I recommend Swords of the Serpentine. It's setting, Eversink, is one of the few settings I've used in my 4 decades of gaming. It is a great, smart, interesting and different sword and sorcery setting that does exactly what it sets out to do... give a really clever setting where words can be as effective as a sword or spell. The sorcery rules are brilliant too... as the setting pushes back on the corruption that is the byproduct of sorcery.
Freeport (in it's various iterations) would be a natural here, too - it's got Pirates, Serpent People (only historically . . . right?), and an interesting setting that lets the "classic" races mix in a city with others that are usually only antagonists (goblins and hobgoblins, for sure, amongst others). Plus, you gotta love a city where the biggest crime boss is a halfling!
I'm fond of the Pirates Guide to Freeport, as it is system agnostic and focuses purely on the setting (it obviously has some assumptions - like most of the D&D type races - but doesn't focus on system stuff).
I'd highly recommend checking out The City. It is the setting for a|state, and easily my favorite city in RPGs.
Nice! Does the new forged in the dark version have a full section on the city? Or do I have to try and find the old one?
Yeah, it is the new FitD version I'm thinking of! I'd not recommend 1st ed as anything other than a historic curio.
Thanks!
I recommend Swords of the Serpentine. It's setting, Eversink, is one of the few settings I've used in my 4 decades of gaming. It is a great, smart, interesting and different sword and sorcery setting that does exactly what it sets out to do... give a really clever setting where words can be as effective as a sword or spell. The sorcery rules are brilliant too... as the setting pushes back on the corruption that is the byproduct of sorcery.
Can't recommend this one enough.
This is a glowing recommendation! You've got me convinced. :D
Freeport (in it's various iterations) would be a natural here, too - it's got Pirates, Serpent People (only historically . . . right?), and an interesting setting that lets the "classic" races mix in a city with others that are usually only antagonists (goblins and hobgoblins, for sure, amongst others). Plus, you gotta love a city where the biggest crime boss is a halfling!
Do you have a specific version of Freeport that you recommend? Is the "Freeport City of Adventure" setting for Pathfinder?
I'm fond of the Pirates Guide to Freeport, as it is system agnostic and focuses purely on the setting (it obviously has some assumptions - like most of the D&D type races - but doesn't focus on system stuff).
Thanks! That helps!