dming inspirations

[prokopetz]

Not only is having worldbuilding threads that are mentioned once and never picked up again not a flaw in fantasy media, I'd go so far as to say that a lack of such threads is a flaw. If everything ties up in one neat little package, you're missing the point of fantasy worldbuilding. Like, don't do it on every page, or your setting is going to be an overstuffed mess, but every so often you are not only allowed but obligated to casually drop some utterly batshit worldbuilding detail and then just never follow up on it. Maybe some rocks are sentient. You don't owe your reader an explanation. Just fucking go for it.

[unalivejournal]

You are either going to the bathroom with me or going to the bathroom against me

[catsuggest]

[xenogears]

Shout out to the (many) times I got called an elitist gatekeeper for saying that the only real way to fully understand a work of fiction is to experience it firsthand and that summaries and reviews are not a replacement for that

[the-lincyclopedia]

Me, reading the first 80% of the post: What do you mean, "experience it firsthand"? How am I supposed to join the Hunger Games or go the Odyssey?

Me, reading the final clause of the post: Oh, you literally meant that people have to read the book/listen to the audiobook in order to fully understand it. And people got mad. Oh dear.

[sheydgarden]

The Winter Maw, 2026

a totally handmade, fully-functional marionette created for the annual "Winter Exquisite" gallery show (this year's chosen medium was puppetry) at the Forbes Library in Northampton, MA - if you're local, you can visit anytime between the 7th & the end of the month!

for the winter theme, i designed a monster that blends my appreciation of this season's beauty with a more sinister, predatory element representing struggles against seasonal depression. bringing her to life was a huge learning experience & i got to try out a lot of new materials/techniques - i'd never made a marionette before! she took me all January but i'm very pleased with the result.

[jmhowl]

Ezra really did some incredible work here 🥰

[bigmsaxon]

The GOG giveaway may be over but Glory is eternal.

[queer-as-city-folk]

Where would you put a city on this map?

[orrangeslices]

probably here. not really sure what scale this is operating on, but it looks real big. but generally just somewhere with multiple rivers for access to trade and near forest (green i assume?) for access to building materials.

[queer-as-city-folk]

The first city has urbanized

Where will the next city be placed

[temporarynameiwillchange]

Here looks fun

[queer-as-city-folk]

A second city has been built

[nakiju13]

I wish for a citadel with robust maritime trading and fishing on this peninsula on the big lake

[queer-as-city-folk]

City 6 has been built, lets start connecting them by rail

[i-twink-therefore-i-am]

what jumped out at me was a city at the red circle with a smaller one nearby at the yellow one. possible trade routes highlighted (you might have to zoom in to see the yellow circle, it's where the red and yellow routes meet)

[queer-as-city-folk]

Cities 7 and 8 have been constructed along the north, now the railroads should begin construction

[zeemczed]

Tentative plans for main trunk line and secondary lines.

[queer-as-city-folk]

4 rail companies have been established based off of these plans

[weirdgirljulia]

We need sustainable farmlands to supply the cities with food!

[queer-as-city-folk]

Farming has been added to the map

[mistressorinoco]

A new city, born out of trade opportunities between the already established cities and train routes.

[jgvfhl]

This post is so cool

Have you considered a city where the red circle is? Much like Paris? Possible rail routes drawn, altho the purple rail could also come from the junction to the south near City 1. Farmland could come on either side of this new city's river.

[queer-as-city-folk]

Cities 9 and 10 have been established, with the support of a new railroad and also a rail link has opened in the north

[queer-as-city-folk]

Ferry services have been established to connect some cities more directly than by rail and as a result of the industry brought by rail, numerous cities have begun to expand as well

[the-shade-system]

I would like to propose this addition:

A deep vein of magnetite, in addition to high silver content in nearby rock, being discovered in the south of the map provides space for industry to develop (black blob), leading to a new rail connection and a small industry town built nearby, which also has its own rail connection (grey blob).

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Who needs to play management sims when we've got fuckin. Post.

[poetry-protest-pornography]

Do you like the color of the cooperatively generated fictional map?

[thegreatzeldini]

[cee-jay-mcwfc]

She’s arriveddd 🇪🇸

- sefutbolfem on IG stories

[thecollectibles]

Deities by Robbie Trevino

[libralita]

So the assassin that Jasnah hires to at least watch Aeusdan (Liss) is in the Stonewalkers adventure and um...I...

[blacksalander]

oh MAH GAHD

[vrihedd]

Small experiment with design 🦋

[souperluminal]

Artober 2: Circuit Lord

[kenro199x]

[theinstagrahame]

Shin Godzilla was so very good

[rancidooze]

[scramratz]

My vampires CAN walk into the sunlight but doing so would reveal what they would look like if they aged normally

Younger vampires don’t have much to worry about but older vamps have reason to avoid sunlight as they age. They are still immortal, but their aged, sunlit selves are significantly weaker than their non-sunlit forms. Vamps over 100 years old run the risk of crumpling over, fully immobile, but still conscious

[aqua-regia009]

− Deep Inside of Nowhere − Between Two Walls by Tomás Boersner

[adventuringchangeling]

Anthropomorphic sculptures made of mud and algae, Homo Algus is a creation of Sophie Prestigiacomo.

[faithschaffer]