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    How do you WorldBuild?

    I start with a vague idea for a world, with a basic set of rules. Then, once something becomes important to the story I want to tell, I'll zoom in on it and work out every single detail I can possibly think of. Then I move on with the story until something else comes up. So half of my world will...
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    What Do You Think of the Cute Assassin/Innocent Killer Stereotype?

    This can be very interesting from a character development POV. If your assassin chooses to help others at the cost of blowing his cover, can he still be considered to be a good assassin? I feel an existential crisis coming on...
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    Animals and Monsters As Guards

    The idea of flying spiders with stingers made me think of my first encounter with Cazadors in New Vegas... Now that was terrifying!
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    Animals and Monsters As Guards

    Spiders and/or insects with human intelligence could definitely be nightmare fuel. On the other hand, that's been done a million times already... Maybe a caterpillar would work? Or is that getting too much into "Purple Worm" territory?
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    Why do you want to build a world?

    Since my mind is constantly overflowing with fantastical ideas of worlds much cooler than our own, I figured I'd try my hand at writing some of those ideas down. Once I got started it became increasingly difficult to stop. So I suppose it's an addiction of sorts ;)
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    Bad at this...

    Guess I'll fit in just fine then
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    Bad at this...

    Hi, I'm Dutchcourage, but you can call me Dutch. I'm really bad at initiating social interaction, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy meeting you all. I'll probably just do a lot more reading than posting.
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