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What would you say are the most important things to define about the world your story takes place in? I feel that definitely the cultures and any magic would be important, but what else do you think would be useful? What would you make the most important in your story?

me personally, i like to explore the darkness of the human soul. i cant make my villeins bad enough in my opinion. this often gets people questioning why i strive to make such depraved and sick characters, to which my simple reply is "evil never holds back". it can be an interesting mental...

I make this post to get an idea for what every bodies opinion is. do you think its lazy to use real-world mythology (Greek, Nordic, Egyption, etc...) or do you think it is just another way to do story telling and put an interesting spin on the source material? do you think that a piece of...

i have gotten to thinking what might be the effect of having a fantasy world in which there are both Lycanthropes (mortals that can become monstrous animals) and races of intelligent creatures that resemble animals? would common folk know the difference on sight? Would a dog-like race of...

Pikeman Glaive- A rough necked kind of man with a brutish attitude. he was a war veteran at one point but he was kicked out for drinking too much. of course, he was a pike man and still has his spear from the war. Jerk Salmon- A shrewd little man who grew up in the fishing slums of a big...

one of my more cruel forms of torture and execution was named "Ouroborian Binding". basically, the subjects pelvis was broken and their legs where brought behind them so their feet touched their shoulders. they would then sew or use a heated rod to melt the flesh of the subject together, so that...

for singular things, especially something that is invisible, i just like to use ideas and concepts for names. something like "The Calamity" or maybe "the Unseeable"

basically, its only pandering if it was specifically put in to appeal to a certain demographic. if its there because it fits within the context of the story and serves to further the plot or develop character, than its not pandering

honestly, i wouldn't worry too much about a certain culture or civilization being too out of place. the worlds a big place, not confined to just one culture or set of beliefs. if vikings and samurais can coexist in the real world, why not yours? i would try and put them in different places...

swag is a good way to set up interesting characters. a person with a specifically styled wardrobe would have a reason for it, right? whenever i try to visualize my characters, i try to give them as much swag as i possibly can into them, its a nice way of reflecting the characters personality...

i have both psychics and mages in my world but they have different rules. Basically, anyone can become a mage, but it requires a lot of studying and research to truly master it, and so usually only the wealthy or privileged learn it. psychics are kind of different, they are born with their...

in my particular fantasy world, dragons are immortal, about the same strength as gods and demons. so basically, they just use their near-ultimate power to change shape as they please

me personally, i like to use both my originally conceived races and a few i have appropriated from mythology. the key with using races from other mythologies is to give them your own spin and style them in a way that you find interesting. for instance, while i left some races, particularly the...

i actually really like the way i brought disease into my world, as it allows me to do some very interesting things with the lore and the societies of my world. Disease in my world was actually created by a dark god, formed from the blood and breath of the god himself. this basically meant that...

i like the idea of a knife running from the pinkey to the wrist, although i feel like that might restrict the movements of the wielders hand, as they'd have to keep their pinkey straight all the time when using it. maybe if the blade was retractable, or some kind of really easily bendable metal...