Recent content by LostName

I really like it. Ironically it's pretty similar to my own meta magic system. E.g. almost every organism has a magic circuit and while I haven't really used it more than once yet, certain magic uses certain parts of the magic circuit located in e.g. your legs or your lungs or whatever and if you...

If it's a fortress it should be even easier because in a city most of the logistics are done by and done for regular citizens and not the government or some warlord or whatever so it's unorganized and a lot of small scale logistics. Individuals coming to market, etc.. But if it's a retreat for...

Dungeon Meshi has no rpg mechanics lol. It's more like Solo Leveling or at least Danmachi. Danmachi does a good job at having rpg mechanics without spamming them nonstop as main part of the actual plot but due to the in-head HUD, which is a crucial aspect of the setting as incredibly advanced...

Why would games exist for grinding? Not everything is life service. Though of course that's the point of mmorpgs which are the inspiration for all the non-game stories with game mechanics. And what do you mean with Antimatter and alternate realities? I am not 100% onboard with it and if I...

purely for fun, not publishing in any way. In a fictional timeline it would be some audiovisual media like a tv series or whatever as I read a lot of sci fi / fantasy novels but I don't really like the medium itself and obviously it could not be a game.

Unnecessary detail / 100 Why write a list of 100 names for nations when they are shallow and empty since you don't have a country for most of them yet? And you might have noticed Europe does not have 100 nations, half of that but for most of what is taught about European history around half of...

lol, true. If the setting is not clear cut about whether it's scifi ore fantasy or even both (e.g. Outlaw Star, space opera with taoist magic of sorts) than the true nature of something can have important implications.

There is a Greek myth about Hera tricking some mortal woman Zeus was boning (as he does) into making him promise her to do whatever she asks of him and then telling him to show her his real form which killed her instantly, this stuff is not at all weird for gods. Even if you have an idea that's...

I'm not very interested in gender roles irl and also in fiction. It can be interesting when it's masterfully crafted like in Stormlight Archive but otherwise I just don't care and don't mention it so genders are treated equal in all of my settings unless I might find a way to make it interesting...

The difference is mostly in how it works, to characters seeing the (magi)tech it may no matter if they don't know / care about how it works but for the plot and setting it is very important. E.g. in said Yuushibu if you can't infuse magic into magic appliances and live alone you just can't live...

RPG mechanics are all the rage among isekai mangas and all sorts of manhuas and manhwas these days. They can be fun but I always feel like it's kinda of cringe when you quantify everything like a video game where it's down out of necessity to tell the player what's going on rather than because...

This sounds pretty cool, when you mentioned mists and metal in the title I thought it was just some tweaked Allomancy but it's quite different. How strong are the mist walls / claws? are they just automatically as strong as iron or steel? Do the crystalers have to compress a large amount of...

Over 10000 years almost everything will have broken down to the point where it can at most be used for its materials but often they have degraded as well unless stored in very specific ways and with specific materials used. The only thing that does come to mind is stuff intentionally made to...

Might be all the fantasy and sci fi media I consume but occasionally I have dreams with that kinda stuff and when they are interesting I try to write down what I remember, not as some kind of dream diary which I'm not interested in but purely because it gives me ideas for worldbuilding. E.g. a...

Agreed. E.g. in Yuushibu it's basically modern Japan but people have to use appliances like washing machines with their own magic or something and it's really boring. Though it's pretty fun in Strike the Blood because there magic is mostly used for augmenting science, e.g. some sci fi mecha that...