The World of Epos-Goth

Scandiaca exists on the mega-planet called Epos-Goth. It is a shared world with multiple campaign settings (using different game systems as well). Scandiaca is a relatively isolated land mass far from any other major land mass on the planet.

Although each campaign setting on Epos-Goth has its own cultures, calendars, and people, having a shared world means there are some aspects of the setting which are constant. For example, a year on Epos-Goth lasts 400 days (it orbits a single, yellow star). The Scandiaca calendar splits this into ten, 40-day months. Epos-Goth also has three moons. In Scandiaca, they are called Liijay (LEE-jay), Nirahha (neer-AH-ha), and the largest one is called Aburis (ah-BOO-ris). Aburis completes one lunar cycle every 40 days. The other two complete a lunar phase every 10 (Nirahha) and 7 (Liijay) days.

The vast majority of Epos-Goth's surface is ocean. It is much larger than Earth, and has over 90% of its surface covered in water. This makes travel between the large land masses difficult, if not impossible. Because of this, each separated land mass on Epos-Goth has vastly different cultures, backgrounds, and people.

Epos-Goth exists in what is known as the prime material plane. Other planes of existence can be reached by traveling through what is known as the "Rift". Beyond that lies the Astral plane, which connects all other planes together. Two planes in particular seem to be distinctly tied to Epos-Goth (there may be more) because one does not have to travel through the Astral plane to get to them. They also exist in the Rift. They are called "Heathandrus" (otherwise known as the "Golden Sky") and "Stygia" (otherwise known as the "Plane of Madness") in Scandiaca (other campaign settings may have different names for them).