Recent content by M.G. Ridgeview

I would try going to foreign language dictionaries. Find a language that sounds like a good fit and see if you can modify it to create your own naming convention. For instance, I'm working on a setting for a story that is inspired by ancient Greece. I found my character's name by picking a...

One of the things I imagined the character struggling with, was receiving benefits or awards based on a title that he achieved, only to realize that the system that provided the privileges of his rank was dissolved. I get what was meant now by starting small, after taking a break from writing...

I thought about wood and paper armor after I wrote the post. It would be interesting to see armors based on that, maybe from a country that doesn't have a lot of metal. Or maybe more interestingly, they have some cultural or religious taboo against using metal.

I did imagine the two countries would be separated by an ocean. A city on a lake is an interesting idea. Maybe I'll incorporate the story idea into a larger plot, since a couple have suggested it isn't novel length material.

I'm researching for a fantasy I want to write. Looking for alternative sources of metal you could forge armor with. I'm afraid I don't know too much about metallurgy, so I'm turning to the research forum. I'll start by listing some metals, and maybe you could tell me if they would have been...

Thanks for the reply. I don't know too much about aquatic environments, so I would have to do some research there. As for writing an entire novel, that's a good point. Maybe it would work on a smaller scale. The kind of change I envisioned was maybe something newer in nature. The character...

This is more of a brainstorming topic, but hopefully the worldbuilding forum is close enough. It's been some time since I've written fantasy, and want to start a serious novel attempt. A lot of the time, I don't have a problem coming up with interesting (hopefully) ideas, but I'm struggling...