- The name of the world is called Lhivoria
1) Should the land be like our own?

In the nature of geography and the ways culture corresponds with that geography? Yes, I absolutely think so. Think of a tribe living in the snow, but they walk around in loincloths. Makes no sense.

If you're inquiring about the more nuanced things like the shape and form of trees then yes I do think it should be like ours. Having built an extensive world before (as you've seen) imagine how long that post would be if I also added original wildlife and such. It's easier to keep it to what we know.

2) Should there be creatures like; giants, dwarves, centaurs, dragons, etc?

Maybe in spirit of GoT, yes, but keep it limited to mythical creatures and not other races, and make them very rare. So giants, dwarves, centaurs, no, not really, they don't do it for me. However this is, of course, up to popular demand. If the people want it then you should consider it.

3) Should there be magic in general?

Make a distinction between high and low magic. High magic being shooting fireballs at eachother, and low magic being more like subtle curses, superstition that could be real, and such. I am not a fan of magic (as a GM) because it involves a lot of work in keeping it balanced and the nuances are often lost in IC.. However if it were to be implemented I'm not against it, I just wouldn't use it.

- There won't be any legitimate ties to the Game of Thrones world. Just ideas from it
1) Is that something people would want?

I don't see why not.

- To make things not TOO overwhelming there will only be about 5 locations to choose between
1) Is 5 too many?

Perfect.

2) Would it be better to have everyone from 1 location?

Maybe.

- From these locations there will be about 12 last names/lines to come from
1) Is 12 too many?

I feel like it would be better to just let people play as they want -- with the annotation that if you want to be from anything other than these 12 lines, you should pick some family that you work for. I.e. a poor farmer who becomes a soldier has to work for ______ (one of those families.) This to avoid lone wolves going around doing random stuff in their own corner of the RP.

2) Would it be better to have everyone from the same family?

Depends on how you want to set up the RP. Maybe two families might work better than 1. Twelve is a lot, thinking about it. You'd barely be able to fill the roster with 1 in every family. 12 is definitely too much.

@MissCapnCrunch just dont make the magic too high and where all good.

@MissCapnCrunch

Maybe with family lines and names, maybe do a game of thrones (the five places in the world have a Line each. Each region has its own bastard name Ie, a bastard of the north is called ______ Snow and then have a 2 or 3 contesting families)

@MissCapnCrunch nah more of a magic exist and all that cool stuff. Thing is those who know how to use it are HERETICS. and are being hunted down and killed. Same with magical creatures. Who get either enslaved or just straight up killed.