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December worldbuilding prompts II

December worldbuilding prompts II The second part of the worldbuilding prompts from @faranesque, to round out the year with a return to the Old Crown. #ttrpg #worldbuildingchallenge #talecember #oldcrown

This time I’m going to focus on the lower half of the prompts. ReligionGodThe members of the Ascended Host are nearly omnipotent, but don’t mistake them for infallible. They still hold all their flaws and desires from their mortal lives, for all their airs and graces.The Host are also not impossible to remove. The Garden of Lost Gods in Queenstown holds altars from several abandoned temples, and…

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Thinking about a return to the Old Crown

Thinking about a return to the Old Crown

I keep telling myself to work more on the Old Crown. It’s been slowly evolving for years, and it still feels like it needs work, but who has the time?

Most recently I’ve been thinking about the politics of the setting. I’d centred the idea of the government around a Senate of old landed gentry, but I was reading up on various governments and found some fun things I’d like to throw in.

So, I…

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Old Crown - Races Redux

Old Crown – Races Redux

I was looking for inspiration in old posts when I came across this one about the Races in the Old Crown, and it’s horribly out of date! (2012!) So, here’s another redux on what I’m thinking so far, other than Menfolk. Beastkin Slightly shorter than menfolk, beastkin inhabit much of the woodlands of the Old Crown, work the fields of the White Plains, and of course appear in a sizeable community in…

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State of the Old Crown

State of the Old Crown

Continuing the theme of what’s currently going on with my thinking for various projects, what’s going on with the Old Crown? Not much, it turns out.   The biggest development was me changing the map around a bit more. It made less sense for the home of the Wildfolk, who are part plant, to be in a northern tundra than in a nominally temperate/tropical location, so I switched things around a bit.…

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Z is for: Zomg it's finished!

Z is for: Zomg it’s finished!

I’m cheating a little bit with this last one. I have a couple of ideas for how to do Z but everything I’ve had a go with so far hasn’t worked or made me want to write more than two lines.

That’s it, a full month of updates looking at elements of the Old Crown. I’m feeling pretty happy about it, especially with all the little things that made it harder – I didn’t always get a post done ahead of…

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Y is for: Yaninda

The known world, the realm of mortals, is not the only part of existence. The spirits live on an adjacent place, a place that some few are able to pierce through to with magikal power. These world’s beside the realm of mortals are known as Yaninda.

Ancient legends speak of such places, such as the place the ancient Oon came from. Generally these are referred to as origins in ancient texts,…

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X is for: Xeito

A great many secret societies inhabit Queenstown, and most claim to know the hidden secrets of Ascension. Members must follow instructions to attain levels of being that allow them to Ascend as gods, and the various different methods or oaths are known as the Xeito.

So far, there is no direct evidence that following the Xeito of one society or other will lead to godhead, though many have tried.

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W is for: Witchblood

In the Old Crown, those touched by a lineage of magikal power are known as Witchbloods. Whilst hereditary, sometimes the witchblood skips generations only to appear again.

Long ago, the natural order of the world brought forth individuals who had innate magikal abilities. Some speculate it may have been caused by interference by the legendary Oon, though most legends also speak of their downfall…

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