I'm not exactly mad about this but, I guess for the sake of clarification: I think that if you start a thread, you should make it clear as to the...
I feel like the self-righteous no-fun-allowed paladin who is ignored despite being right and the anti-magic “paladin” with harmful methods are two...
You probably should have mentioned the point of this thread in the first post. I jumped to the conclusion that this was one of those “I want to do...
So the villain can’t base his own actions off of what he foresees and is every bit the victim of predetermination as the protagonist? That would...
Let me preface this whole post by saying that I'm only poking holes in your suggestion to point-out how ridiculous this "perfectly clairvoyant...
I’ve looked into this myself since I’ve tried to use alcohol to help my sleep disorder. Obviously, I wouldn’t recommend doing that, even in...
This is more for rpg than literature but thieves and rogues tend to come in two flavors: 1. Morally ambiguous, hooded gruff guys with stubble who...
It depends on what you mean by “beat”. Given that I lack a lot of context here, I’d assume the most sure fire way to beat this villain would be...
With my setting: the government was forced into becoming an anti-magic totalitarian police state in order to stop magic counterfeiting. Then they...
I guess I would have just preferred more of an exploration of alternatives to a monarchy in a setting with conditions akin to medieval western...
I feel like this article is kind of limiting. It only applies to fantasy monarchies that take place in settings explicitly similar to medieval...
I used the album Who’s Next by The Who for my book. Or at least for the main character’s arc. I wanted more of a rock edge to my story but not...
I swear we’ve had this thread before. Might be worth looking through the catalogue. Anyways, something that’s worth mentioning is that lust...
My general advice for romance: do both characters want to be in a relationship? If yes, then you’re set. If no, it’s a tragedy. Writing a...
I imagine their names would be the quickest way. If I was reading a story about Jose Lopez or Wang Wei Li, I’d probably won’t default to them...
Honestly, I have no idea and I don’t really care. I doubt that Bethesda has a TM on it (or are willing to enforce it) since I’ve seen D&D use the...
I haven’t gotten much opportunity to explore the wildlife of my setting as the story takes place in a post-industrial city. People keep varies...
I notice a lot of writers say something to the effect of “I see a movie playing in my mind and I write down what happens.” So they basically...
They have random encounter generators for D&D and games like that. Or encounter tables or whatever. But generally speaking, you don’t want...
I think this is a winning idea. It’s simple: in maybe two lines of exposition you can both explain the whole thing with the chaos creator god...
