1.I love history... enough said i suppose although the 16th century is not my area of expertise
2.I chose the early 16th century because i like the theme of the old and new coming together and this was a time when it was. The renaissance had just started picking up steam in Europe and new ideas in religion, politics, science, hell everything. I also like the idea of using early firearms. This is something i have always strayed away from in d&d type games but i think i finally want to use them and in the early 16th century most fighting men still resembled medieval fighting men. So i think it would be kind of cool to see a fighter with a arquebus in plate mail right next to the archer in chainmail. Also i think i might play up on the religion thing and bring back old pagain religions clashing with new and old Christianity.
3. I chose France because it is different. Most fantasy settings are based off some kind of pseudo England but i have yet to see a good one based in France.
Next i knew i needed to focus my attention on one particular region of France. My first thought was in eastern France or in the south which would be close to the wars that where currently going on and it is always good to have a war brewing somewhere. But then i started thinking about France's great enemy England i knew i had to include them some how. So Brittany seemed like a good choice to base the campaign.
Brittany also during this time had just been annexed by the French crown before it had been an independent providence so that alone makes good material. I can have a fictional war brewing against England, rebellion on the homefront, and a potential other war starting again in Italy or somewhere.
Then i had to choose a starting city. I knew i wanted a port city as the home base and Nauntes,France is the perfect location. Nauntes at the time was one of the largest ports in France or Europe and big port cities always seem to make me think of plenty of adventures!
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