly led to the mongols killing them all.
Hyrule has tons of creator goddess reincarnations running around, with Hylia herself possibly being sorta around in the godly halls while being able to exploit the fact she has many mortal selves running around thanks to Demise.
And meanwhile, not much has changed for the Buddhists as they continue the Journey of enlightenment. :V
 
...Thinking about Wizard with a Gun. It might be interesting to bring it into this setting. While factions wise, it's basically just a little known empire, and a motley band of various factions on an island holding relics of a fallen civilization. With the previous civilization being masters of magic whom took their secrets to their grave when their civilization collapsed, with attempts to learn the secrets of magic being stymied by the dangerous nature of channeling their brand of magic until someone stumbled on magical gunsmithing, using magic powder and specially selected reagents to create spells in bullet form bypassing the danger of personally channeling the power.

The whole Chaos thing that exists is sealed away in the Tower the game is centered around, alongside the crazy magitech and insane amounts of knowledge, such as the device that can roll back time but only can be used by those whom tethered their soul to the Tower that houses it, and all whom are tethered must be inside to use it. Other than the Tower Stuff which is a big mystery, it is comparatively tame with the focus being the guns and bullets carefully forged using careful study and salvaged lore of the fallen civilization, whom too, built their empire on the backs of knowledge gleamed from the vast libraries of the Tower which predated their rise.
 
Last edited:
The Gunslinger

Diplomacy: D20 => 9 (The Gunslinger was just an average bounty hunter. And even now, he isn't known for having a way with words.)

Martial: D20 => 7 +5 = 14 (A decent strategist after getting experience, but is unused to working with others.)

Stewardship: D20 => 10 +10 = 20 (The Gunslinger is really good at stretching resources available, and managing resources.)

Intrigue: D20 => 10 (The Gunslinger even now tends to prefer more direct options, even if a wider toolbox is available such as teleportation bullets.)

Learning: D20 => 13 +10 +5 =28 (While a Gunslinger is a physical job. If you don't want to rely on others to make your gear and ammo, you need to learn some things. And if you want some good gear and not just a shitty pistol, you need to be quite knowledgeable in the field. And The Gunslinger has it in spades)

Piety: D20 => 9 +5 = 14 (The Gunslinger was just a hired gun. Not that much room for faith, but the Gunslinger has seen some things)

Personal Combat: D20 => 7 + 10+ 5+ 5 = 27(While originally very unimpressive, The Gunslinger had to learn fast, and did. Which when combined with the arsenal The Gunslinger possesses, is a force to be reckoned with.)And Yet, the growth happened in an instant

Traits:


Lost Lore: The time and access to the Tower has provided an unusually solid grounding of the magical knowledge of the past. Which when paired with the need to use said knowledge to improve the Gunslinger's kit without direct aid from any teacher, leaves a far sharper mind than one may expect. Including enough information to make very high quality versions of every gun variant known.(+10 Learning, +50 to gunsmithing rolls and bullet making.(Don't count gunpowder variants until studied))

Once Soul Tethered: The Gunslinger had his/her soul tethered to one of the Towers soul Tether for a time, this has left a mark even if how is unclear.(+5 Piety, unknown effects)Odd. seems somehow to still be connected. Perhaps it was because he was tethered during the event?

Veteran of countless battles: The Gunslinger has been hardened through many conflicts, familiar with every force that could be considered local to the floating island.(+10 Personal Combat, +5 Martial, +25 to combat rolls upgraded to +50 against battle styles similar to )And yet, no-one remembers where the Gunslinger got so skilled

Unknown: The Gunslinger was a complete unknown. Not only that, looking into his/her past if it brings up anything, will simply not add up.(Penalty to investigation rolls on this character, even through magical means)It's like a whole chapter of his life didn't even happen. Where we see everything up to a certain point, and then, suddenly he goes through a year of an apocalypse except the apocalypse never happened.

Self-Taught Gunmancer: The Gunslinger is one of the foremost Gunmancers in the land. Others may be better in a specific field, but he/she has honed the craft of making every known bullet type, with only cobbled together tools.(+5 Learning, +10 Stewardship, +5 Personal Combat, Reduces debuff due to lacking proper tools.) How did he/she even get the hands on some of those guns? Let alone get those bluprints he is rumored to have?

Equipment Traits:
Masterwork Arsenal: The Gunslinger has a vast assortment of extremely well-made weapons and very advanced spell bullets. Lightning, fire, ice, oil, you name it, the Gunslinger has it. Alongside stuff like shotguns, rifles, SMGs, gives a major variety (Major bonus to combat. Unlocks new options to reflect the wide tools available and synergy's learned from experience. May need to spend actions restocking spent bullets to maintain the arsenal. )

The First Edition: An almost mythical book made to greatly ease research. Thought to have been all destroyed, the books are able to scan objects and beings to fill out pages on the nature of what was scanned. It is said when they were first made, they were able to successful fight against their creators until battlemages were redirected to put down the revolt, leading to many restrictions in both how they were made and usage to avoid a repeat.(Can scan something or someone to learn more if successful. Roll to avoid breaking concentration during the process, if user get's hit concentration will break. Unknown potential)

Character wise, the Gunslinger is kind of a mook prior to canon. Not known for any real skill, at least, not before going through the loops the previous team did until doing what they failed in. And honestly, I written this basically with the idea of things getting a bit kooky in the Event thanks to the Player character still being tethered to the tower during the event, and having the state of the world be prior to tower rediscovery. Which basically leads to said character going from zero to nightmare equipment and all, with only the team assembled by the one whom rediscovered the Tower possibly being able to figure out the possible cause, due to them having at one point been tethered to the tower, albeit it having broken/disconnected somehow. Which may possibly been the events shown in the Launch trailer.

Basically a terror of a gunslinger that could dish out strategic chaos with bullet element combos, and well equipped to grow and improve the arsenal at the core of said strength while not being that much of a force multiplier unless leveraging the Gunsmith skills developed to keep said equipment up to the challenges faced.
 
Last edited:
Oh...Oh, Wild West Loose canon badass. Nice.
Well that is pretty much what the player becomes in the later stages. After scrounging for resources and dying a lot. Though I can see their idea of magic getting some looks.
"So, you ate the reagents, and then channeled the energy through your own body!?!?!?!? How!"
"We don't know. We kept dying trying to figure it out, until we just discovered Gunmancy."
"So, to try and not kill yourself with magic you invented a gun?"
"Also called a wand."
"THIS Is a Wand!"
"That's just a STICK!"
 
Back
Top