Topic: James's change of opinion on using Earth as the campaign world?
In the Referee's book on pp. 53-55 James counsels Referees not to use the real world as the campaign world, summing it up thus: "The Referee should be the final authority about the campaign world, and using the Real World gives authority to the world beyond the Referee's. Avoid that."
In James's call last month for module submissions, he stipulates: "Present the adventure as if it takes place during the Early Modern period, roughly between the years 1500 C.E. And 1650 C.E of our own history. You do not need to be a student of geography or history to write a LotFP adventure, but when it comes to cities and nations and cultures, your adventure must be real-world in feel."
James, does this present a re-thinking of your earlier position against using the real world as the campaign world, or am I misunderstanding your statement in the call for submissions? Are you wanting modules set in (for example) 16th-century Germany, or rather in something like "the fictional country of Augstrafen which feels like 16th-century Germany"?
Last edited by Geoffrey (2011-09-05 07:36:48)