How I Made My Next TTRPG Campaign Setting

I've spent the last 6 months working on my next campaign setting, the Jewel Cities of Talavaar. Let's take a look at the setting guide I gave to my players, as well as the map!

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Welcome to the info paragraph, this is a place to feed the great algorithm, and if you've made it here you have probably scrolled too far! Icarus Games is dedicated to helping dungeons and dragons players and dungeon masters improve their experience in roleplaying games. For RPG players, there are videos on learning dungeons and dragons rules, as well as on character building, roleplaying, and optimization. For Game Masters, there are videos on organizing your dungeon master screen, improving your worldbuilding for your RPGs, and for creating homebrew dungeons and dragons content.

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[SecularMentat]

I really like how 'Rimworld' goes about naming the months. They're basically two month blocks. 'Aprimay', 'Decembary', 'Jugust' 'Septober' they're like instantly recognizable, but also ...not quite normal.

[michaelernst]

Our DM, who spent a month, doing a campaign setting in a city that we were stopping through on our way to a quest. It was a series of murders in the commoners/poor part of town. As we got off the boat, typically a pickpocket tried to pick my dragon warriors purse only to get hit in the back of the head killing him, not intentional. Then we found out about the crime wave in the city as a series of murders against non-humans. The party was like five seconds thinking it over, and said nope we’re out of here. Always trust the party members to mess with your best laid plans!

[lord]

I have always been partial to Matt Colville's kind of starting small and branching out from where the players start. If a DM really loves world building that's awesome, but for many it can become overwhelming and keeping the world building character focused can help.

[sgtwanderer]

This level of organization is absolutely bonkers. I can't imagine getting all of this worked out before the game even starts. Kudos though, definitely impressive. I like feeling the similarities between our DMing styles, even if I'm flying quite a bit more by the seat of my pants.

[DarkCamui]

I must say I'm a fan of the little side quests flags you've planted. That will greatly help the group I play with as we're starting small and building up the area around the town first

[markcrumbz]

I've been non-stop revising and expanding my own D&D world since the beginning of my DM journey 3 1/2 years ago now. Watching this video has inspired me to really crack on with making some form of properly organized documentation. I have a lot of notes, lore and information but it's all over the place.

I had only recently started to pad out the history of the world and created a small document on the history/creation. That is one piece of the jigsaw in creating a book-style document for my players and for myself.

Incredible detail, a very interesting world on the surface and a chilled out video from minute 1 that has very much inspired me. I will certainly be subscribing for more.

[NelsonReyesJr]

THIS IS BRILLIANT!! EXCELLENT WORK IN PREPARING YOUR CAMPAIGN SETTING!!!

[MichaelTompkins-tzsm]

Your content is incredible and your channel is such a cozy place to consume D&D content. Thanks for your efforts!

[lord]

I've wanted to do a calendar based on seasons more than months. So you'd have like Sprun, Grown, Shorn, Challd. And for each Season you'd have a new, high, and waning.

[theramendutchman]

I want to really thank you for sharing your tools, your thoughts and everything!
I won't be able to make a professional looking campaign booklet like you did. Not right now, at least. But knowing your tools and thought process really, really helps me make leaps I wouldn't have made by myself!
Thanks a lot for sharing, Anto / Icarus Games!!

[ChapterGrim]

For my "homebrew" setting I decided on using a modified Carolingian system of currency: 1 gold is 30 silver which is 360 copper - 1 silver is 12 copper. It's a fantastic system for using actual coinage because 360 is a superior highly composite number as is 12... 😅

[stetsoncrobison]

I had no idea Legendkeeper was a thing. This is a game changer! Thanks so much for this video. That's going to help me organize my world much!

[captainnolan]

This is the second player guide I have seen from you. Now we need to see a video on how you built and published that document. What template did you use?, where did you find your artwork?, How did you make your calendar?, etc., and all of the details that will allow us to make a similar document.

[DungeonsNDreadnoughts]

This is the method we're taking to develop our product for release, which also includes minis. Fun stuff. Let me know if you're ever wanting to collaborate on projects for Kickstarter in the future

[yuribigboss]

I got really interested on the Legend Keeper, but for the time being I'll have to make due without it. But it looks like the perfect solution to what I needed.

[DM-CW]

Your currency system is very creative.

[dennisnick]

I would love to see your templates that you have made, they seem so organized and structured compared to mine, I always found them impossible to make myself.

[EpicParsnips]

Love the gallant goblin kobold plush you have there!

[mareklwhip]

Some of your systems like your currency and spellcasting focus for example are so intriguing to me. It's inspired me to make something like that when I start my next campaign!

[valethemajor]

Thanks for explaining your LegendKeeper pins. Sadly there's no one-time-purchase software for that sort of thing, but I've found that you can use the tool Obsidian and a plugin called Leaflet that does an okish job at letting you pin things on a map. But I've replicated your system from LK onto it and seeing how it goes. I'm feeling so much more organized now..