Hello there!. I have enjoyed playing numerous RPG's for several years now, and, while I enjoy many for their own merits, I have to say the one I most enjoy and come back to most frequently is Pathfinder (and, to a slightly lesser extent, the D20 system as a whole). because of this, I been looking for both an excuse an opportunity to try my hand at DM'ing with my own Homebrew notions. But, that said, I *also* feel the urge to make said homebrew world uniquely distinct from the vast majority of rather Tolkien-inspired settings out there (which, though certainly venrable and respectable, also come off as just a bit vanilla and tired nowadays), as well as make any players involved aware that the setting will be very open and accomodating of the use of numerous 3rd-party elements such as 3rd-party classes/archetypes/races/feats/rule variants and the like (which, despite the fact that a vast array of such have been developed over the years, often tend to get little practical play, as many GM's and players alike are either leery of how new elements might affect an established rule system, or, if not that, simply not interested in reading through 30-50 pages of a new .pdf just to accommodate one player's wacky idea). Now, I *do* have a basic rough concept of what i'd like my homebrew world to be, which is a world that is essentially a 1920's vision of the 'future' - That is something very akin (and, in fact, purposefully meant as) an homage to Fritz Lang's classic silent film "Metropolis" in technology level and aesthetic, yet still remains open and accepting of what many might consider 'anachronistic elements' such as sword-wielding knights and bards despite the presence of mechanics and nuclear scientists, simply due to the fact that, due to the 'power balance' of Pathfinder classes, a person isn't at all necessarily useless or a hindrance just because they have a sword while everyone else has guns. As a furtherance of that notion, I wanted the idea to be designed to be *very* permissive with racial design options as well. I happen to own dozens of 3rd-party sources featuring really interesting optional races, but, again, due to their typically odd, niche status in most 'standard' Pathfinder worlds, many rarely see use. As a few examples, just for the sake of illustrating my point, I happen to have a .pdf series that allows for more monstrous character ideas - options such as centaur, minotaur, unicorns, gargoyles, medusa, aberrations, vampires, wights,and even dragons; all of which have been [theoretically] balanced to interact equally on a level-to-level basis with normal humanoid characters. The only thing is that that interactive potential only remains 'theoretical' until such a time as we have a chance to see such ideas actually in play... Which is what I hope to be able to experiment with here. Similarly, if a player happens to like the aesthetic of a 3rd-party class that they've never had luck managing other GM's to permit, I would hope that we would be able to allow them the opportunity to also explore such options here as well. But, all this said, the title line of this post claimed that i really want co-*designers* for all this as well - not simply players. As you might have gathered from the above explanation, much of these concepts are all very theoretical and disorganized to boot. While i certainly would like to get the setting into a state where I and some other friendly folks could eventually play and have fun in this pet project of mine, what I would *really* like, in the more immediate future, is just to make contact with some fellow creative minds out there who think any of what I've described above sounds at all interesting to them and would care to help act as a sounding board and think tank to suggest ideas, world elements, political factions, potential plot threads, and all that other good, nitty-gritty detail stuff that would help pull this still-rather nebulous concept into something that people might actually enjoy playing in someday. :) So then, with all of that said (finally), if any of what I've mentioned so far interests you in the slightest, please either send me send me a Private Message contacting me here on Roll20, or, if you prefer, send me a friend request on Discord (My tag is KingInYellowTatters#5393). Once we're in touch, I can share further details of the ideas I already have in mind with you as well as answer any particular questions you might have for me. I hope to hear from (at least some) of you soon. Thank you. :D