Recent content by demented-tiger

How do I describe a non-human character in a world where there are no humans to compare them with? In a story I'm writing - and in several others I'm prewriting - I have constructed a world where elves have replaced humans as the dominant forms of life. Humans do not exist in these worlds, so...

I like some of the ideas you guys have posted so far. The idea of searching for lost treasure or entering the cave on a dare sounds cool. However, I should note that in this culture, the dead are cremated. There are no purpose-built tombs. The warrior girl is under a magic spell where she is...

The layout is perfectly valid. I suppose for your story, the action only takes place on the 4 countries shown. In that case, this layout shows teh reader only the data they need to know. One can assume there are other, uncharted territories beyond the edges of the map, which you can flesh out in...

That isn't the type of RP I'm talking about. I was thinking more along the lines of the conventional online RPs: where a bunch of people just get together and start building a story with thier characters. Granted it has its disadvantages: especially in single combat against another player's...

You should watch the battle scene from the 1980s movie Flash Gordon, where Flash and an army of Hawkmen attack an airship in a wild mid-air battle with swords and laser guns. I hope this helps, though I still don't know what you mean by a world like Final Fantasy XII's.

I also think it would be cool to have an RP forum section where we can create entire worlds with thier own rules, back-stories, races, plots, and characters; or somewhere where we can insert characters from our stories into a world or setting and use said world or setting as a character...

I've never played Final Fantasy XII, so I don't really know what you're talking about as far as what sort of world you're constructing. However, as to what to call your "angels", the easiest thing to do is just make up a name for them. You can't call them winged-like beings, but something like...

Ideally, it would take a day to cross the type of pass you're describing, but 3-5 days to cross the mountain range as a whole - about the same amount of time you're giving your party. But that's in the summer. In the winter, it would take slightly longer, since you'd be battling snow drifts...

Most rain shadow mountain ranges would probably take 3-5 days to cross - in the summer. In the winter, all the moisture they'd block would come down as snow. Travel would be severely limited, if not impossible. Early pioneers tried to cross the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada as early as they...

There are 2 types of magic in my world: "true magic" (your typical DnD stuff), and psi-chology (basically psychic powers such as telepathy and telekinesis). Psi-chology is practiced exclusively by humans (mostly women), and also refers to the scientific study of these powers. True magic is...

I have a great idea for a story, but I do not know how to get it started. I won’t give it all away, but basically, the hero, a seemingly normal boy, somehow revives a warrior girl frozen in time for over a thousand years. From here, the boy and the girl he woke embark on one of those...

Religion plays an important part in my story. My religion is polytheistic, with many gods and goddesses. I have organized it along similar lines to the Catholic Church, especially certain rituals, worship practices, and the use of scriptures. There are churches, priestesses, a book of holy...

The only cities I have are the important ones that are constantly refered to, or where the action is taking place. This is about three, at present. However it's implied there are many cities, great and small, in my world, which is similar to Europe and North America in the early 20th century. I...

When I name my characters, I give them a normal first name, such as "Alexis", "Melissa", "Madison", or "Esmeralda"; then make up a last name. For minor characters, a unique take on a common last name will do. For my major characters, I tend to make up a name that gives a hint about thier role in...