Eldeen Reaches [Archive] - Wizards Community

Eldeen Reaches [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Roger Nicholls
02-20-07, 12:27 AM Hi All,

Perhaps a strange question but what "real world" nation either modern or historical is the Eldeen Reaches most like e.g. is like a Nordic community or perhaps Anglo Saxon England ?

Regards

Roger
Yakman
02-20-07, 01:24 PM I don't think there's really an analog to it. Maybe pre-Christian Lithuania?
Njord
02-20-07, 09:25 PM I like to infer a rustic and nordic/celtic feel to the Reaches. More Celtic in the south and more Nordic along the northern coast but that is all personal flavor. You could make it more like native american or any and all of the above. It is your Eberron.
mhacdebhandia
02-20-07, 09:59 PM Interesting.

I think of it being a bit like the rural areas of the northwestern United States and Canada, at least in terms of geography and flora.
dunkeykong
02-21-07, 03:01 PM Interesting.

I think of it being a bit like the rural areas of the northwestern United States and Canada, at least in terms of geography and flora.

I would agree in some ways.

i see it like 1700's era french Canada; very remote, but alive.
tallric_kruush
02-23-07, 02:19 PM I think of it being a bit like the rural areas of the northwestern United States and Canada, at least in terms of geography and flora.

I was going to say "there's no real world" approximation to the Eldeen Reaches. Then I read this. I'll go with this, to an extent. Sadly, though, it makes me want to drop the Beasthide shifter "Logan" into the Reaches-- a mysterious character said to have participated in a secret Aundairian military project...;)
Logos7
02-23-07, 03:07 PM Coastal Canada for the Win !

east west it doesn't matter, just so long as it's not prairie or shield
dunkeykong
02-23-07, 09:05 PM Actually i think the Reaches would be alot like where live, Garden Valley, Idaho. Its remote, mountainous and wooded. However the people here are what really make me think of The Reaches. The people here are a different brand of person, theyre all people who didnt fit into regular life, something in them draws to the outskirts of society. Much like the pioneers who would have colonized the Reaches, they went there because they didnt fit into the regular world and sought peace in the outskirts of civilazation. Also, I would imagine that the Reaches who have the highest per capita number of PCs, beacause a PC is fundamentally an individual who dosent fit in and seeks his destiny out in the wilds.
tallric_kruush
02-24-07, 02:24 PM Also, I would imagine that the Reaches who have the highest per capita number of PCs, beacause a PC is fundamentally an individual who dosent fit in and seeks his destiny out in the wilds.

PCs would also likely be some of the only people who could initially "trailblaze" in a setting like the Eldeen. I would think that NPCs would only come later, after the PC pioneers have taken measure of the region, and are there to fall back on when the Displacer Beast pack or the Grey Render attacks the village.
dunkeykong
02-25-07, 04:42 PM PCs would also likely be some of the only people who could initially "trailblaze" in a setting like the Eldeen. I would think that NPCs would only come later, after the PC pioneers have taken measure of the region, and are there to fall back on when the Displacer Beast pack or the Grey Render attacks the village.

Exactly, and every novel ive seen about the Reahes would seem to support this. I treat the Reaches as the pioneer days of Canada or the northwest U.S.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Roger Nicholls 02-20-07, 12:27 AM	Hi All, Perhaps a strange question but what "real world" nation either modern or historical is the Eldeen Reaches most like e.g. is like a Nordic community or perhaps Anglo Saxon England ? Regards Roger
Yakman 02-20-07, 01:24 PM	I don't think there's really an analog to it. Maybe pre-Christian Lithuania?
Njord 02-20-07, 09:25 PM	I like to infer a rustic and nordic/celtic feel to the Reaches. More Celtic in the south and more Nordic along the northern coast but that is all personal flavor. You could make it more like native american or any and all of the above. It is your Eberron.
mhacdebhandia 02-20-07, 09:59 PM	Interesting. I think of it being a bit like the rural areas of the northwestern United States and Canada, at least in terms of geography and flora.
dunkeykong 02-21-07, 03:01 PM	Interesting. I think of it being a bit like the rural areas of the northwestern United States and Canada, at least in terms of geography and flora. I would agree in some ways. i see it like 1700's era french Canada; very remote, but alive.
tallric_kruush 02-23-07, 02:19 PM	I think of it being a bit like the rural areas of the northwestern United States and Canada, at least in terms of geography and flora. I was going to say "there's no real world" approximation to the Eldeen Reaches. Then I read this. I'll go with this, to an extent. Sadly, though, it makes me want to drop the Beasthide shifter "Logan" into the Reaches-- a mysterious character said to have participated in a secret Aundairian military project...;)
Logos7 02-23-07, 03:07 PM	Coastal Canada for the Win ! east west it doesn't matter, just so long as it's not prairie or shield
dunkeykong 02-23-07, 09:05 PM	Actually i think the Reaches would be alot like where live, Garden Valley, Idaho. Its remote, mountainous and wooded. However the people here are what really make me think of The Reaches. The people here are a different brand of person, theyre all people who didnt fit into regular life, something in them draws to the outskirts of society. Much like the pioneers who would have colonized the Reaches, they went there because they didnt fit into the regular world and sought peace in the outskirts of civilazation. Also, I would imagine that the Reaches who have the highest per capita number of PCs, beacause a PC is fundamentally an individual who dosent fit in and seeks his destiny out in the wilds.
tallric_kruush 02-24-07, 02:24 PM	Also, I would imagine that the Reaches who have the highest per capita number of PCs, beacause a PC is fundamentally an individual who dosent fit in and seeks his destiny out in the wilds. PCs would also likely be some of the only people who could initially "trailblaze" in a setting like the Eldeen. I would think that NPCs would only come later, after the PC pioneers have taken measure of the region, and are there to fall back on when the Displacer Beast pack or the Grey Render attacks the village.
dunkeykong 02-25-07, 04:42 PM	PCs would also likely be some of the only people who could initially "trailblaze" in a setting like the Eldeen. I would think that NPCs would only come later, after the PC pioneers have taken measure of the region, and are there to fall back on when the Displacer Beast pack or the Grey Render attacks the village. Exactly, and every novel ive seen about the Reahes would seem to support this. I treat the Reaches as the pioneer days of Canada or the northwest U.S.