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Elves not liking red meat not because of "being in tune with nature" vegetarian trope, but because of its high iron content
#y'know cuz iron is poisonous to the fae#does this mean spinach is also a big no no?#on one hand spinach doesn't really have as high an iron concentration as it was initially thought#on the other hand its funny so yes#dnd#dnd idea#worldbuilding#worldbuilding ideas
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Sci-fi worldbuilding ideas for your city planets :)
If the planet is entirely city, where does the oxygen come from? Are their farms dedicated to producing oxygen? Special factories? Are there plants that produce oxygen very quickly all over the planet? Do you have to pay an oxygen tax?
Does the planet have natural water? Are the oceans untouched, incorporated into the city, or have they been drained and the water used for things in the city? What is it used for? Drinking, dams, hydroelectricity, food production, etc?
How deep does the city go? Has the planet been mined into to create more space? Is geothermal energy used? Are the bottom levels reserved for things such as sewage, electricity production, factories, prisons, etc?
What is transportation like? Are there roads, floating roads, or are trains and trams used instead? Are planes used? Is transportation fast enough to quickly travel across time zones?
How is food produced? Is it imported, or is it grown on planet? A combination? Think about greenhouses, factorised farms, vertical farming projects, etc. If oceans are left relatively untouched, is food produced in it? Are fish kept? Are there ration laws?
Are the poles less occupied than the rest of the city? Are they used for storing frozen goods, super computers? On a planet with no oceans, is ice and snow valuable?
The same goes for the equator of the planet. Is it more or less occupied? Is the heat used for anything? Are there solar panel farms? Air conditioning?
Are there parks and protected areas of nature? Ancient gardens, important forests, sacred land? Are there laws about chopping down trees? Are there farms for trees and plants? Are their plant shops, and are they expensive? In Star Wars, a part of Coruscant's highest mountain is a public monument that you can look at - are parts of mountains, rare ores, fossils, etc, preserved?
Not all sci-fi cities look the same. Coruscant has skyscrapers arranged in a very chaotic manner, stretching incredibly deep and incredibly high, and there is almost no plant life or natural parts of the planet to be seen. Xandar is arranged neatly with very similar style buildings whilst remaining relatively low rising compared to other city planets, and has lots of greenery and a fairly untouched ocean. Wakanda is relatively defined in layout, with a mixture of plants and buildings, houses and skyscrapers, with every building being unique. Draw inspiration from whatever you like.
Write whatever you want, even if it's common or cliche. It doesn't matter if it has been done before, because it hasn't yet been written by you.
Happy worldbuilding!
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Hi I would really like to see a mermaid society modeled after orcas, please. 👉🏼👈🏼
• Matriarchal, led by oldest wisest female who raised other children in the pod
• Knowledge of their exclusive hunting techniques and hunting territories passed onto each generation
• Nomadic
• Often kills other sea creatures just for the thrill of it
• Strong emotional bonds
Thank you. You’re welcome.
#mermaid#mermaidcore#fantasy ideas#orca whales#writing prompts#writing ideas#fantasy prompts#mermaid prompts#worldbuilding prompts#worldbuilding#worldbuilding ideas#ideas#concepts
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Reminder that there's no universal symbolism.
In your world, black can be the color of love. Horns can be a symbol of corruption. Hooves can be the sign of loyalty.
Like the dark nights spent in the embrace of your lover. Like fungi that grow out of dead bodies looking like goat horns. Like the loyal steed that will ride you into battle.
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Worldbuilding Tip
If you have a fantasy race with animal traits look at that animals social structure when desiging their culture.
A kingdom of lion people could have 2 types of towns, one with mostly women and one man as mayor and another made up of men banished from the first town when they hit puberity. With duals to decide the mayor of the first town.
Fauns and satyrs could banish all men from town except for during mating season with only women running socity or have seperate towns for each gender like actual deer herds.
Most cultures in fantasy are real world cultures with the serial numbers shaved off or a mish mash of real world cultures. So this is a great way to make more interesting cultures in your setting.
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Dom/sub AU worldbuilding: collars
One of my favorite things to do when worldbuilding is to imagine the fashion. And in a D/s AU or a/b/o AU, I love to picture all the different collars people would wear. Just think of all the different types and styles there would be: ornate, jeweled, dressy, sleek, leather, functional, utilitarian, protective, ones for single people and ones for mated/claimed people, high fashion ones, cheap affordable ones, masculine ones and feminine ones, bold ones and demure ones, fabric ones, metal ones, jeweled ones. Here's a few from my stupid-long Pinterest board of collars:
#collars#jewelry#dom/sub#dominant/submissive#dom/sub au#d/s#d/s au#a/b/o#a/b/o au#omegaverse#alpha/beta/omega au#alpha beta omega#alpha/omega#alpha omega#fanfiction#fanfic#worldbuilding#worldbuilding ideas#too many Pinterest boards#please send help
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Dnd Idea
The bodies of dead god-like creatures are mined for valuable resources.
In the mountains where a great purple worm was slain a dwarven city was built on its corpse. Houses are built into the bones and armor of the worm, and bridges cross between them because the bottom is filled with great worm poison. The people mine the corpse for it's valuable resources. It's a hub of chemical research.
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I saw this while scrolling Facebook and immediately had to send it to @thebansacredbanned (‘People who have no idea what the phrase “omegaverse” means need to stop doing things that are so omegaverse-coded’)
Actually I think it could be quite cute in omegaverse?
Like a nesting party must be a coming of age party for omegas where their friends and family give them a piece of clothing or soft blanket for their first nest
I considered writing fic but then remembered that I have a tumblr and this is a lot less effort… if anyone writes this let me know because I would love to see it!
#worldbuilding ideas#omegaverse#nesting party#god imagine the drama of who’s invited and who contributed what#‘do i really have to accept aunt Gladys’ stupid shirt#she smells like cabbage-‘
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Sophont Giants - Exploring Self Expression in Sapient Megafauna
With a new paper suggesting that T.rex was a LOT more intelligent that we give credit for (imagine... a 9 ton theropod using a stick to shake off an animal from a tree for lunch), it does lend to some interesting discussions on just where sophont and sapient animals can come from.
For this piece, it’s about exploring self expression from large animals. Clothing as we know it probably isn’t applicable to them, as they’re so large and tough that they don’t have to worry about protecting their sensitive bits. Clothing as a form of self expression tho? Probably still plausible!
While an adult T.rex probably isn’t all that good at manipulating its environment, it’s children probably had a better shot at it (including basic clothing)!
T.rex Clan Leader - Weilds the skull of a Triceratops and the hide of an Ankylosaurus to denote his status as both clan leader and a true warrior. An old soldier that has seen a lot.
Elephant Matriarch - Facial markings of dust and ash, alongside a fan of ostritch fan.
Orca teenager - Rake marks for fashion. Basically whale tattoos.
#tyrannosaurus rex#paleoart#paleontology#t rex#spec evo#speculative evolution#elephant#orca#speculative fiction#sci fi#my art#nazrigart#worldbuilding ideas#dinosaurs
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So in g/t writing, size matters a LOT for the Tinies. Depending on how tall they are in your world, they might be near-impervious to fall since they weigh so little, or seriously endangered by water since it’s tension can pull them under and refuse to let go. Here’s a pretty good resource if anyone is interested (it goes over superlarge animals briefly too, so it can help with Giant writing too):
youtube
#Obsessed with the way studio ghibli draws Tiny tea coming out in massive droplets due to the surface tension#g/t community#g/t#g/t writing#worldbuilding#worldbuilding ideas#kurzgesagt#writing resources#science bitch#Youtube
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Describing a people/tribe questions
Physical description
Eyes (shape, color)
Skin (color, texture)
Hair (color, texture, style)
Body (shapes, sizes)
Other (wings, tails, anything not on this list)
Culture
Traditions
Rituals
Death
Birth
Marriage
Etc.
Clothing
Color
Material
Style
Food
Celebrations
Clothing
Food
Stories or games
Stories/lore
Games
Religion
Gods
Divine topics
Objects/places of power
The people
How are the different genders treated? How do they act?
Coming of age stuff?
Who's in charge? Why?
Are the people human?
How do they raise their children?describe a family unit.
Pets? Livestock?
Describe some of the people in your tribe. How do they interact with the rest of the tribe?
Taboos/rules/forbidden topics?
Geography
Where do they live?
What do their houses look like?
Have they adapted well to their environment?
Describe the land around them and how they interact with it. Are they using their resources efficiently?
Are they near other tribes? If so, what are the relationships between the tribes? Are they allies?
Trade and economy
Do they trade? With whom?
Do they have a currency? Describe how it works.
Describe the technologies, if any. This includes farming equipment and simple tools!
Transportation
Animals/beasts of labor?
Vehicles?
Paths and roads?
Which locations are the least accessable? The most accessable? Why?
Language
What languages do they speak? How many? What types?
What Earth languages are most similar to their languages, if any?
Are they literate? Describe.
Describe body language, if any.
Describe curses or rude gestures.
What are some phrases? What do they mean?
Law
What are some laws?
Taboos?
How are wrongdoers punished?
Who's in charge of punishment?
Are wrongdoers tried?
How do they fight?
Describe the last war, if any. Who was it with? Who were they fighting against? Who were their allies? What was the cause/reason for the war?
Describe their fighting methods. Are they martial?
Describe their weapons. Melee or range? Both?
How are veterans and soldiers treated?
How successful are they in war?
What are the requirements to fight, if any?
Describe some myths or lore.
What is your favorite myth from this culture?
What are some recurring themes?
Who are some recurring characters?
What is the most famous/well known myth from this culture?
Describe a normal day in the tribe.
Describe a house or building built by/used by the tribe.
Food
Normal meals
What do they eat?
Delicacies, if any?
Mealtime etiquette?
Do they eat alone or together? In big groups or small groups? Who do they eat with?
Crafts? Arts?
Jewelry
Metalworking
Textiles/fabrics
Pottery
Sculpture
Painting
Drawings
Recurring colors or patterns?
Recurring figures or objects?
Recurring characters or themes?
Symbolism
Gods/deities
Do they believe in gods?
What type of gods? Destruction or creation gods? Nature gods?
Is there a ruler of the gods? Who? How did they become ruler?
How does one become a god, if possible? Can anyone become a god?
How do the gods work?
Is there an afterlife? How does it work?
Describe some gods. What are they the gods of? Who are they the patrons of? What are their goals? Do they have many worshippers? Why or why not?
What pantheon are your gods based on, if any? Why?
Where are the places of worship, if any? Why?
Other deities?
Color scheme
Main colors
Accents
Metal color
Glow/magic color, if any
Tone range
Reasoning behind color choices
Clothing
Material
Weave, if any
Colors
Patterns
Styles
Comfort, fashion, or work?
Reasoning behind those choices
(This is a wip and needs to be reorganized.)
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I need world-building questions for royalty and class systems, please
Sure!
Worldbuilding questions to get the creative juices flowing 32
Theme: Class Systems
Now it's been awhile since I've researched or worldbuilt this stuff, so I did some side research to make sure I'm bright on ideas
Now class systems are very very complicated. I'm not very confident in them myself, so at the end I've added some nice videos to watch, thing to research on, and places to start.
How many classes is your society divided into? Is it a feudalism system, caste system, slave system, or something else?
Can all classes take part in the ruling class? If not what classes can? What roles in society can rule? Is the ruling class its own class?
How is the population distributed by class? How is the hierarchy built? Who has it the worst? Who has it the best?
What advantages does each class have? What disadvantages does each class have? What decides who's in what class?
Class systems are not just divided by economic status. In fact they can be divided by many things at once. So what divides yours? (race, economic status, birthright, religious, species, magic branches)
What helps keep lower classes low? What helps keep higher classes high?
What type of change is occuring? Is it more peaceful? More chaotic? More violent? Is it looking successful?
What cultural divides play into classes? How does culture differ across classes?
What group controls the society? How does this group do so? What could happen to cause this group to lose this power?
If the current ruling class was overthrown what would the aftermath be like?
Not every class runs off of our five modern ones. Go back in time and class systems change sometimes drastically. So name your class levels. Where do these names derive from?
What class systems did the society go through in the past? How does this affect their modern day?
How do class groups view each other? Is there discrimination? Is there privilege?
What decides a class' value? What makes them that valuable?
What does education, economic status, and potential religion do for the class system?
What does the current events; war, sickness, alliances, etc; affect the class system? (These events tend to be great moments for classes to change)
Extra:
Class Systems to study
Our Modern Social Class
Medeival Social Class
Ancient China Classes
Caste Systems of India throughout time
Japanese castes
Native American Roles
Amazing Videos
How Class Systems Fall: https://youtu.be/bbkSim9iaOQ
How Class Systems Work: https://youtu.be/8tjvul5e1y4
Historical Moments
Russian Prohibition
French Revolution
Any bit of Soviet History, really I'm not kidding, the formation and fall of the USSR was a big class system historical fuckery mess
American Progressive Era
Republic Era of Qing China
Finally Books that have good class system worldbuilding
Grishaverse Book Series
Watership Down
Tale of Two Cities
#worldbuilding#worldbuilding class system#worldbuilding class systems#worldbuilding questions#worldbuilding questions to get the creative juices flowing#worldbuilding class#worldbuilding classes#worldbuilding ideas#worldbuilding tips
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you know how in some fantasy worlds, deities only exist when people worship them, and deities become real when people worship them?
what if spells worked the same way? what if people who wanted to make new spells needed them to go viral before they worked? what if you were using an indie spell and suddenly it was way more powerful and then you found out a wizardtok influencer had used it in their latest video? what if people posted spells on tumblr with the caption "likes < reblogs < usage"? what if there were ads for spells on podcasts?
#wizard#wizardposting#fantasy post#fantasy#worldbuilding#magical realism#worldbuilding ideas#urban fantasy
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Don’t get me wrong, werewolves are freakin awesome, but I think what a lot of people don’t realize is that wolves aren’t hostile to their own pack as media makes it seem. There’s no “alpha wolf” ; if there are wolves in charge, they’re usually the parents of the other wolves. In other words, wolf packs are one big happy family.
But HYENAS on the other hand?? Testosterone-fueled female domination. The smaller males are the lowest ranking in the hierarchy and they are stuck like this. They get food that females don’t want. Hyenas eat their prey alive and crunch bones. Cubs often suffocate before they can even be born because they are birthed through the female hyena’s unique clitoris, otherwise known as a pseudo-penis — and yes, giving birth through this is incredibly painful.
Even though spotted hyenas are technically not related to canidae, I still think they should be considered as werecreatures in fiction. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
#werewolf#werewolves#werewolf prompts#werewolf core#werecreature#hyena#spotted hyena#hyenas#fantasy ideas#worldbuilding#worldbuilding inspiration#worldbuilding ideas#ideas#concepts
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How to worldbuild:
1: Don't try to do everything at once. Better define a setting by what cannot happen in it rather than what can. A world without tech more advanced than an Archimedes screw water pump is already more defined than a world where all animals can be hybridized.
2: Make things internally realistic, not externally. Unicorns and fairies don't exist in real life, but in your setting? They better be credible.
3: Continuity and consistency. If you put "but" into statements too many times, the picture of the world will be full of exceptions and broken rules, which raises the question - why are they (the rules) there in the first place if they are broken in the next sentence? Put things simply, even the most complex concepts can be explained through metaphors.
4: Reference yourself. Once you've wrote something, attach it to something you wrote previously. Relationships between kingdoms, the effect of this specific material on the economy and technology, why don't mages just hypnotize the monarchs and bind their will and so on.
5: Have fun :D
And lastly, remember that one and the same world will look different from different narratives. A farmer from Ancient Greece will see the world one way, a modern Twitch streamer - in an other way, a shrimp or pillbug will have a completely different worldview too but they all live on the same planet. So narrative matters.
#worldbuilding#worldbuilding tips#worldbuilding tip#worldbuilding advice#those are the tenets i follow or at least try to follow#fantasy#fantasy world#fantasy worldbuilding#world creation#worldbuilding ideas
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Idea for my steampunk world (Mistwork Heart) with supernatural deadly mist, myst, in lowland areas. Where train travel is the main means of safe long distance travel.
Percers (From the term Veil-Piercer) are the rail builders and train workers. But as they’re so integral and the work so dangerous there would be many of them. Crossing the sea of mist. So…
Rail Shanties.
#worldbuilding#worldbuilding ideas#steampunk#paranormal#trains#sea shanties#working songs are cool#Percer’s union
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