Recent content by Solusandra

No reason it has to be though. Typical enchanted items work a lot like tech already. Gathering special materials with particular properties, ritual actions used to shape it toward an intent (enchanting vs crafting) and a function following it's shape. A gun with a crystal slapped on it is...

could we get some more details on what that was? I'm happy to hammer the idea into shape. which would make it really hard to justify austria Hungry getting rid of magic, unless the way he did so was useful against the Djinn too.

Urban Fantasy. Magic is largely gone, but not because of a masquerade, magic drought or anything like that. It is, instead, an accident of how the rules work. There are two absolute rules, and they're both quite simple in concept. Magic Comes from the Soul. Magic Behaves based on belief...

One thing I've found when reading about the kerfluffle around "native portrayals" in books, movies and sports teams, is that more of then than not, the native tribe involved either doesn't give a shit or is happy to be involved. A pretty large number of the sports teams and products using...

Absolutely avoid the "noble savage" nonsense. The natives, for all their differences, were still fundamentally PEOPLE. Which means most of them were pretty bland, a lot of them were absolute shitbags, a few of them were inspiring and occasionally you'd even get a saint. Noble savage though was...

it should be noted that vampire stories have a very solid love hate relationship with two rather specific audiences. Women love LOVE vampire romances, especially tween and near menopausal women. Men, by in large, LOATHE them. Men enjoy and tend to buy merch for vampire action combat/horror...

I used to, pretty constantly. Before I got into anime, aside from Harry Potter female leads were pretty much all I could find, so it was sorta the default. Now days, I got mostly for male leads, because people don't attack you for having less than perfect characters.

then why do you keep asking why we can't do it? It is done, can be done, has been done; often, and there are 6 pages of people telling you that?

It's like beating your head against a wall. We keep saying this. You DON"T have to remain content with what is. You can create anything you want... you just need to know the why so that the new story isn't incoherant rambling of an idiot on a soapbox.

So did we in the Navy. But I'll wave this with the dream that your military school isn't as shit in sweden as it is here. This I agree with though. After expanding the explanation. sure; but there's a quote I always like to come back to that floats around writers conventions and publishing...

And I'm former Navy; what does that matter? Are you a history major with a specialization in any of theses ancient cultures? Because that would be a relevant credential for your appeal to authority. As far as engagements longer than a few hours, dude, several native american cultures, the norse...

This... is wrong on just about every last point. Maybe it's what happened with the Maori, but that's a pretty big exception globally. Professional soldiers existed for almost 5000 years before muskets came out. Another poster said Sumeria, but I'd have said Egypt. Wars that took years, even...

Sometimes. If they're not an ideologue. You don't have to be... that was half the point of my post. The other half was what you need to understand and consider when writing something different; as not doing so would just make your attempt janky and stilted.

That's not it. There are a lot of species where the female does the hunting, or is the alpha version of the species. Even in monkeys who are massively similar to us genetically and socially. The reason for Patriarchy is breeding. Sorry, but it's true. The ability for your civilization to...

I think you're projecting here. DND is full of female rulers, heroines and matriarchies. As are many fantasy series. If you're thinking this, that's on you; not the genre.