Let's make a setting

Their God is a plant that bears all fruits and vegetables in the world.

The most popular motives and themes in the kingdom's art, clothes, songs, poetry and architecture are the Floral and the Macabre.
Leaves and Bones.
Flowers and Skulls.
Death and Life.
Sometimes separate, sometimes opposed and sometimes intertwined into a single mesmerizing pattern, a continuous dance as a feast of celebration gives place to a funeral.

These are the forces that rule this world

Traditionalists, as well as those of the Orthodox clergy, view that not only is eating a holy activity, but that the mouth is a sacred part of the ody, and as such will cover their mouths in a simple covering when not engaged in eating

Apple Knights - are another noble clan, and fighters against the undead.

All Apple Knights share a sacred oath and a burden - a seed of Sacred Apple lodged inside their hearts. As they fill their hearts with good and glory, the seed takes roots and gives the Knight incredible vigor and strength.

With time their bodies become covered with white branches and blood red leaves, and another apple grows from their bodies - The Knight feeds it to a pure of heart, takes the seeds and gives them to those who he decides is worthy of becoming an Apple Knight

Here's what I imagine the bodies of Apple Knights begin to look like after a while

The time period is roughly analogous to the 1890s in our world with some anachronistic technology and technology not viable back then now made viable because of magic/monster organs.

The City of Karpos, the center of the world's religion, sits around the giant Tree which is believed to be the earthly vessel of their got. Once every 50 years, the tree will bloom and ear large amounts of fruit, veggies, and other edibles of all shapes, sizes, flavors, and varieties. There is a large boom in business for selling such produce and seeds to far off cities and lands. The tpes of foodstuffs produced by the tree during this time is consistant, with usually only a single new item appearing during each 50 year interval, which is then added to the list of foods that will be seen in the next interval. As one would expect, this even is considered to be one of the biggest holy days of the religion and all its various denominations

This comes to mind instead
Did we just inadvertently make Anderson and Alucard Knights?

Society is split between following the old ways of the priests and their religion or following the teachings of the academic and erudite Alchemist Association which believes in the sacredness of the human soul and seeks to study how it works through their study of magical alchemy. The rapidly modernizing world with normal soldiers almost matching the killing power once reserved for magical entities and ancient warrior lineages using new technology has made everything rather tense, both politically and socially.

oh yeah, good shit

it can work in stages too
I imagine their powers and humanity progress and change as the tree grows -

1 LVL - Look normal: +Reflexes + Stamina + Regeneration
2 LVL - Tree grows roots under skin: +Nat. Armor +Super Strength
3 LVL - Tree filled out the body, starts to grow outside: No longer need sleep or food. Receiving damage does not flinch them - only heart and brain are vital.
4 LVL - Body covered in vines and branches: Giant boost to all previous powers
5 LVL - Tree gives fruit, new generation of knight is created and it's time to retire

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6 LVL - Body is half man half tree, size increases, dementia kicks in
7 LVL - Brain is no longer vital. Branches bleed
Final LVL - Leaves fall. Branches are no longer branches. It can't hardly be called a tree. Only bones are left of the man. And a singular purpose.

What's the sauce on this?

"gravity falls lighthouse keeper au" according to google reverse image search

nvrmind, found the artist
heikala.tumblr.com/post/152574292249/inktober-day-30-storm

Damn, they got some quality art there, I'll post some in the thread for bumping

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Pls stop. We were having a good thread. No need to spam or flood with pics like a retard

you're a fucking retard.

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Or maybe something like this? The left arm would get more deformed first because the seed is in the knights' hearts.

The ancient and sacred art of Gastrochemy, also referred to by names such as Internal Culinarty, Inner Stewing, and Soul Simmering, is a mixture of martial arts and spiritual strengthening. Internal Culinarists believe the body is a kitchen all it's own, and the path to true strength and understanding is to master your inner kitchen and attain unity with it. Gastric monks have ritualistic meals, eating raw foods, so that they may be prepared and cooked within them, so that the body can absorb the purity of the ingredients at every step.

Gastrochemy has a vast plethora of usages, even outside it's sects, from simple diet choices that aid in health, and are taught to common folk as medical treatments, to actual techniques for curing bodily issues, as gastrochemists have a deep understanding of the workings of the body, to even combat techniques. Master Gastrochemy monks are fearsome combatants, as they strike the very workings of the body, reversing metabolism, interrupting digestion, effecting blood pressure or sugar intakes, a vast variety of dangerous moves, including the mythical Salting Fist, a technique supposedly known by masters of the arts, who are said to be able to remove the fluids from a person's body with a single punch.

Regardless of it's application, Gastrochemy has survived for centuries as not just a cultural symbol, but also a teaching.

Cherry Knights - The Cherry Knights differ from their noble kin in important ways. Where the Apple Knights imbue themselves with the power of a sacred seed, granting them incredible strength, Cherry Knights look towards each other for strength.

In their training days, Cherry Knights are assigned their Stem, another trainee who they will fight alongside for the rest of their period as trainees. And once the trainees complete their lessons, they undergo the Stemming ritual, where the partnered trainees take a vow of partnership, friendship, companionship, and loyalty, imbibing a sacred cherry juice drink to signify their completion.

Stems are more than just partners or friends to a Cherry Knight, they are an extension of each other, their mirrored reflection, their very breath and blood, it is said the training of Cherry Knights is so deeply changing that Stems can even think each others thoughts. Some liken it to marriage, but Cherry Knights have spoken that their Stem is far deeper than love.

Due to the Stem process, Cherry Knights always work in pairs, and on extremely rare occasions, trios. Alone, a Cherry Knight is an above average fighter, but with their Stem, Cherry Knights can match even the fearsome strength of an Apple Knight. However, the Stemming process has it's downsides. If the candidates cannot connect like true Stems, then they must redo the training, which can be a problem, as the process does not effect trainees as deeply if they go through it multiple times. And because the Stem connection is such a deeply entwined relationship, should one Cherry Knight fall, their Stem will always fall with them, with very few exceptions. Though they cannot feel each other's pain, the death of a Stem is a world shattering experience for the other side, and they will either go into a rage, dying from careless attacks, or simply die from the emotional strain.

Melon Knights- Perhaps the simplest of the noble houses. Melon Knights value the strength of the body and the tenderness of the heart. Compared to other knighthoods, Melon Knights have no deep or complicated training or selection method, they simply work their bodies and hearts for years. Through the training of a Melon Knight, their candidates gain a body as solid as a fortress, able to take sword blows in stride, and arrows simply dancing off their hides, and Melon Knight Captains are said to be able to take canon fire straight to the gut and keep moving. But, besides their hardy constitution, Melon Knights are also knights of the people. Rather than going out to fight the undead menace, Melon Knights usually remain on the homesteads, assisting common folk, or traveling the land to aid those in trouble. Melon Knights are taught to be kind, righteous, and soft hearted to the people, but sturdy, powerful and unyielding to the foe.

In more recent years an extremist sect has risen. Viewing foodstuffs and eating as sacred they believe it is then blasphemy and prideful to eat on a daily basis and thus subsist in a near constant state of starvation. Some have gone as far as to starve themselves or to force their beliefs upon others by sabotaging harvesting operations.

Despite their constant state of starvation, these extremists are no weaklings. Some say one of the leaders of this sect is a master Gastrochemist, and thus knows how to keep strong even when starving, some believe the leaders use some undead trickery to keep their followers from keeling over, and others say when they DO eat, they eat a forgotten recipe from the ancient kingdom of Abundance, a recipe that can fuel a person's body for weeks after a single meal.

The Gathered Scholars of the Divine Tongue
A group of scholar chefs who have developed a culinary library without peer, the Stomach of Knowledge, thousands of scrolls, books and tomes describing countless recipes, ingredients and flavors. The library is guarded by these scholar chefs, and outsiders are rarely permitted entrance, due to the importance of many of these recipes, some supposedly from the ancient kingdom of Abundance, the fallen city of Stainless, and even the mythical sunken city Papillote, as well as supposedly a 'collection of 'living flavors', some way of recording actual tastes for others to experience.

On the opposite spectrum, there is a sect of cultists who believe in eating in excess, "Food is sacred,and to eat is divine, every moment spent not eating, is a moment not spent at the peak of spiritual bliss" Thus these cultists gorge themselves on food, and have been known to attack outlining cities and towns to steal more food.

Rumors abound that at the highest echelons of the cult, ritual cannibalism is practiced, the greatest honor of course, to be the one eaten.

Food Is Sacred
To Eat Is Divine
Eat Of The Earth Become Of The Earth
Sup Upon My Divine Form Become Divine Thyself
I Take From The World I Give Unto The World Through You
To Eat Is Divine
Maketh Me Divine

As the Knightly Orders of the Orchard (Fruit Knights) are charged with combat and gallantry, the Orders of the Field (Vegetable Knights) are charged with the logistical and esoteric duties of the nation. Tuber Knights plan and enact civic expansion, digging deep tunnels beneath the earth to further infrastructure, Kelp Knights sail from port to port on trading caravels plying the wealth of their people, Bean Knights travel the kingdoms as practitioners of medical knowledge and research, and Leaf Knights hold the sacred duty of ensuring the fields, orchards, farms, and other sacred producers of food for their nation function to the best of their ability.

Alright guys, I think we know where this is going

The Wondering Chefs

These are the most celebrated and beloved heroes of the kingdom - exceptional individuals who are filled with unshakable bravery and an incandescent love for cooking, set on on their own culinary quest

These are people who will travel alone to the edge of the world for single leaf of the rarest spice.
These are people who would slay an Ancient Basilisk, cook their liver and feed the nearest village.
They'll traverse the battlefield to feed the hungry, they'll decent into ancient ruins to obtain recipes of the forgotten cultures, they'll travel far and wide, create the most amazing and delicious things and serve it to a king and a beggar alike.

There is no application form, there is no clan and no order. If you think that's your life then you go for it and either succeed or fail

>Cult of the Gorging- Extremists ho steal and gorge themselves on food to achieve personal divinity
>DUCR(Divine Union of Conversationalists and Reclaimers)- Extremist sect who starve themselves and fight to end eating on a daily basis
>The Ghouls- A sect of the Grave Keepers who broke off to consume the living to gain their life experiences
>The Knights of the Banquet- A noble house that broke off from the others after being disgraced. They raise knights (Dragon Berry Kights) with the intent of taking recipes and rare foods for themselves to produce the greatest banquet in history. They also steal or recruit knights of other houses for their own purposes, renaming them to fit (Black Cherry, Sour Apple, Cantaloupe, ect)
>Band of Fangs- A group of bandits who have reached legendary status due to their feats of extreme thievery, from stealing great treasures out of secure vaults filled with guards, to stealing entire buildings. They are as much folk heroes as they are vicious outlaws, having earned themselves fans across the kingdom for robbing from the rich.
>Cruelty- The name of a group of necromancers who work towards an unknown goal, but clearly desire to spread the curse of undeath far across the land
>The Furious Queen- The name of the ruler of a barbarian society on the fringes of the north, a regular threat, as she leads massive armies against the kingdoms at least once a year.

News of Alchemist Associations progress has reached the far corners of the nation. The commonfolk considers their workings mad or delusional as a soul cannot be reached with sciences, but most knightly orders keep a close eye on them. Especially the more infamous houses.

The Ghouls are biding their time and waiting for the AA's next breakthrough of recyclable souls to be placed in more bodies. An infinite supply of food.

The Cult of Gorging would love to have a raw soul for the first time. They've made multiple attempts at raiding their operations but they lack the numbers and weapons to do so.

And most knights want to know more of the souls. Apple Knights want to know if they cvan slow down their mutation to save their humanity. Cherry Knights wants to bring back their Stem Partners back from the dead, and Melon Knights would like they give their all, their souls, to the people when the time is right.

The Knightly Orders contain the numerous noble homes of the nation, some Orders are made up of multiple families working together (Cherry Knights, Bean Knights,Kelp Knights, Tuber Knights) while others are just a single noble house that has grown large and grand (Apple Knights, Melon Knights, Leaf Knights) as such, the knights are usually headed by representatives of their own houses. However, to ensure no in fighting endangers the noble homes unity, the nation has elected several knights to act as a council of sorts for overseeing the noble homes, as well as overseeing the various duties of the nation, usually elected knights are members of the royal family, noble homes, or elected individuals of the citizenry who have exemplified the ideals of a knight.
Cow Knight- In charge of overseeing noble homes, recruitment of knight orders, military assets in-land and national security
Chicken Knight- In charge of overseeing national infrastructure, agricultural development and preservation efforts
Boar Knight- In charge of economic and medical management, as well as the knight in charge of culinary research and the advancement of foodstuff development and management
Salmon Knight- In charge of overseeing seafaring mercantile efforts, managing fisheries both coastal and in-land, as well as the small duty of weather research
Lobster Knight- In charge of naval military assets, coastal defenses, oceanic exploration and research
Though most of these knights are politicians or pencil pushers, each one is an experienced and highly trained knight in every sense of the word.

Bumping by saying I really dig this council.

Holy scriptures allude to a hidden underground stream that feeds the roots of this great tree. Expeditions both religious and scientific have been made to find evidence of such a stream but what few attempts have been made have been unsuccessful. In modernity such attempts are now illegal, marked as heretical at best and terroristic at worst. Nevertheless scarred ground around the base of trees still acts as evidence of recent thwarted attempts, though the crown denies any attempts have been made in the last half century.

To the north east of the national capital is the Halfmoon Hills salt mines, the nations largest provider of salt. While there are smaller salt mines across the mountainous south, as well as on the coast, the Halfmoon Hills mines put them all too shame, having provided the nation with 80% of it's salt production for more than 850 years. The current owner of the Halfmoon Hills mines is "Salt Baron" Ulysses Owzer, one of the most powerful men in the nation, thanks to his command over the salt market and his immense wealth, some say he is comparable to even the Knightly Order's council in terms of deciding power.

>vore setting

I love the concept of the Bean Knights for some reason. Even just the name sounds fun

Theyre pretty great.

You stop that.

>Projecting your fetish where it doesn't exist
Go back to /trash/

I can imagine them being very folk heroish
"A chill knocked through the town this winter, a frightfully dreadful chill
The mothers, the fathers, even the children, all fell very ill
But then one morn', he came aridin', up across the hill
The Bean Knight, that Kind Knight, rode into town to give us all new will
He cured the mothers, the fathers and even the kids, and chased away that chill
And with everyone bright and full of life, the Bean Knight rode off over the hill"

The dead are usually brought to unlife by means of this continent's gift/curse of the God Tree itself. No one truly knows that its helping both the living and the dead nor how deep its roots reach across the nation. Either they remain blissfully unawares or the country is keeping this secret hidden.

Undead with enough time on this earth will soon twist and malform into stronger, wilder aberrations. But, if they consume enough of the living or even just one powerful knight, they retain some sentience and tap into the God Tree's endless well of magic.

>"And that," expounded the older Grave Keeper to the recruits, "is why you have to eat ALL the evil!"

Going far into the wastelands unbeknownst to the public are undead captains utilizing their God Tree magic to guide their undead armies. They can't control their bodies and minds directly but can at least lead them around with their Life magic like a carrot on a stick.

Depending on the captain's obtained version of magic, they can shape their soldier's or their own bodies, render the land uninhabitable or summon more monstrous undead.

>Gastric monks have ritualistic meals, eating raw foods, so that they may be prepared and cooked within them, so that the body can absorb the purity of the ingredients at every step

Scared. How do they not get sick? Unless they're supplied some sort of magic then this is the unhealthiest class to play. But I really like monk classes.

Possibly magic, possibly just a technique. Whatever it is, they don't get sick despite eating raw foods, as their bodies can work like ovens, or skillets. And besides, thats only the really devout monks.

Perhaps a technique of theirs involves turning themselves into living ovens? Maybe some kind of pact with a fire spirit where they consume a portion of it to live inside them and cook their food with them.

Alternatively, they could just eat a lot of ceviche.

I treat it like them just learning the secrets of their body that they can turn their bodies into a living kitchen, hands that can cut and peel and crush, stomachs that can cook raw ingredients, so they can absorb everything about the food without wasting it, they are monks, and it's fancy monk stuff. like how real life monks can channel chi, or pull their nuts into their bodies, only more fanciful

>or pull their nuts into their bodies

Pardon?

youtube.com/watch?v=9_sleRlUIsI
It's a technique shaolin monks can do, they suck their balls into their body to prevent them from getting hurt.

This has rapidly turned into Toriko.

I think what separates this from Toriko is that they don't fight huge DBZ battles with outrageously giant monsters who can end the world just by farting. It's some mythical animals like basilisks and dragons, but it's majorly a simple fantasy world with a focus, culturally, on culinary arts.

>It's some mythical animals like basilisks and dragons, but it's majorly a simple fantasy world with a focus, culturally, on culinary arts.
Still Toriko. You forgot to mention that knights slightly powerful humans until they choose to go monstrous to end worlss by farting.

In the outskirts of the kingdom, where the knight orders are more sparse, a sort of unofficial "Order" has grown.

Known as the Salt and Pepper knights, due to their usage of gunpowder weaponry instead of the swords official knights are usually trained with.

Made up of farmers and other laborers upset with the lack of law in and around their villages, they've taken the law into their own hands. Being unofficial, the most for organization has been "You patrol there, I patrol here," and their duties consist of "shoot any criminal you see and haul their ass to jail".

Spurred on by the success of their initial founding many have moved beyond their humble positions to become mercenaries or sheriffs of sorts, establishing their former villages and in some situations even challenging local Knights for independence.

>Zombie eventually grows strong enough to become building size
>When knights slay it, they weep internally at how much they're going to have to eat.

Magi are bound to familiars and come to resemble them over time. This wizard established a territory and shared it with rivals based on a time share. At day others are allowed to roam his stretch and practice magic but at night he duels them for supremacy. Which is not to say that he forgoes companionship but he is by nature a loner and prefers social contact with commonfolk who value his ability to rid the area of undesirable elements.

Other magi will bond themselves to animals like birds or dogs. Indeed many magi with dog familiars serve the king as loyal company to their lord's hunting parties or knightly retinues.

god I want to run a game in this setting but it seems kind of too simple for a D&D game...

I might make some adjustments are use this food setting as a region in my new campaign starting next week

This process of resemblance can is generally slow, taking years before any really un-hideable transformations occur. However, casting spells beyond the magi's ability to handle can speed the process dozens of years in an instant as the bond between the mage and their familiar is amplified, faster than their mind can handle the strain. In some cases, it may drive them mad or give them strange, animalistic drives that conflict with their human ones.

In the worst cases however, it overwhelms them entirely, and creates the dread creatures known as Lycanthropes; former wizards forever trapped in mutilated bestial form, their minds torn between animal savagery and mystic learning, and lacking none of their former skill as a wizard.

>Grave Keepers and Ghouls gain the feats and skills of the particilar undead they've eaten making most of the clan particulary varied.
>Apple Knights can create wooden armaments or weapons from their tree-like bodies that regenerate quickly after destruction.
>Cherry Knights can stay in perfect synch with their partners and can achieve a power boosting fusion to make them four times stronger.
>Melon Knights can grow to huge sizes as giants or walls and shed the excess form to create barricades and forts for their allies.
>Gastrochemy monks can turn their physical forms and strikes based on all things biological; more flesh or bone, water and blood, and burning heat into flame.
>Magi with more control can transform into chimeric versions of their familar if given allowed to do so.

Magi are every bit a part of the land as the knights or the alchemists however their societies tend to focus more on the kind of mind set their bond creates.

Feline magi tend to be loners who can vary from salt of the earth problem solvers to vicious sadists.

Bird Magi vary from proud eagles who rule over secluded roosts to surprisingly valiant sparrows who band together to protect their homes.

Dogs usually fulfill the idea of mages guilds, close packs of men laboring in pursuit of...something.

Regardless mages are always just a little bit crazy and never without the aid of their steadfast animal companions. (though there is some debate as to who gets more out of this bonding, the men, or the animals as its been reported numerous times that the animals gain intelligence and grow in power right along with their supposed masters)

forgot a pic

Normally I'm not a fan of catfish, but that monster makes me really hungry. Could do well smoked, slathered with cocktail sauce, and served with coleslaw, steak fries, and fried pickles

these motherfuckers will grow as big as the environment will allow it.

Gators do the same. As do pigs.
I'd imagine, that in this setting, such Super Size Me sized animals probably have magical properties, and their hearts and other parts are farmed and used as energy sources for ships and engines, like some kind of industrial/magical Foie Gras. The more potent and powerful the animal was, the more power the body part has.

Kinda like how Dragon Hearts are in Escaflowne.

Actually, all their tech and machinery could even be Hemodraulically powered and articulated! Kinda like Leviathan, except somewhat more delicious, and not necessarily alive

I could see that working out, maybe power the core systems of enginers that move airships and what have you with the hearts of powerful animals?

Depending on what it is they are eating they perform a complex martial art kata consisting of detailed patterns of movements practiced either solo or in groups that acts as a rite of cooking and consumption within. They often gather their raw meals and eat them together in joy and thankfulness to the
then line up to perform the proper kata together. Their bellies glow orangish red at the end signifying they have began The Devouring. Advanced monks then lead the postulants in medatation in unison humming the term om nom nom over and over. Seeking enlightenment as they set their minds to feeling their bodies experience every delicious consumption of food and what it does within them.

Exactly!
Muscles for food,
hearts for power,
bones for building,
pelts for clothe and sail,
Teeth and claws for weapons,
Stomach for fermenting,
Blood and lungs to fuel the heart,
Bowels to help the crops grow
And finally the Brain, for those who dabble in the wizarding ways
>Inb4 what of the other organs
We'll gee, I dunno Billy. Those aren't talked about or forbidden in the recent Diocese. I guess we'll just do whatever with them

Pic not really related, just wanted to post cheese in this thread

This is just From Software making Monster Hunter and there's nothing wrong with that.

What kind of guns are we looking at? The era is a little past bolt action and automatic fire is being used by rifles and tuurets. Do they get beastial benefits?

Definitely flamethrowers and other pseudo-elemental weaponry using dragon breath organs. Probably some fancy partially biologic firing mechanisms using twitch muscles from some of the faster creatures as well.

Semi-biologic weaponry sounds like a good idea to me anyway, especially if it requires some kind of food intake. Sacred weapons consume with their users, uniting them in the purity of purpose and prayer that is a meal.

Are you suggesting weaponized alterations to the body? After having your augmented gun latched onto yourself, it can get stronger based on how much you've consumed.

And pic related is something else. When can I shoot small deadly animals at people.

Maybe. I think linked augmented weapons like that should be rarer, as to link to a weapon requires a large amount of preparation and control over your own body. Rejection of a living weapon can be dangerous and horrible, especially if the gun or sword attached to you sees you as food and starts digesting your muscles. Weaponized alterations like that should either be the province of heretics, saints, or both. They're the kind of things that are legendary, named living armors sung of in the same breath as their heroic wielders, or ravenous blades that are deemed "cursed" because they devour even their users.

That said, the original idea was based around semi-living weapons, like a weapon with a powder chamber where you feed it a slurry of gunpowder and food that it digests to load it and keep its organic parts well maintained.

Apple, Cherry and Melon Knights are the most prestigious and well known of the noble houses, but they are not the only ones. There are actually dozens of smaller clans who raise up their own knights, but due to either their methods, or just not bring impressive enough, they are usually treated more like normal soldiers than noble knights, some of these include the Banana Knights, who are masters of spears, Grape Knights, who are recruited enmasse, rather than carefully selected and trained, and Peach Knights, who are making a name for themselves on particular by mixing arcane arts into their combat styles.

The Order of the Field has a similar situation, but slightly different. All Field Knights fall into the various households, but some knights may earn a secondary title, due to their actions, for example, "I am Sir Andrew Doogle, of the house of Tuber Knights, under the title of the Onion Knight". Of course these titles may be completely unrelated to their household.

Damn, beat me to the Banana Knights. I was gonna turn them into spear wielding psionics with an emphasis on reaching. They could "peel" off their physical shell to reveal there soul as a translucent golden tower. They can use their soul as a giant battering ram or can travel across gaps with their soul as a bridge. The downside being is that it uses their health and dwindles their lifespan with excessive use. Other than powers, Banana Knights try to extend their influence across all corners of the world, but their lineage is still to small to make much headway.

They could certainly do that, maybe the household has discovered this psionic ability, and are working to harness it's usage so they can become a true knights household, so they either only have a few 'true' Banana Knights, or all their knights just have a basic grasp of this ability, or both.

This setting has to deal with
>zombies
>super zombies
>vampires
>lycanthropes
>hungry hungry radicals
>"youre not allowed to eat that" radicals
>wildlife
>super wildlife
>possibly a world ending tree that just wants to die by creating undead to kill off the human cycle protecting it

Sounds easy enough

Oh, and if you have powers you'll eventually go mad when using your powers too much. And this is a good point in setting. With the industrial era coming through, would commonfolk humans be wary of the monstrous knights protecting them? They may still feel loyal or indebted but they would had to had heard of the rumors around them.

Well only the Apple Knights suffer that, the Cherry Knights don't lose control of anything since they are just based on partnership, and the Melon Knights are just big, physically tough guys who can occasionally grow bigger and shed a husk as impromptu shielding. As for the Field Knights, we hadn't filled out any special powers of them, if any at all.

>and in some situations even challenging local Knights for independence.
Due to this, the church deeply disapproves of the gunslingers.

However, most knights have nothing against the group, seeing them (excluding the few that challenge the knights) as a semi-decent substitute .

I thought the motif of this setting was going to be dire costs for power. Field Knights should be thought over too but there are some more fruits I want to cover.

I think is to some degree some evidence that contention does exist between the common folk and knights. Almost seems to some degree to be a Wild West scenario.

I don't think that's the motifs at all, just food focused setting. Too many of these homestretch settings end up with "YOUR HEROES ARE JUST AS BAD AS THE MONSTERS, NOTHING IS GOOD, EVERYTHING SUCKS, THERE IS NO HAPPINESS"

*homebrew
Sorry, phone posting.

>"all these wizards living in their mage towers, believing being closer to the tree crops and the fruits will help them in their magic studies.oh no no no no, it is underground, close to the roots of the plants, that is where the arcane truly flows. also this mage cellar of mine doubles as a wine cellar. truly ingenious if you ask me."

Sort of like a hedge wizard. Maybe called Root Wizards, or Cellar Wizards. Maybe in contrast with the other magi, they are more like herbalists, mixing roots and herbs and dirty, undergrowth things, to make shockingly powerful spells.

Kind of, desu. I kept seeing Dark Souls/Bloodborne in this and couldn't help it.