I'm thinking of making a post soon, most likely formatted as a quote from a history book as there's little chance of us having any sort of writing at this stage presumably.
Anyone got a name idea or should I make one up?
EDIT: The names I have right now are the Lerus, Selna, Ateacia and Domus.
I think the best idea would be to start with a human tribe on an alternate earth. If we go off on something completely different we'll all go off the rails. We can always add something later.
Exactly. While, i, personally, have nothing against non-standart human species, they need to be well thought-through before they make their arrivance. They should have their separate character sheets, really.
Things like drinking salt water could be balanced out by having the filtered salt build up within one's body, causing eventual poisoning - tinkering with such things is not necessarily going to take away the grit and realism. Magic and alternate humanoid species can be done well within such a setting, and i'm certain each of us has seen multiple examples of that being done.
Also, how about something completely different? Say, a nomadic tribe that travels the world, interacts with various different settlements and crosses a multitude of biomes - this could serve as a sort of exploration device, to help actually map out the world we're working in. I'm not opposed to having an already established settlement, but how does this sound as an idea?
Hmm, start with a sizeable town to get to the interesting parts faster? They've got most basic technologies discovered, like farming, keeping livestock, etc. How do our villagers react to outsiders? What kind of politics do they use?