TritonOne |
I'm trying to figure out a location to place Frog God Games' Razor Coast adventures on Golarion. While the The Shackles can adequately handle the Carribean-flavor of the setting, I also want to retain the Polynesian flavor of the Tulita and Menehune. Does placing the adventures in Minata or Sarusan make any sense? Somewhere along the Valashmai Sea? Is there shipping that comes out of the continent of Tian Xia to Casmaron, Avistan, or Garund that would warrant the interest of pirates?
I've seen Arcadia used, but this solution loses the Polynesian flavor of the setting.
Feros |
Arcadia is the one I made up a map for, and since the Caribbean feel is in the Shackles, I place the Polynesian region where the Caribbean would be in Arcadia. The Tulita are different from the Skraelings and have their own culture. It also allows the Aizanes-Tulita to have influence from Mwangi Juju to create the Loa.
Feros |
You may be letting geographical symmetry override other concerns. Greece in Golarion—Iblydos—is nowhere near the Inner Sea—Mediterranean. It's East of the Russian analogs and there is an ocean where central Asia would normally be. Golarion has Earth equivalents, but the actual layout is quite different.
That said, you could try this: Polynesians were known for their amazing ocean voyages which allowed them to colonize all those islands. Have a group travel around the bottom edge of Arcadia and north to a spot where Pele makes land for them. The Razor Coast becomes a land settled by the Tulita first and they become no relation to the Skraelings and the rest of Arcadia.
TritonOne |
TritonOne |
Check out this post of mine and the one above it in the RC thread.
Doesn't this place the Razor Coast in a temperate rather than a tropical zone on Golarion? Does it make more sense to locate the Razor Coast further south on Arcadia? Roughly the same latitude as the Shackles and/or Sargava?
TritonOne |
I also wanted to throw in the Darfellan and the Hadozee as PC races from Stormwrack. Not really sure where the Darfellan originated yet. I've always imagined them as a Polynesian inspired race and was thinking that they originally came somewhere in Minata or Sarusan. Or are the Darfellan just anthropomorphized orcas?