Recent content by barrowyarrow

The role these deities will fulfill is defining cultures for my characters to react to. The formula is mostly character's travel, meet a local, learn about the locals, solve a problem. I want each place they meet to feel unique but have details that overlap like these places share some cultural...

What I mean here is that it's a common trope I've encountered where the hero is either protected by a god or is given a tool or weapon by the gods within the setting. This usually comes attached with the notion that this god figure is impossibly powerful and is interested in seeing the hero...

I want to treat it like there's a kernel of truth under a lot of myth. Like in real world mythology where we have all these stories that seems like larger than life, unbelievable feats but they're actually an ancient person's attempt to rationalize a natural event. Gods in history are typically...

I'm writing a lot about creation and origins of things lately and I've started wrestling with how much I want gods in my setting to play a role beyond just a creation myth. To me it feels like gods are used as a crutch a lot just to solve a problem without too much thought or they get added just...

I can't comment on the religious parallels but I do have questions. As far as worldbuilding goes, this feels pretty full. There's a lot of foundation to build off of and I'd be curious to see where this goes. What immediately jumps out at me is this multiversal being and a dimensional barrier...

I agree with the communism sentiment. A class of wealthy and powerful elites that do a lot of wealthy and powerful elite stuff will inevitably draw questions like, "Why do they get lavish parties while I can't make rent?" The poor farmers and factory workers will eventually start talking and...

I realize now that the head fog has cleared up that my calling it "junk" might sound negative. I'm kind of using the word endearingly here. Not to say it's bad to write for no one, just silly little toss away stories that you put in the corner when your done with them. Maybe they sit in a folder...

I'm sick today and feeling a little goofy. Through my delirium I was wondering if you guys ever write junk? Maybe there's a better word for it that I don't know yet. However, as an example of what I'm talking about I have a lot of unused characters I've written just for fun (and maybe that...

You may want to look into a favorite of mine called Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It's a novel and animated TV series that follows a lot of what you seem to be describing here. It just zooms in on the individual stories of grand generals in command of millions of soldiers fighting a galactic...

I'm fond of the practice of referring to any humanoid species as human and dividing it from there. Of course this comes with the caveat that you have to rename standard humans as we know them which can be a bit clunky.

I like to treat it as the difference between an expert and a layman. Wizards should have this deeper understanding that your average guy doesn't like how a scientist would identify the difference between physics and biology. A regular person would see a guy throw a fire ball and call it magic. A...

I second this. If your antagonists are the personification of the seven deadly sins, you could also lean into their demise being the very thing they personify. Greed is defeated because he wants more, Lust is tempted by promise of sensation, Wrath destroys himself in a fit of rage, etc. Just...

I'd say your on the money putting your town in Arizona. The majority of what we think of as the wild west took place between Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, Wyoming, and Southern California to name a few states you could fit this dry western town. You should read up on the history of...

Is there the possibility of a cycle? Eras of fragmenting followed by eras of reintegration? I like this a lot. It's very focused and doesn't get to big for it's own britches which I think a lot of world builders fall into (myself included). There's a lot of room to expand on each of the layers...

I really dig the concept of post apocalyptic fantasy and this seems in line with that idea. I'm interested to see where this goes in terms of a rebuilding of civilization through this sort of magical fantasy adjacent world. This bit about the world being under an endless twilight save for...