Recent content by jedellion

Well at the end of the day your world's are you own, and I'd never be so arrogant as to suggest that my thoughtsa re rules to be followed. I'm just hoping to provoke some thought and perhaps, some conversation around topics, looking at some of the stereotypes, rationlising things a little and...

Note: Grammatically, the correct plural has always been Dwarfs however, in the twentieth century, Tolkien deliberately changed it to Dwarves, preferring the softer ‘v’ sound. Dwarfs evolved from the mythos of northern Europe. Some scholars think the word Dwarf derives from terms for delving...

Funnily enough, my next one is about Dwarves!! Watch this space.

I might have got the quote mangled, I have so much junk in my head.

In the approximate words of Orson Scott Card, "If it looks like a rabbit, acts like a rabbit, just call it a rabbit!" I've probably mauled the quote. But essentially, in his book on creative writing, he reminds us that our characters and worlds are fictional and would have their own distinct...

I saw several threads recently on elves, and I thought i'd share my spin. This was originally aimed at DnD players, but i think you could apply a lot of things in this article to Elves in a more general sense. I also have on on Dwarves, and I'm planning to write more. “The Elves have their...

Big issue her eis that, generally when you are shooting at long range, you are shooting in an arc. If I'm shooting at 100 yads I sight on the target then I angle upwards around 35 degrees to get my arc of fire so my arrow is pointing at the sky. The best you can do at long ranges is train youe...

There were a few methods. generally you could use hot coals held in a little latice frame that could set fire to straw, cloth etc. Cltoh wrapped arrows treated withpitch or oil were used but only at short range and they tend to go out very quickly.

Probably not with any degree of accuracy other than the right general dirction. I teach archery courses over six weeks. Occasionally an archer will get good enogh to grop arrows in the gold. but that's with a recurve bow with sights. With a trad bow you could get them to shoot with a half decent...

Italian yew was best. Ironically most 'English' Longbows were made from Italian yew.

Hi There. I make and shoot traditional English/Welsh longbows and am a qualified archery cach for Archery GB. My sons are also archers and my youngest is soon to be one of the youngest archery coaches in Britain at 15 years old. Feel free to ask me if there is no one else around although the...

Not sure what the rule are regarding sharing our art pages, but if anyone wants to see the artworks i do, I'm on Deviant Art. Just search for TopOfTheClass and DeviantArt in google. Here's an example/

Hi all. I know I'm literally minutes old, but I thought I would share this article I wrote a while back with you all. I am not pretending to be any kind of super-expert on world building, but I hope some people find it useful. It's been sitting gathering dust for far too long. - Jed World...

I'm all set and ready to go. Although I'm torn between two ideas, one os more of a nanorebel than a wrimo... trying to decide which I can achieve more in given the time.

I've not been part of an online writing group for a long time. I was a regular and moderator and, eventually a site admin for the late lamented Writersdock, and knew a lot of people who transitioned to ChapterSeventyNine, but I dropped off due to work pressures and a host of other factors. Now...