>>In the old days, before the 4th

stopped reading there, I know where this is going

>In the old days, before the 4th generation's 4th descendants
>4e
fag detected, play a real edition of D&D

Man, gods are pricks.

in hindsight that was a bad number to pick

OP should've said "billions of years ago" and PCs should've been snakes.

>>4846233
well, planes-riding halflings, kobolds and goblins are still available

you can also dig into the ground, having an underground civilisations (especially if you can live in the buildings that have disappeared into the ground)

Unlike the rest of you pricks I actually like this setting-intro. A grass-sea, an endless tundra populated by nomads. Perhaps, far out from the distant corners of the earth, come rumors of great cities with high towers and jutting walls. Their names are Jerusalem, Constantinople, Memphis, Zijin Cheng, Tenochtitlan, Rome.

sounds awesome,
especially with the cities >>4846312 mentioned...

Aztects perfected magic so they could have trees and they could have their pyramids?

>>4846170
You're ideas intrigue me, and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

This actually sounds like a really awesome setting, tell us more!

>>4846312
Maybe
(a) the legendary cities are bunched up at the literal edges of the world
(b) they are proto-memories of cultures that will never exist, shadows of another world seeping through
(c) the grassland is actually similar to the vast mongol tundras and only the inhabitants perceive the world as flattened and the ancient-mystic world continues as usual outside
(d) the cities are but superstition and baseless rumor and don't exist at all
(e) they are the homes of the gods
(f) all of the above

Some rickety old tower made from rare planks of wood, inscribed with runes of power, hanging with warding flags. A small telescope sits on the top floor which the wizard uses to look up at the stars and to spot any incoming "faithfuls".

>>4846582
>(f) all of the above

Suddenly, this setting becomes AWESOME

really flat areas are pretty mind-blowing, since there's usually a hill or a slope or some buildings near you whenever you are.

"I can see forever" is likely to set in even if it's something you were born into. And general hazards like snow-blindness in the snowy areas.

>>4846648
No hills. You can see far out, many miles away, until the atmosphere bunches up too much.

Since everything is flat, there're no land-marks (except maybe the stars). So you might fall asleep in one area, and when you wake up you're not even sure if it's the same place.

So, you make perfect lines across the ground as a way of marking locations.

>>4846688
I meant in real-life there're usually hills etc. Obviously not here.

Giraffes are heretical

Fuuuuck this is the most depressing shit I ever have read.
Please write more!
Would love to play in such a settng.
For those wishing to experience a team-based FPS with similar FLAT, try Empires mod for Half-Life2. FLAT never ends.

Demons don't walk on the land, but live in deep chasms, or vast holes. Those wishing to make bargains with them, can either shout their desires into such pits, or can journey down inside them to bargain directly (and most often not coming back).

>>4846866
Echos are thought to be the voices of demons mocking the speaker. When your echo says something different from what you originally said, that's when you should start running.

Ducks are blessed by the gods, and so demons refuse to reply to them.

A group of madmen have developed in the west. They kill people for their bones. Once the body is stripped of flesh, the bones are bound together to create elaborate stilts, adding to the height of the wearer, and granting them a longer stride....

They use their enhanced speed to chase down more victims and further elongate their stilts. Their leaders can stand 3 or 4 times the height of a normal man on the bones of all their victims.

The best way to defeat one in combat is to run towards them. Hopefully, you will be able to topple them before they cave in your skull with a strong kick. Running away will lead to a swifter death, but you will never be able to escape them as they can always outrun you.

>>4846898
Echoing words that are not what you said is some serious nightmare fuel. Please elaborate.

The landscape is totally flat, with some really lame hills and gorges. Mirages are very abundant, especially in the dryer regions.

Since there are no tall mountains, or much height-difference, water streams arent running too fast. Most water is muddy, dirty, and has shit living in it.

Underground springs are feared, since that water comes from the demons below. People will rather purify the muddy water instead of drinking the springwater.

>One such tower was their folly. They spoke with one >voice and reasoned that they could avoid dying by >building a bridge to the gods in the sky. As they built it >higher and higher, the gods grew angry, seeing it as an >assault against the laws of their own creation.

>First the gods divided the people, by changing their >language, changing their appearance, and smashing >their tower to pieces.

Oh my god its the plot of Rise of the Zilart from FFXI

This concept intrigues me, if only for its familiarity... Living in Kansas for 22 years gives one intimate knowledge of what "flat" really means.

Fear the winds. The bellowing of gods is felt, not heard.

>>4847002
the landscape is totally flat, no mild hills or "wobbly" features. Any holes in the ground are huge gashes, or vertical pits, like a equally huge claw has punctured the earth. There isn't even a slightly raised lip around them, so there is very little chance of spotting one until you're right on the edge (at which point, it's straight down). There are usually some caves in the walls as you go down, leading to endless passages under the earth. Natural weather-erosion is minimal.

These holes could contain the old buildings that were swallowed when the curse original came into being. Though it is thought a swallowed building leaves no trace behind (the earth closes up over it), so these are here for some other reason.

>>4847037
Obvious troll is obvious.

The people that live in the plains are similar to mongols.
They ride small, stout ponies, who favour endurance and adaptability over speed.
Others settle down, and try growing meagre crops in the whipping winds and pale sunlit taiga.
Main cause of death is boredom.

A strange species of snake has developed in the areas where longer grasses grow. They are far larger than any other serpent, but their bulk is readily concealed by the overgrowth. Many a tribesman has been lost after travelling into the grass hiding such creatures. Often tribes will divert around the large areas of long grass. However, this type of grass provides good food-stuff and hay, so others risk their livestock for the superior grazing.

The grasslands are often covered with sweeping rain-clouds, but during particularly dry summers unkempt fires can be deadly. A sweeping wall of flame spreading out across the endless plains can devastate many lives, often force some tribes to take shelter in Pits.

Many a tribe has found themselves balancing between the fires and a demon's price. Those that are lost to the pits, often return to seed more fires.

There is another serpent within a grasses, a snake that can grow up to 25 meters long but only a few inches in height. In effect a giant tape-worm that lives in the marshy areas where the clouds roll low over the grass. Large ones swallow small livestock and unaware travellers whole, smaller ones however, if caught early, can be raised as beasts of burden - shimming over the shallow waters where horses cannot tread.

A single solid stone statue sits near the centre of the lands. It depicts a large humanoid creature whose face is obscured by a intricate mask. It is visible for many miles.

Some who visit it say it is squatting low to the ground as if hunting, others say it sits atop a throne of the same stone material. Some who have sought it, have never found it, even though the location is well known among shamans.

No magic has been recognised in its crafting, but it is large enough that it should be swallowed by the Curse, though it is not.

Many believe it is a warrior of the gods, tasked with striking down any who would still try to pursue the heavens, or to keep the demons from emerging onto the surface. Other's believe it is the creator god of Man, cursed by the other gods as they cursed the lands.