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    The World I Built

    I agree with everyone this far: Epic, intriguing and has all the good and evil you'd ever need for dozens of great stories. Which is why I'm so intrigued to find out where exactly you go with it.
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    My Magic Non-system

    The first thing that came to my mind is a bunch of modern, highly educated "scientists" (well, self-proclaimed magic scientists) keeping up a lively academic debate about the nature of various phenomena, presenting hypotheses, doing research and eventually coming closer to the kind of catalogued...
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    Settling a region and making it exploitable

    Good points. Really good, in fact. I think I've overestimated the effect of dragons on the spread of civilization a bit. Dragons are a species that's had no natural enemies, and then suddenly the mainland pours a huge amount of guys with deadly weapons into their homeland with the sole...
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    Question about an idea for a supernatural/modern fantasy story:

    I think the idea of vampires being restricted to drinking criminal blood has interesting implications. What would, in the eyes of the law, be a serious enough crime to justify using the criminal as a human bloodbag? And, if there was such a law, I imagine there would be quite a few human rights...
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    Random thoughts

    Every time I think I'm over the fact that I couldn't continue boxing, I stumble upon a discussion on martial arts and immediately feel bad. Two years ago, when I'd just moved to a new place but had plenty of spare time, I decided to join this boxing club not far from school. I'm perpetually...
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    Plot, Character, Setting

    I've come to notice that when used masterfully, even setting descriptions alone can contribute to character development and theme. Think how in The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night, Scott Fitzgerald makes every paragraph add to the theme - because everything is so neatly interwoven, a...
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    King of Tides

    King of Tides Jack Tregary When I was a kid, I had this little old storybook that dad brought home from one of his trips. Every time I missed him or couldn’t sleep at night, mum would read it for me. My favourite story, the one my mind always played out for me more vividly than others, was...
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    Best Quotes from a game

    The Witcher 3 has some great ones. You don’t need mutations to strip men of their humanity. (Geralt) Saying a botchling's ugly is like saying s**t's not particularly tasty: can't say it's a lie, but it doesn't exactly convey the whole truth, either (Lambert in a Bestiary entry for...
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    Settling a region and making it exploitable

    The breakdown idea is really good, it's definitely easier to work that way. Where the mapping part is concerned, three daring attempts to sail around the continent have already been made - one of them was successful, and aboard was a cartographer who managed to draw the shoreline with some...
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    Howdy

    Moi and kiitos, the only two words you need in order to survive in Finland (this has been proven) :) I am humbled by such a warm reception... and will no doubt be infiltrating your smart and lively discussions in no time.
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    AARGH! Did pirates really look like that?

    Would you call the visuals of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag accurate, apart from the fact that many characters look much too healthy and attractive for their roles? I think the way every important, notorious pirate embraces their own style (Calico Jack being very flamboyant and Blackbeard...
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    Settling a region and making it exploitable

    In my fantasy world, there is a small continent where dragons used to be at the top of the food chain. Humans had tried to settle it a number of times over the past few centuries because of the wealth of natural resources (mainly metal) they expected to find there, but the extremely dangerous...
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    Howdy

    Greetings to you all from Finland. I have thought about becoming part of one fantasy community or another for a pretty long time, but now is the first time I've actually done it. The decision to join the noble ranks of Mythic Scribes was spurred by my success with last year's Nanowrimo - I...
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