Thread:12rounds/@comment-26867299-20150816233723/@comment-26832895-20150817060901

Hello there!

Yes, I like what you are doing - collaborating to create something bigger! I see you have written something about the Ishaks. My vision has always been that they are regal in appearance, their height surpasses that of humans and their history and culture differs from all the other sentien races because they have never been slaves to the dragons in the past. I believe as a culture they are somehow tied to the ice and snow and while they have tried to expand, the settlements have withered and died. Perhaps this is due to an ancient curse. I have not explored that yet.

About the dating system... I have a long history with table top role-playing game settings (dating back to early 1980's) and I've always found that players get really confused when the calendar system significantly differs from what we have here on Earth. Hence I've taken on a position that the calendar basics is roughly to what our Gregorian calendar is (excepting seasons which are nigh non-existent in Cresia). My initial take is that the current cultures of Cresia now live the year 892. Year 0 is set to be the coronation day of the first king of Groam uniting the then surviving people of the continent after hundreds of years of slavering rule by dragon lords who consider all other sentients so below their intellect that they were of no use other than slaves. The coronation day marks the liberation of sentient races and while Groam has been burnt to ashes a couple of times since then, that event has sticked in the minds of men and beast alike. What happened to the dragons to cause them to abandon other sentient races and turn into family groups of hermits, is debatable and stuff of legends.

I've purposefully avoided writing actual dates on articles. That's because I've not yet sure about all this.

So ... the dating system is best kept similar to what we have on Earth now and in essence is this way simply as a convenience. Similarly I like to use similar fauna and flora to what we have on Earth - there's enough changing variables in the world without naming everything again to confuse players.

/Kimmo