I'm designing a new world along with a friend of mine. Basically, we feel the setting is fairly unique, and here's why: The world is a gigantic, empty place, with mountains, deserts, flatlands, huge, primeval forests, and oceans being the major geographical features (so far). However, the players probably won't have much to do with the landscape, at least not at first. This is because almost everyone in this world lives in cities, and the cities are on the backs of giant beats known as Behemoths. Crazy, huh?
The Behemoths are around (on average) ten miles long, six to eight miles wide, and about four miles off the ground. I think they can swim as well, although we aren't sure yet... My concept of them is similar to the Bullete creature in D&D. There will be many other fantastic creatures that inhabit this realm, from the giant birds that live within the Behemoth's shells, to the dragons that soar overhead. We also have a concept of a race of people who (gasp) live on the ground, and ride dinosaur-like creatures. Flying ships are also a must. As far as races go, We're less certain. This will be run on the D20 rules, mostly using D&D and D20 Modern.
So... Any ideas/feedback?
Update: We've been working on races a bit, and our idea so far is this: No humans, and the races that dwell on the behemoth's backs are goblins, trolls, hobgoblins, ogres, gnomes, kobolds, gremlins, etc... we still don' know what the dino-riders will be, but we do have three other groups of people to add in. First of all, my friend had an idea for a race of people who live in an aquatic behemoth. Yes, in. They actually live within/under its shell, and use either pumps of natural plants to get air. Second, we have been talking about a race of people who dwell high in the mountains, and have a more "normal" society. I think that these people are either dwarves or giants of some kind (or both). Third, I had an idea for a race of extraplanar elves, who function as antagonists. I like this idea because the races the players will be using are goblins, rolls, etc, and the antagonists are elves, which is a complete reversal of the way things usually are in role-playing games. I'll post more as it comes.
