Magic is the manipulation of energy. And there's three main ways to proccess the energy. Natural (order and chaos) works by pulling energy from things the surround you (a water mage can pull water energy out of water in the air or our of water on the ground.) Divine casters receive energy from...
Basically it works like this.
You are born with Fire, earth, Water, or Air.
The path you choose in life can give you Order, Chaos, Arcane, Divine,
For example, a Priest could be Water, Divine, a Mage Fire, Arcane.
Those who choose to devote years of their life to studying specific magics...
My world has multiple continents, So many Cities, 1000s of years of history. I flesh out details at different levels. like.. continent map, country map, city and outlay lands map, city streets map, tavern map, I fill in from characters points of view.. I don't worry about filling street after...
I love elemental magic systems. I use one in my world. every living thing has elemental energy, Earth, Fire, Air, or Water. You're born with an element, and you use that energy to manipulate the energy of the world to do magic. there is also minor 'elements', Order, Chaos, Arcane, Divine, Life...
The four had been walking down the curving, earthy hallway for a while, with no sign of a door, or connecting tunnel. And then, all of a sudden, a gnome appeared. He scampered out of a tunnel in one side, and straight into another. His bulbous nose jammed deep between the pages of an old leather...
As she let out a slow breath the air formed a cloud of fog in front of her face, it slowly floated away and dissipated into nothing. Torches lining the wall were the only Source of light, in the large tunnel. The Small gray cat girl leaning against the wall underneath a small alcove blended in...
'This' Being World building...
Hello!
I'm a veteran roleplayer and seasoned fantasy gamer. I've started playing AD&D at 9, and Everquest sometime before that. After a decade of DnD I started working on my own world, my own system.. Custom races, Histories, cities, cultures, lands, maps, ocean...