Majestic Magic Campaign
Daritopia (the world)

Introduction

Daritopia is the world on which this campaign takes place. As players become more aware of the world, additions will be added to what is know about the world.

Geography

The geography known to the players is presented below.

Trapio Island & Vicinity

Trapio Island & Vicinity is in the temperate region of the planet, is located in the Great Ocean (and the northern hemisphere), and includes Trapio Island, Sage Island, the Isle of Despair, and Dragon Island. This area is illustrated below on the following map. Descriptions of each of the four islands are below the map.

Trapio Island

• Description: A large island located on the Great Ocean.
• Regions: East Coast, Majestic Woods, North Coast, Silver Mountains, South Coast, & West Coast.
  
  (Each region is described in more detail directly below.)

East Coast

Sage Island

Isle of Despair

• Description: An island mostly uninhabitted located on the eastern side of the north coastof Trapio Island.
• Towns: none.
• Travel Advisory: The Isle of Despair is considered very dangerous and travellers are warned to avoid it.
• Rumors:
  1. A number of small groups that went to the Isle of Despair were never seen again.
  2. Some of the plantlife is exotic and have useful properties to those who can take advantage of them.

Dragon Island

• Description: A mountainous island located on the western side of the north coast of Trapio Island. Dragonmeet and the farms around it make up the only civilized area on the island.
• Town: Dragon Meet.
• Travel Advisory: The mountains of Dragon Island are considered very dangerous and travellers are warned to avoid them.
• Rumors:
  1. Many dragons live in the mountains of Dragon Island.
  2. Some mountain villages are under the protection of specific dragons.
  3. Rare metals and gems can be found in the mountains.

Looking Outward from Trapio Island

Other Places Rumored to Exist

• Achen Empire - An empire consisting of two large islands and many smaller ones (including Poss Island) to the northwest of Trapio Island. Its capital city is Achen.
• Boco Island - A small island to the southeast of Trapio Island. Its port town is Port Boco.
• Daelon - A Grey Elf port city somehwere on Daritopia.
• Dread Island - A large island east of Trapio Island. The fortress town of Jadum is a western port.
• Flaming Islands - A long chain of volcanic islands to the southwest of Trapio Island. The major port is Hot Spot. Firedrakes are rumored to live on some of the islands.
• Getaway Isle - A small isle near Swampy Island
• Giant Land - A land mass, far to the west, where giants are known to live in numbers.
• Sleepy Islands - A chain of islands to the south of Trapio Islands. Dorsey's Rest and Gilligan's Rest are its major ports.
• Shard Island - An island to the south of Trapio Island. Splinter is its port.
• Swampy Island - AN island to the east of Trapio Island covered mostly by swamps.
• The Endless Forest - A huge forest spanning hundreds of miles existing somewhere on Daritopia.
• The Frozen Lands - A land and ice mass far to the north.
• The Great Kingdom - A kingdom consisting of many small islands to the northeast of Trapio Island. Its capital is Kingdom City.
• Untamed Island - A large island west of Trapio Island, mostly uncivilized. The port town of Last Hope is a common destination for travellers to Untamed Island.
• Wild Lands - A land mass to the southeast of Trapio Island, mostly uncivilized.

Cities & Towns

The known cities and towns are listed alphabetically with some facts and rumors about them. Where the symbol △ is listed after the town or city name and location, you can click on the symbol to see further details, such as specific buildings.

Level Distribution in the World

This considers all peoples in the world, all ages (newborn to ancient), and all professions.

Moons & Stars

Daritopia orbits Burning Light, a yellow star about the same distance as Earth is from its sun.

Daritopia has two moons.

1. The larger one, about grapefruit-size to the eye, is known as Bright Spot. Bright Spot cycles around Daritopia about once every 15 days (adjusting for planetary rotation).



2. The smaller one, about cherry-sized to the eye and normally has a red tint, is known as Red Eye. Red Eye cycles around Daritopia about once every 79 days (adjusting for planetary rotation).

One star, Bright Star, a bright white pinspot in sky is significantly brighter than all the other stars. Bright Star is a white dwarf star and is Burning Light's binary star partner.

The Northern Dragon, a constellation composed of many stars includes as the eye of the dragon, the North Star, which is usually to the due north.

World Calendar

To keep things simple, we will use Earth's calendar of months (January - December) with the exception that every month has 30 days. The year is 360 days long. Trapio Island is in the northern hemisphere, and the months correspond to the appropriate seasons (Spring, Summer, Winter, and Fall).

Most governments track years by their founding or by the year of the reign of the current ruler. There is also an older recognizing used by the Grey Elves and by historians to normalize the local years, known as Daelon Reckoning (DR). I will be using DR for most posts, but when dealing with local governments, they may use local dating in their speech and records.

The starting date of this campaign is 1 Apr 3412 DR of the 5th Age (which is usually omitted except by elven historians). Short form is 1-Apr-3412.

Time references use 4 standard parts of the day, Midnight, Dawn, Noon, and Dusk and a + or - % (up to 50%) from one of them to the next(+) or previous(-) one. Always in local time. For instance "Dawn +25%" indicates that it is one quarter of the way between Dawn and Noon (from the Dawn side).

World Magic

Spell users quickly discover that magic is more potent on Daritopia.

Known Magical Benefits

Magical Rumors

Worldwide Organizations

These organizations span multiple nations.

• Magical Express Message Offices (MEMO) - An organization that uses mentalists to relay messages between major cities and towns in many parts of the world. They take the message and the fee, ranging from 1 sp to a few golds depending on the message. The message is relayed to the destination Magical Express Messages Office where it waits to be picked up by the receiver, unless the receiver has arranged for destination end delivery, which is an additional 5 cp per delivery.
  
  
• Seekers of Daritopia - an order of researchers headquartered in Daelon.

World Technology

Daritopia for the most part is in the Middle Age to Renaissance Eras (per ... and a 10-Foot Pole equipment sourcebook).

Most Middle Age equipment is available in any city. You may also find some Renaissance equipment there as well (at higher prices than listed in the sourcebook usually). Towns and villages have a much smaller assortment of goods that are available and prices vary more. Goods can also be purchased from roaming Peddlers.

Certain technologies are not available including:

• Cannons & Firearms - not developed at all.
• Printing Press - Unknown on Trapio Island.

If you have questions, about a particular item, ask.

Special Item Pricing and Availability

This section provides links to pages covering pricing and availability where they differ significantly from the ... and a 10-Foot Pole equipment sourcebook or the Treasure Companion RMSS rulebook.

New Creatures & Monsters

Cat People

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Dracolings

Dracolings resemble Drakes but are smaller. Adult Dracolings are about 15 feet long head to tail with a 25 foot wingspan. They reach full growth at adulthood. There are five different types of adults, Standard (60%), Warrior (20%), Scout (15%), Mage (4.5%), & Mage-Scout (0.5%), which Adult Dracolings test for in the young and train to develop their talents. They have their own language (Dracoling) of clicks and gutteral sounds. Some who have associated with humanoids can learn the various humanoid languages (but (excepting Mages & Mage-Scouts) can not speak them so that most can understand). Dracolings do not have breath weapons. Most Drakes respond hostilely to the presence of Dracolings.

Mage & Mage-Scout (which have both Mage and Scout characteristics) Dracolings cast spells at 5 levels less than their level. They learn and cast spells like a Magician, get 30 DPs/level for spells, 10 PPs/level, have power awareness skills of 60+4/level. They can manage normal humanoid speech (many learn and speak understandably a variety of humanoid languages). Dracoling Mages are rumored to be very perceptive of magic use around them.

Hawkmen

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New Flora

• Nonpostus Zombie Mushrooms - a very rare mushroom that can occur anywhere on Daritopia. Consumption of this mushroom causes a zombie-like state lasting for an indeterminate amount of time and has no natural or magical cure.