Dominion

Politics & Dominion 

The high-level politics of the societies in a game world represent the foundations of the stories that will be told. This simple toolkit is designed to help answer the big questions which inform much of the day-to-day information players of the game will receive. This resource may be the first thing you reach for when building an epic sandbox setting, or more simply, it can serve as a way to give wider and more meaningful context to a starting settlement or single dungeon adventure. 

Why do this? 

Having a high-level overview of a game world’s societies allows for the creation of stronger plot hooks, more meaningful factions, and greater narrative consistency, helping to avoid becoming trapped by contradictions. While this level of detail is informative, most campaigns will only explore a fraction of the material prepared. With this in mind, the approach aims to deliver maximum narrative value with minimal prep time.

Though written with Cairn in mind, this supplement is entirely system-agnostic and can be used with any traditional fantasy setting, or even a grounded historical one, with only minimal omissions.