The Cretacean Wiki

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We came up with the idea of the Cretacean world in October 2019, following a discussion of the Late Cretaceous fauna of Europe, during which we realized how much it resembles a low fantasy setting. The basic idea is the following: what would happen if human s, with no knowledge of modern science, somehow ended up in Europe some 70 million years ago, in the Campanian age, and created a civilization on an iron age level of technology? The rule of thumb is that, apart from the humans and their civilization, everything in the world existed or at least could exist 70 million years ago, based on the fossil record. All animal and plant species are from the Late Cretaceous, 100 to 66 million years ago, and are located geographically where their fossils were found. Human civilization, however, goes along with agriculture, thus some species in the world have been selectively bred to satisfy human needs. The world draws some inspiration from Dinotopia by James Gurney, and the Ixalan setting of Magic the Gathering. We also played a number of roleplaying games, using D&D 5e rules, in this setting; we are grateful to the players fleshing out the world and the cultures through their characters. Enjoy this trip to the distant past!

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