How racially diverse are the cities and villages we can expect to visit? Are we most likely to find predominantly human (or even predominantly PHB-race) settlements in Rucee? You elucidated on the Vedag races, a bit more, but they seem to be more of this setting's barbaroi or outsiders. What kinds of stares are a party of a giant cat-man, a kobold, and a halfling likely to receive?
You mentioned that one area is democratic as a sort of experiment. Does this mean that we are far more likely to be in feudal lands? Are there any customs which we should know regarding traveling through such lands?
You also mentioned that Dragons fare prominently in the politics of the region. How likely is it that our party would have had dealings with dragons, or would even have been witness to them?
How common is Magic, in this setting? You've made clear that it plays a very up-front role in the justice system, but is the average person likely to be very comfortable with a magic user or with magic items? So far, our party's characters aren't of the casting sort (Swordsage, Rogue, and Monk), but it is quite likely we'll have magic items. And though I'm going to attempt to be discrete with my Lycanthropy, would it shock a bystander if they happened to witness me shapeshift (perhaps due to an Involuntary Change or somesuch)?
Is the Christianity in this setting largely centralized and hierarchical, as was the Western Church in the medieval period? Or is it more diverse, as Christianity became in the centuries following the Reformation? And how much influence does religion have over the state? We've already been told that some civil laws are based upon religious tenets, but how far does this extend?
That's all I've got for now, but I'm sure I'll come up with some more as I think on them.
You mentioned that one area is democratic as a sort of experiment. Does this mean that we are far more likely to be in feudal lands? Are there any customs which we should know regarding traveling through such lands?
You also mentioned that Dragons fare prominently in the politics of the region. How likely is it that our party would have had dealings with dragons, or would even have been witness to them?
How common is Magic, in this setting? You've made clear that it plays a very up-front role in the justice system, but is the average person likely to be very comfortable with a magic user or with magic items? So far, our party's characters aren't of the casting sort (Swordsage, Rogue, and Monk), but it is quite likely we'll have magic items. And though I'm going to attempt to be discrete with my Lycanthropy, would it shock a bystander if they happened to witness me shapeshift (perhaps due to an Involuntary Change or somesuch)?
Is the Christianity in this setting largely centralized and hierarchical, as was the Western Church in the medieval period? Or is it more diverse, as Christianity became in the centuries following the Reformation? And how much influence does religion have over the state? We've already been told that some civil laws are based upon religious tenets, but how far does this extend?
That's all I've got for now, but I'm sure I'll come up with some more as I think on them.
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