Recent content by SinghSong

1. You could extend it to plenty of other things as well, you know, which'd have far greater implications for dwarven society. For instance, did you know that plant roots are effectively their brains, which host neuron-like activity...

I get that; wouldn't have thought of adding him if the random generator hadn't tossed his name up as one of those who'd be capable of cultivation in this universe. But figured that, since it had added his name to the list, he'd definitely make for prime antagonist/villain material... One of...

1st thought- Indeed, they will. In several cases (like the aforementioned PRC, and a fair few other more authoritarian regimes) they already have developed effective means to counter it, by the time when the first arc of the story starts (in 2001). But countering a process like cultivation...

Just under 1 in 14, or 7%, of the general population, possess the hypothetical capacity to unlock their meridians, and utilize Qi (correlating with those who possess 9-dimensional fractal brainwaves, as opposed to the 5-8 dimensional fractal brainwaves of all other cognitive lifeforms, though...

The world-building for this AH Wuxia story's heavily inspired by the real-life story of the Qigong Boom, along with the establishments of Falun Gong and Zhong Gong by their respective founders, Li Hongzhi and Zhang Hongbao, and some (but not all) of the claims which are still being made by both...

You have to wonder, how would religion factor into the world-building of a setting like this? Especially in places like India, Arabia and Persia, as well as Africa and South East Asia, where the cultural perceptions of 'magic' and religion can be so intertwined. For instance, is there any doubt...

(Removed discussion of political topics --Ankari) but yeah, I agree that the concept of eating infant hearts at satanic rituals is ancient enough and a popular enough belief not to require too much suspension of disbelief- that's a near-identical mechanic to how magical empowerment/reproduction...

You could go with the in-universe explanation of the extra-dimensional creatures naming the organization, and call it literally anything you wanted, with whatever acronym you wanted to use if you were set upon doing so. Why should English be universal, or even be the default language used by...

How about other more convenient, sustainable and reliable methods of absorbing mana from other people in this manner? If mana's present in this metaphysical circulatory system in the human body, with the human heart pumping mana through all corners of the body in the same way it pumps blood...

Because if the God Him(/Her)self is "The God of Control and Dominance", then how else could they be worshipped other than through the followers/worshippers surrendering control, and accepting the God's absolute dominion over themselves? What less would a "God of Control and Dominance" expect and...

IMHO, in keeping with the theme of it being the continent of the God of Control/Dominance, the continent's equatorial position, and the concept of a large body of water in the center of the continent effectively being the source of the alluvial flows of water to the ocean which the inhabitants...

I've been thinking, whilst working on my latest protect (an isekai-type story, focused upon magical crafting and kingdom-building), and I'd like to set it in a world where the climate is radically different from our own. So, I'm just wondering, which of these do you think sounds like the more...

Rich like Brunei, or rich like Singapore (both of which are in that general region IRL)?

They're pretty intelligent; almost as much as humans (with the pseudo-gnomes being the smartest, and the pseudo-Dwarves ironically being the slowest intellectually- though this is compensated for by having far longer childhoods, and the most extensive educations, with acquired intelligence...

So, in this particular world-building exercise, when coming up with the five species/Races in this world, I basically equated humans to rats (rattus rattus, i.e, Black Rats), and drew analogies between other species to come up with most of the distinguishing traits which differentiate them from...