>>94417854
You're missing the forest for the trees. Same problem with your asian setting from before.
The
>one thing
can always be several things depending on how you focus.
The change(s) have to be engaging and catchy but flexible. The background themes and imagery has to be familiar.
Consider warhammer fanatsy.
>Europe but not
>Tolkien but grittier
>Early modernism/renaissance
>Law vs Chaos but mostly just chaos
etc.
Many quirks. Still recognizable and easy for players to engage with.
Consider Forgotten Realms
>hundreds of quirks
Still recognizable and easy for players to engage with.
Try
>less is more
with regards to detail. The players aren't going to approach the game like a GM, they're going to have ideas already and want that to fit into what you make. So the gaps or 'less' lets you and them fit their ideas in more easily if you're going to be running the standard character arc style gameplay.

>Single Quirk
>17th century Europe but weird magic
Has been working well for a few years at this point. Lots of historical material to draw on, familiar but different to players, lots of scope to zoom in or out on, empire and adventure etc. Not running a character arc style game though so character creation is fairly fast and integrated into the setting easily.
>is no humans too big
Very likely. Most humans have a hard time reliably getting other humans let alone when things get further away. If you're doing no humans, again, less is more. Have a limited choice rather than an abundance of things with minimal reference. Stuff like Mouseritter works because the no humans is still familiar. You're likely playing online so a bit more of a tightrope with anthropomorphism.
>animistic spirit
Too big if it requires reworking everyday life. Gloss over that like pokemon. Works if you just run with it and don't get world builder's disease.
You got world builder's disease though.
>modern guns
All of these can work if you don't make it too detailed.

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