What is Jhas?

Jhas is a campaign setting created by a guy named Jacob. The following is his description in bullet points of what exactly his world is:

* **Jhas is a very homebrewed setting starting with Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition as a base.**
	+ *"Take any normal D&D lore conventions you know, and throw them all out of the nearest window. Traditional D&D gods, race lore, and understanding of magic are all altered to my needs and desires. If you're new to D&D, this won't be too weird due to your inexperience with regular D&D settings. But if you have a lot of D&D experience, its my advice to you, that you don’t take anything, from a lore perspective, for what it might appear to be." -* Jacob
* **You'll find a lot of east meets west philosophy and world building within Jhas.**
	+ *"The world's faiths, cultures, and histories incorporate a lot of myth and philosophy from both eastern and western cultures. Now as time has gone on, I've found a groove of my own and been able top put a lot of my own personal spin on this setting, but as a base, you will see a lot of nods to the cultures of southeast/south asia, indonesia, polynesia, and the middle east."* - Jacob
* **The world is a moon that orbits another planet. This main planet is believed to be Heaven by most people in the setting.**
	+ *"Above the world of Jhas are 4 moons, and a celestial body (a Gas Giant for the more scientifically curious) of blue radiance that is always affixed on the horizon. This is Heaven, or Qor, or Qorelon, or the Wanderer… It's complicated. But for most it's Heaven. It is the source of Magic, and Life for the entire setting. High Fantasy landmarks like 20,000 ft tall sword towers, flying islands powered by crystals, deserts that smolder like a campfire, and lakes as calm and reflective as a mirror are some of the kinds of landmarks that can be found on this world."* - Jacob
* **The Gods live among the people in the world of Jhas. Usually they are the leaders of nations, but not always. It's complicated...**
	+ *"Celestial power houses that have lived since the beginning of time itself make the world that we play in their homes. Some rule with a divine authority that cannot be rivaled. Some leave the right to rule to their chosen faithful. Others have hidden themselves to the world not making their presence known or seen. And others still move about the world without a single follower to their name. These divine beings drive the setting on a macro scale that only the most powerful player characters could ever hope to do, and you could be one of them if you become strong enough."* - Jacob
* **The civilization in Jhas is young at the moment, with calendars only reaching back about 1,100 years.**
	+ *"Jhas at its current state is also a world of strange invention and history. It is a very young civilization all things considered. The oldest calendars only go back to about eleven hundred years, give or take a few decades. And while there are old forgotten ruins left behind by some civilization, only the gods of this world know who left them behind." -* Jacob
* **Technology within the world sits around the level of the Iron Age, but with some comforts that age would not recognize due to magic.**
	+ *"The level of technological advancement on Jhas as of the cycle & year 277:3 (The most current date of my longest running campaign on Jhas) is just after the turn of the bronze age into the iron age. Think the beginnings of Roman democracy or maybe the height of Alexander the Great's time. About 200 BCE in earth eras. There is no black powder or fossil fuels being used. And crossbows and full plate armor are either unheard of, or exceedingly rare finds." -* Jacob
* **There do exist several different flying islands.**
	+ *"There are flying islands hoisted into the skies using magical crystals. City populations have exploded due to magically enhanced agriculture and disease management. Wizards and Sorcerers are able to build entire cities with stone walls that can rise from the earth in a fraction of the time mundane construction would. So while some parts of the world may seem primitive compared to a standard medieval society, there are advances in certain areas that may surprise you." - Jacob*