Snowpoint
Sage
One of the more fantastic settings in my "Giant's World" is a city, or maybe the whole country built as tree houses. As this is one of the most interesting places I want to do more scenes here. So, Time to flesh it out some more!
I don't know if this is a Forest, Rain Forest, or Jungle. Jungle is more rare in fantasy, and would be warmer, which might make a whole city living in trees more viable. There are giants (turned to stone) trapped deep underground. They live off the surface either to avoid the influense of the giants, or to avoid giant animals.
The people, the magic users specifically, are based on Japanese Tengu. Martial artists with telepathic abilities. So, these guys right now are Asian... but if the setting is a jungle maybe this can change. (obviously these guys were designed before the Tree City idea, so this might have to be replaced with Different magic users.)
In the defense of treetop martial artists: all the buildings are small spaces, so all combat is close quarters combat. there isn't enough space to draw you weapon. Furthermore, any kind of blacksmithing would be rare in a treetop city. I does make sense that they would develop weaponless fighting. The Tengu's main magic power is telepathy and remote viewing - both would help navigate the dense wilderness and communicate messages back to the city.
Another idea for magic is shapeshifting to avoid the giant/magic animals. This could be the main magic, or the "bad" magic that comes from the giants. an additional threat that live in the wilderness.
There are no roads, or very few. Supplies would be delivered by pack animals.
I don't know if this is a Forest, Rain Forest, or Jungle. Jungle is more rare in fantasy, and would be warmer, which might make a whole city living in trees more viable. There are giants (turned to stone) trapped deep underground. They live off the surface either to avoid the influense of the giants, or to avoid giant animals.
The people, the magic users specifically, are based on Japanese Tengu. Martial artists with telepathic abilities. So, these guys right now are Asian... but if the setting is a jungle maybe this can change. (obviously these guys were designed before the Tree City idea, so this might have to be replaced with Different magic users.)
In the defense of treetop martial artists: all the buildings are small spaces, so all combat is close quarters combat. there isn't enough space to draw you weapon. Furthermore, any kind of blacksmithing would be rare in a treetop city. I does make sense that they would develop weaponless fighting. The Tengu's main magic power is telepathy and remote viewing - both would help navigate the dense wilderness and communicate messages back to the city.
Another idea for magic is shapeshifting to avoid the giant/magic animals. This could be the main magic, or the "bad" magic that comes from the giants. an additional threat that live in the wilderness.
There are no roads, or very few. Supplies would be delivered by pack animals.