Recent content by spaced06

For once, you can have your cake and eat it, too! You can have a world where people are reasonable with helmet use in combat, and where you're mostly accurate on armor and tactics, and still have a character or three who are experienced in combat not use a helmet. Why? Because people have...

Maybe you might want to consider a slightly different approach. Don't worry too much about what tag fits best for what you're trying to do. Focus more on the power dynamics that you want to explore, the culture, the characters, and the interplay between them. Ask questions about how they manage...

I agree with the previously mentioned issue regarding the pricing of metal in the Kingdom of Natas. Mind you, there is nothing wrong with metal being cheap, as long as it's justified within the context of your story. There might be several reasons for this. Maybe there's a material out there...

It's also worthy of note that most of these representations of "vikings" have about as much to do with actual norse medieval cultures as Conan the Barbarian. They just... make them beardy, cover them in sexy fur that serves no purpose whatsoever because insulation is hard, and give them...

Not so much a culture as a time period, but I'd love for more fantasy to look back at the bronze age for inspiration. How about instead of knights, steel and trebuchets we have chariots, hoplites and bronze? What if instead of feudalistic kingdoms we had endemic warfare between city-states...

I agree with the previously mentioned issue regarding the pricing of metal in the Kingdom of Natas. Mind you, there is nothing wrong with metal being cheap, as long as it's justified within the context of your story. There might be several reasons for this. Maybe there's a material out there...

Have you considered what resources the shadow people need to live? All societies spend a good amount of time and energy into obtaining and refining essential resources. Figuring this out will give you a decent idea of the most basic aspects of their society. What do they eat? Do they just hunt...

It's a hard one, because what "crass" sounds like depends largely on context, and context can vary wildly if we're talking about fantasy. My approach would be to try and figure out what politeness would look and sound like in the social context of my story. Is it not polite among my pointy eared...

Hello there! I hope you're all doing great. I'm the newest new guy on these fine forums, an aspiring fantasy author (as I assume many on here are) and very excited to talk writing and fantasy with all of you!