I admire Andrew Cawood’s attention to detail in the World of Myrr.

Here’s my DrivethruRPG.com Affiliate Link to World of Myrr. Purchases made using this link go toward helping out the blog and the YouTube channel by giving me a small percentage of the purchase amount. The actual Inns & Taverns book is apparently not available on DTRPG at this time. Color me confused. I have no idea what’s up with that. Here’s a link to Cawood Publishing’s website, too.

The Inns & Taverns of Myrr are named and even include menus by region. I find it amazing that so much detail has even gone into the menus and beverage offerings. Admittedly, none of it is terribly accurate by real world historical standards, but the World of Myrr is fictional, so it’s all good. Honestly some of the food offerings are so good it makes me wish they were a real restaurant or tavern nearby.

How does this apply to my worldbuilding efforts?

World of Myrr is a highly developed setting with tons of room for adventure. I highly recommend it!

Right now it doesn’t. Someday down the line when I have villages, towns, and cities on the map and some sort of roadmap for the various civilized areas I’ll worry about getting into more detail. World of Myrr has been building up for a very long time. Right now I’m still fleshing out a hex map and some points of interest.

My worldview when it comes to adding flavor is going to be trying to give some sort of regional/cultural significance to each settlement. Rice is going to be grown as easily as wheat and corn are in our world. Meat offerings are going to depend greatly on the region. I imagine a lot of fish, beef, and pork. Alcohol will be culturally dependent. I’m fully expecting there to be some more-or-less dry areas. (Evil GM laugh.)

Without getting into too many details, certain Kin might have a different tolerance or even no tolerance for booze whatsoever. If watching Alien Nation taught me anything back in the 1980s (loved that show) it’s that some Kin can get sloshed off of something relatively common to a different type of being. In other words maybe the Ophidslakt can get drunk off of chicken broth or something where a human could just drink the stuff and be unaffected.

Given the existence of Mallards in Dragonbane, I’m a little concerned about putting any water fowl on a menu. I mean, we might kinda freak if we walked into an inn and some sort of miniature human was on the menu. (Halflings?) On the other hand, I would totally not put it past the Reptilians to have other sentient Kin as menu items in their establishments, but most other beings won’t be eating there.

I think Inns & Taverns of Myrr is a goal to aspire to. When I get to the point where I know regions and cultures like they’re the real world, I’ll feel like I’ve accomplished something with my worldbuilding. I love Cawood Publishing’s dedication to creating a setting that is just detailed enough without feeling overdone. I’m looking forward to exploring more of Myrr while I’m doing my own thing.

Thank you for being here with me today. I appreciate you. Keep it real, but please strive for positivity, too. Please embrace the things that bring you the most joy in your life.