Entry 1: http://foxfirestudios.net/main/?p=258

This isn't realted to any campaigns here, but whatever hashings I have with the campaigns will eventually go into a published document where I share a homemade campaign world where I'll eventually set all of my homemade adventures in.  (I start with a Forgotten Realms so I can kick some ideas around, knowing that I'll go on to my own campaign world later.)

I want to have some brainstorming time with various readers so that I can find out what parts work, what parts I can do without, and expecially what ideas you may have that can fit in well in this campaign world.  (Basically it's a Forgotten Realms like world, with Tesla-era inventions thrown in, with some other ideas I had in mind from other game designs.)  You can put your input here if you want, or you can send me a more private message if you so desire.

I'll give you credit for all the ideas and filler that you'll let me use.

Well, if you are smashing Eberron into Forgotten Realms, clearly you need to include the plains nomad Halflings riding Dinosaurs.  More civilized ones were also a thing (Had a character who worked for the Halfling house of professional healers).  But, you know, Halflings on Dinosaurs.

*Throws down pile of Talenta tribe weapons* let's see. We got a boomerang, a sword on a stick optimized for tiny people, and a sickle polearm optimized for tiny people.

These are admittedly 4th ed weapons and 4th ed numbers (on weapon proficiency bonuses aren't A Thing in 5th. Neither is superior, or high crit), but gotta start somewhere.

I am also running on ??? hours of sleep and my brain coherence is fading fast now that I am no longer driving people and making multiple "And to think I was here a half hour ago." trips.

Talenta boomerang: Superior one handed Ranged.
It's a boomerang.

1d4.  +2 Prof bonus (Average for 4th ed)
Light Thrown.  Light Blade.
Range 10/20 tiles (50/100 feet).
Returns on throw for proficient.


Talenta Tangat: Superior one handed Melee.
Curved sword on a stick, for tiny people.

1d8, +2 Prof bonus.
Heavy Blade.
High Crit (4th ed wise, that means "When you crit, roll 1/2/3 extra weapon Dice depending on if you are Heroic, Paragon, or Epic).
Versatile (While 1d10 one handed weapons were common in 4th ed, Versatile was merely +1 damage.)
"Small" property (no limitations for wielder being small).

Talenta Sharrash: Superior Two handed melee.
Sickle bladed polearm, for tiny people.

1d8, +3 Prof (Higher than average hit chance for 4th ed).
Heavy blade.  Polearm.
High crit.
"Small" property.

In reply to Tark (msg # 2):

Oh for heaven's sake, crash then.  You need your sanity sleep.  (I'm about to catch a couple hours myself)  I'll see to converting this to 5ed.

Yup. I avoid TV Tropes because it is a black hole that sucks me in. If I so much as look up one trope, I'll be reading for hours. So I'm just going to completely ignore any references to tropes.

Which is fine. It just means I won't know what you're talking about any time you use trope lingo.

As for campaign setting being Forgotten Realms meets Eberron, that is cool. I've always been a fan of magitech personally.

As someone who is guilty of having Wiki Walks in that site, I won't blame you.  If you need help getting a trope explained, I'll do it on file, without the need for a link.

The second post is up on my site:  http://foxfirestudios.net/main/?p=277

I expanded some bits form the first brainstorm, responded on some input, and took the mind map into two sub maps to work with.