templates:campaignsettingbrainstorming
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Campaign Setting Brainstorming Template
This template is intended for a major summary document of a campaign setting. Get these details in place before hammering out the smaller ones. Please note, this current file is for the template only. Edits to this are for the template, not your original content. You would cut and paste this template into a new page for a new campaign setting.
Name of the World
- YOUR NAME GOES HERE
Assumptions About the World
Here you would make some broad overarching theme statements. For example:
- Gods oversee the world
- Much of the world is untamed
- The world is ancient
- Conflict shapes the world's history
- The world is magical
General Description
This section is a snowflake section. You write a one sentence description. Then you expand that one sentence into 4-5 sentences. Then you expand each of your 4-5 sentences into another 4-5 sentences that compose a page.
- One Sentence Description
- One Paragraph Description
- One Page Description
Religion
Broad Themes
Pantheon
Role of Religion in the World's Magic
Geography
General Description of How the Geography Impacts the World
Maps
Global
Regional
Major Cities
Minor Cities
Other Areas of Interest
Dungeons
World History
Magic
Races
Player Races
Non-Player Races
Nations
For each Nation:
Nation Name
- One sentence Description
- One paragraph Description
- One page Description
- Economic Drivers
- Trade
- Commodities
- Currency
- Relations to Other Nations
- Major Religion
- Minor Religion
- Demographcis
- History
- Important Locations
- Regional Flavor
Non-nation Organizations
For each Organization:
Name of Organization
- Description
- Leadership
- Membership
- Benefits
- Sacrifices
- Where located?
- Regional?
- Global?
Important NPCs
Historical
Living
Magic Items
Important / Legendary / Unique Items
Realistically Acquired
Adventure / Encounter Ideas
Monsters
templates/campaignsettingbrainstorming.txt · Last modified: 2016/10/04 20:04 by lhx