Not even half-jelled whalefall idea

[james_davis_nicoll]

TTFRPG setting where from time to time the corpses of vast, incomprehensible beings float down to the surface. These and the irreplaceable resources they contain form the basis of thriving communities... until they're used up. At that point, the communities better hope for another godfall within migration distance because there is no way to sustain the communities as they are accustomed on the mundane resources of the land around them.

Comments

[scott_sanford]

Every moderately prudent civilization would send out long range scouts in hopes of finding a newer, fresher Godfall before the current one is exhausted. (Reality demonstrates how few societies are prudent about things more than a few years in the future, but still.) It's an obvious job for player characters to go out as far as possible and poke their noses into everything.

"If there's something exciting and adventurous out there, definitely poke it with a stick and see what happens! After that, at least some of you should come home alive and tell us about it."