Recent content by Wanara009

I think the most important thing to remember if you do put Gods inside your story is their role. If they don't play any major role, just mention them on tangent or maybe insert a scene or two where your protagonist saw them manifesting from afar to affirm their existence and world building bits...

Hey guys, do anyone know the trick to make a psychopath/sociopath likeable without resorting to comedy-psychopathy? Thank you in advance.

That's the point. The story will be about how the protagonist find a way to hurt him. Though I agree with your advice on putting limit. Perhaps that power of his should be limited to himself/itself and to anything he has contact with.

So, a story of mine has an antagonist that is this. Basically, he is a man... thing with a constantly changing appearance, cannot be photographed/recorded, and 'page' through alternate realities to manipulate causality and event (e.g.: someone shot him in the face point blank, he could...

In my mind, the best way to incapacitate an air ship is to go for the propulsion first, then incapacitate crew members. This can either be some sort of gas grenade thrown through the window with cannon or something. I like that sonic cannon idea too and in Grimm, there's something like that and...

I like to borrow from old Indonesian legends, especially the legend as to how the city of Surabaya got its name. I also look toward speculative documentaries such as 'The Future is Wild' or 'Alien Planet' or the 'Walking with...' Series for inspiration. Of course, I tried to make my world as...

The 3 main protagonists of my main project are sisters. The eldest wield a trident, the middle sister (the narrator narrator) wield a sabre, while the last wield a broadsword. The male protagonist wield an heirloom weapon. Its a blunt bident he used as a walking staff which can generate blade...

The same way we outcompete the megafauna and fellow primates and hominids: generalization combined with ingenuity and specialized social behaviour. A good reference material that I frequently refer to is Walking with Cavemen.

Here's a few nations from my full-fledged world-building project that in-universe is considered 'super-powers': Matramani (Capital: Surakarta) (Symbol: A monstrous tusked crocodile locked in a struggle against a serpentine shark) Inspiration: Majapahit Empire, mixed in with the latter Demak and...

Well, there are ~13 guild/society in my current project. Here's a few important ones: Freelancer Guild The Freelancer Guild was originally founded to provide labor. Somehow, it grew to become a very influential and vital to the running of the Underworld. They provide as a source of extra labor...

Thanks for the input everyone, it really make me think about the base idea and the in-universe explanation about it. I especially like TWErvin2 suggestion of putting in some sort of hereditary advantages (thinking about some sort of bloodlines that made people more predisposed to spell-casting...

Well, I want magic to be something you work for. Being a traditional mage mean a strict lifestyle in addition to the study. Being a machine-dependent means you spent a lot of money on fuel/parts/mechanic (if you can't work machine yourself) etc. I'm also thinking about adding a third type in...

A lot of times. The most commonly recurring is the Wali Sanga, Gajah Mada, and Benjamin "Yahtzee" Croshaw.

Yes. I study in Townsville but my home is up in Cairns. The difference is slight, but Cairns tend to be have a higher temperature average than Townsville. I've also been to Sydney in winter then then travel up to Darwin within three days. The difference is quite startling (jacket, vest, and...

I'm currently working on a new project with a new magic system. While thinking about competitive balance, I struck upon the idea while playing Dungeon Crawl. I need a little input on how this sound. Basically, I asked myself a question: why is mage-type classes so squishy? I came up with this...