Alright, so two releases ago I said I'd do a human story fort with masterwork, largely because I wanted to but also to give human mode some non-tutorial/succession spotlighting.
First and foremost, I already predict I will not play them correctly. At all. More for roleplay's sake than anything, though.
The world I genned is presently in its second age of legends, at the year 717 in a medium region.
Among the humans, we have two burnt out civs: The Kingdom of Order, and The Learned Realms.
The former got run roughshod by the elves (the offending civ subsequently getting plowed under by orcs, who were themselves destroyed by a different human civ.) As such, we have what we have, and will needlessly end up with a king basically out the gate (as we will with the other.) However, the sheer number of humans in the world (in excess of 50 large,) might mean no shortage of people.
The latter likewise seemed to have a history of fighting with the elves, but got smashed by an orc civ after centuries of on-off war with The Sunken Ford - the elves in question.
In either case, we have people trying desperately to preserve ancient traditions and such.
However, we also have The Union of Playing, who for the past 400 years have been ruled by necromancers - most of whom died in battle against The Smooth Hate, a naga civ that The Union has fought constantly since 89.
This leads to a somewhat more interesting option: Folk trying to get out from under the jackboot of necromancer oppression while fostering an age-old grudge against the Snakes - As, given the pattern of conflict, war with The Smooth Hate is almost inevitable; roughly every 12-15 years a short war breaks out from anywhere from a single major battle to a year long.
The present ruler has been at the helm since 685.
So basically revive a civ, or roleplay escaping our necromancer overlords. Which would you guys prefer?
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