I just started work on a #Hammondal design document with the title "Town of Copaganda," which is both "not as bad as it sounds" and "every bit as bad as it sounds." 😅
Doing some #worldbuilding for my #kaendor videogame and defining the laws and mechanisms by which magic works.
I created something that looks logical, consistent, and functional. But there's just no interesting consequences or questions that result from that, which would set off compelling stories or mysteries.
That's very much useless worldbuilding.
It adds information to process, but does not add anything.
With the recent Northern Lights occurrence, I'm #worldbuilding thinking about all the the weird beautiful stuff aberrant Aurora Borealis could represent in #TTRPG settings and games. What kind of amazing discoveries does it hold? What terrifying truths hide behind its beauty?
New on my blog is the second half of my top 10 imaginary worlds. I get a bit deeper this time (or go on a bit more!), as these are ones that have shaped me as a writer.
Medieval peasants had so many holidays and days off. Mostly because they had to feed themselves, make their own clothing and fix all their own stuff. How the people in your world survive from day to day?
Toujours en train de placer les noms sur la carte du monde d'Eldoran...
En attendant, sachez qu'Eldoran possède trois lunes et tourne autour de 2 étoiles.
Still placing names on Eldoran world map...
Meanwhile, you can see that Eldoran has three moons & evolves around 2 stars.
What if dragons came in broods like cicadas?
Every Y centuries a brood returned.
Brood 19 and Brood 37 overlap next year and your people are very, very worried. #DnD#WorldBuilding#TTRPG
Non sum qualis eram, as the poet says. Not a happy ending but a good one: "Learned by heart" from Emma Donoghue (c)2023 is the last book I finished. #worldbuilding wise it gave me ideas for fantastic academia and might influence my image of the MSM on #Karcanon in the generation before Phyter. Have you read it? Have you compared it to Christa Winsloe's classic book of #sapphic school days? @bookstodon
Thinking about underground fantasy societies. How would such cultures go about without ready access to wood? What do carpenters in Menzoberranzan use to make tables of? #worldbuilding#ttrpg#rpg#fantasy
Sinon, je suis actuellement en train de refaire la carte physique d'Eldoran, monde imaginaire abritant la cité volante d'Argona.
Sur l'image, je débute les reliefs du continent de Norumbega.
And I'm currently working on a new version of a map of Eldoran, fantasy world hosting the flying city of Argona.
I'm starting the shaded reliefs of the continent of Norumbega.