Hendrik wrote:Soldier of Od wrote:The Dark Elf wrote:Prysus wrote:pblackcrow wrote:Please tell me you're making it the orient.
Greetings and Salutations. I read this shortly after it was posted, but decided to wait a few hours so I can respond without being rude (or that is my hope). I've suspected this topic was coming and the short answer is: No.
Good call. I know of the Orient already. I want new places in a fantasy world.
/agree
zyanitevp wrote:The Dark Elf wrote:Good call. I know of the Orient already. I want new places in a fantasy world.
I agree! Cannot wait for this book, or the Lopanic Games book!
Totally agree!
I so want to see these books, preferably in the same size as Byzantium.
My wishlist is not that long ...
1. Lopanic Games
2. Lopan and Phi
3. Land of the South Winds
4. Old Kingdom!
5. finish the Mysteries of Magic series (personally, I would love to see just one more book completing the series, preferably Mark Hall's)
6. LOD III
I do not care about the order of publication.
And then, we can start a new continent
Well Kevin has the completed Lopan manuscript (with a section that includes the Lopanic
Games). I'm about 90-95% completed with the Phi manuscript, which will take a month or so
to edit. Not sure on the LoSW status. I've told Kev I'd being willing to help with OK and LOD 3,
but those are books he wants to write. Best I can do is include some OK material in Lopan and
Phi that has OK Lowland info that expands upon already material indicated in Library,Island at
the Edge of the World, and Eastern Territory. And don't forget Kevin's Garden of the Gods
book. I just happen to know where is located and I'm very excited
to see how it gets
incorporated, sorry not able to share where. I will also say my goal with Phi and Lopan has
always been to keeping expanding the world view and keep all the books despite the time
frames between when they were written relevant. The one advantage PF has over Rifts. Each
new book in Rifts keep advancing the time frame. Those books written about the Deep South
and such everything probably didn't include
Minion War stuff which kind of throws them
off a bit. PF doesn't have that issue. All new books just have to mention establish facts we
already know...
Wolfen and Eastern Territory "appear" to be heading toward conflict, but outside forces are
trying to keep that from happening (a UN of sorts) and there are some pushing toward it.
Timiro has a serious Ogre and Orc problem on their hand. The Sword of Light which is not only
the symbol of the monarchy, it's how the Timiro populace legitimize their power. Sort of like
the Declaration of Independence for the US. Say it was stolen and ended up in the hands of
someone from Russia, well they would now control the country. Well the one over the King
Gedro's head is a fake. It's not real. So technically the king is not the king if he doesn't have
the sword. The sword is lost and by tradition anyone who has the sword and makes it glow, is
the monarch of Timiro. Which means you as the player character could find the sword and
now you're the monarch of Timiro (if you are descended from the Timiro Royal Family
Bloodline). If your PC is from Timiro, Eastern Territory, or Bizantium there is a % chance you
could have royal blood DNA in you. Doesn't matter how small or little. All of this can be found
in in Rifter #63 (all official material).
Western Empire has three issues. Faerie War, Middle Kingdom uprising, and a 300,000+
monster race army about to invade the Old Kingdom Frontier and tear up most of the
the Empire. And there are 7000 Jotans preparing to attack the OK Western Lowland boarding
the Sea of Scarlet Waters. They will also be accompanied by 1600 Gigantees. These guys will
later plan a joint campaign with the Giants of Gurthasi Tor to engage in a massive war with
the Gromek for a battle to see who can lay claim to the Baalgor Wateland (what a prize).
Bizantium has its colonies starting to revolt, their King is an idiot, and some really nasty bad
guys are about to come down in their Sea Serpent ships to cause a lot of trouble (and maybe
for the Wolfen too
). Ever look at the Great Northern Wilderness map (I encourage
everyone to ask for Will's map he did for the GNW as a grab bad item, it's awesome) and
wonder why the Wolfen are all concentrated together on the east coast with nothing on the
Northern coast and most of the Western Frontier
?
Right now I can't say what Phi and Lopan are bringing.
There is some good news though, the world is not about to be destroyed by the Black Wall that
got merge with Axel's Circle of Absolute Elemental Power. As that was a 1st edition adventure.
We've updated the situation to assume some player characters put a stop to it. Fortunately no
Palladium islands or major populations were lost is the process (see Island at the End of the
World, and update in Bizantium).
I look forward to seeing the new contribution of world events to be added from LotSW. It's the
last of the five human controlled nations to be detailed. And I'm eager to see what they bring
to the table.