CED Setting

Carceres et Dragones Setting

Rough text from Recruitment thread to edit up

As far as campaign flavor, I'm envisioning a definite Romano-Byzantine bent: for instance, decurions instead of serjeants, cataphracts instead of knights, etc. However, like any sword & sorcery millieu, my campaign world will certainly crib from a mishmash of sources including Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, the Successor States, various Persian dynasties, Eurasian steppe cultures, etc.

A detailed knowledge of Roman history is *not* required to play in the campaign. Much as "typical" D&D is very loosely based on Western Europe during the Middle Ages, my campaign world will be very loosely based on Rome. The period that I know the most about would be roughly late fourth century CE to roughly late sixth century CE (i.e., Adrianople through Justinian's reconquest of Ostrogothic Italy), so the prime influences aren't going to be from the period that most influences the Hollywood depiction of Rome (Late Republic to Marcus Aurelius).

I think I'll probably stick with demihumans, although I'm envisioning them as dwindling, largely forgotten races found mostly in odd corners of the world, underneath misty hills, etc.