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Dec 15, 2012 -- 1:21AM, ChrisNightwing wrote:

I haven't really fleshed it out, but I always wanted to run a campaign in which giant floating islands (Gulliver style) traversed the earth, a remnant of a forgotten age. They would have been constructed and inhabited by the elves, but some disaster led to their abandonment, and now all sorts of creatures live there. The islands are a source of shame for the elves, who still live in the treetops, longing for the heights they once commanded. Individual islands would sweep paths through the sky like comets, some bringing opportunities to adventurers and prospectors when they are low enough in the sky, others bringing terror and destruction due to their inhabitants.

Sounds like a pretty neat idea!

I'm sure you've seen the Hiyao Miyazaki movie Laputa: Castle in the Sky. It takes the legend of Laputa from Gulliver's Travels and sets it in a steampunk-ish industrial world. It's charming, poignant, and exciting.