[DavidStallard]

I'd be interested to hear a little more about the tone of the setting. Does the "darkness" of the setting mostly refer to the past (the actual apocalypse) or to the current state of things? I mean, is the setting full of despair and thievery and distrust? Or is it essentially a "regular" points-of-light type fantasy setting and the apocalypse just serves to give a reason why there are ruins to explore and unexplored areas and whatnot? (I'm actually hoping for the latter; I'm not a fan of darkness and horror generally)

I'm trying to contrast this to Earthdawn, which you might also say is a post-apocalyptic fantasy setting. But I wouldn't consider Earthdawn to be a dark setting, even though there are Horrors still lurking about. But hey, I don't consider Deadlands to be a dark setting either but I know a lot of groups would play up the horror elements a lot more than I would.