| Just Surviving Dinotopia [Realm] Copyright © 1999 by Rasgon Location: Dothion Tone: Cooperation, ancient wisdom, ingenuity, aesthetics. You didn't really think that the ancient reptiles of the prime were reflected in only one Beastlands plateau? For that said plateau is the realm of three powers. In fact, the counterpart of the Hunting Grounds on the lawful side of the wheel has a realm of dinosaurs as well. This realm, an island continent in Dothion, is highly civilized where the Forbidden Plateau is wild and about cooperation where the Beastlands' realm is about competition. Dinotopia is the home of an ancient culture of sentient dinosaurs that have bonded with more recently arrived humans. The dinosaurs contribute strength, lore, and wisdom to the culture, while the humans contribute skill, flexibility, and wit. The realms' habitations, mainly built by humans with dinosaur help for humans and dinosaurs to share, are strong and combined with the land's natural features. Humans make costumes for mammal and reptile alike. The written language is based on the prints of small running dinosaurs and adapted to all uses. Dinotopia, like the Forbidden Plateau, is very hard to find. Militia: Dinotopia is defended by loyal carnosaurs and ceretopsian calvary. If need be, herds of sauropods stand ready to trample any intruder. An army of fiends couldn't take the place, at least not through combat. Current Chant: Dinotopia is an exotic culture to visit. Typical plots would involve political struggles among the various leaders (not dinosaur versus human, as there is no special friction between them), or attempts by the various planar merchant groups to open the closed realm to exploration and exploitation. Bloods would likely be hired by the merchants to make contact with the society or they might feel obliged to maintain the culture's isolation (note that, especially in Bytopia, this might not be a good thing). |
