#setting creation

[shorteststory]

I unboxed the digital print sample of my new worldbuilding deck and got to do some improvised setting creation!

I created the HISSING GRASSLAND, a vast plain of carnivorous reeds that has started to glow after absorbing the phosphorescent qualities of the glow worms it feeds on. More details in the full video!

You can download a free demo or preorder it and get early access to the print-at-home PDF!

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How to DM IV - Start small

How to DM IV - Start small In this one, I look a bit at transferring Session Zero collaboration to building a setting for a starting adventure, using the bottom up approach. #ttrpg #howtoDM #dnd

So you’ve decided that none of the published adventures are what you want to run, and you want to build your own world. Congratulations! You’re a homebrewing Dungeon Master / Game Master! There’s several ways to build a new game, but a good way to categorise them is either top down or bottom up. The easiest method for a new DM is definitely bottom up, also called starting small. What do you…

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Sunken Druid Circle - 3/? Unique Dungeon Settings

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Artist Credit - https://www.deviantart.com/niksibaksen/art/Mushroom-Forest-335731694

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Floating Fortress - 2/? Unique Dungeon Settings

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So, I attended a club for creative writing. Today we had a presentation where we all played a bit of a game that I just want to share with you all cause it was really fun. Its a game where you and a bunch of friends make a setting. Essentially, you all sit together in a room and start off with two random word generators. One adjective and one noun, and that is the name of the world. Then you'll think of what kind of landscape and scenery that would fit in your named world. Ours was Hellish Midnight so we chose that of a world with lots of sulfuric fires, volcanoes, and a dark barely see through smoky air across the lower parts of the habitable atmosphere. Next to think about is food sources for humanoids and other animals to eat. Whether that be animals or plants, what would the beings of this setting eat in order to survive? Next would be sources of transportation, like dragon riding, snail riding, mech riding, or whatever people use to get around. We went for dragons, gliders, blimps, and giant snails(I like snails alright?) After that is the type of architecture that would be in this place, like where they would live and how they would live. For our setting, we made a few different types of cities depending on the different species. Skaven living underground in giant nests, Dragonborns lived either in or around volcanoes in villages similar to the Native Hawaiians, and a giant city above the clouds made of cities. Next is mailing and how they send things to each other. Similar to owls in Harry potter(I agree with Brennen Lee Mulligan). And finally, what kind of characters would be likely to appear in this setting. Ones already known? Ones new to reality? What animals would appear with them and such. Now go out my friends, go and be creative. If not with yourself, with some friends. Make some stories or whatever you would like to do.

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Sunken Ship - 1/? Unique Dungeon Settings

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Looming Deadline for the Oct ‘17 Warlock’s Journal Contest

Not long left now: Looming Deadline for the Oct ‘17 Warlock’s Journal Contest

  The Warlock’s Journal jumps from site to site, roughly every other month. October has brought a fresh host for the contest. Michael Christensen is the current host, over at Tiny Gork. The deadline for Michael’s contest is looming.

  The topic for this round of the contest is a little different. For this month, Michael has created an interesting image, and he asked: “Who is it?”. This concept is…

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