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  1. Diana

    Written History

    In our modern day society we have the internet. You wanna know something, you can look it up digitally through wikipedia or some other website. Before we had the internet, history was found in books. Books, books, and more books! Anything you ever wanted to know about the past has been...
  2. Minibit

    Populating your World

    I posted a little bit about John and Jane Doe in Lstorm's discussion about World Building Processes and thought I'd share more about this shortcut to culture development! Most of how you show off your culture in a world is through the characters. The only real alternative is to spend more time...
  3. Villamvihar

    General World Building: Nomadic Civilization

    People tend to forget that during the early periods of history, many civilizations lived nomadic lifestyles, wandering from one place to another. Whether they did this because resources were always scarce or because it was their way of life varies from civilization to civilization. However, all...
  4. Villamvihar

    General World Building: Superstitions

    During the early ages of mankind, people made up myths and legends to explain the phenomena around them. They thought that spirits inhabited every nook and cranny or that gods watched over them as they slept. From these beliefs, the religion of these people slowly formed, becoming a coherent...
  5. Villamvihar

    General World Building: Night life

    It is a fact that people usually live their lives during the day and rest at night so they have enough energy for tomorrow. But what about college students, people working graveyard shifts or the ones who are addicted to parties? What if it is a weekend and nobody has to go to work the next day...
  6. Diana

    Culture: Love and Marriage

    Love and Marriage are a huge part of every culture you see in the world today. There are fables, myths, legends, and more all about the many different types of love and how it affects people. Marriage comes in to the scene often without love, be it an arranged marriage, a contract between...
  7. Villamvihar

    General World Building: Communication Methods

    Language is important because it allows people to clearly convey their thoughts to each other, but upon discovering that their own memories limited them in passing a spoken message, they invented writing. Then, as civilization progressed, more advanced forms of communication, such as Morse code...
  8. Diana

    Urban Legends

    Bloody Mary, The Sandman, Light as a Feather, the Hooked man and the stalled out car! Amongst other spooky stories that get spread around, often with different details and retellings, are Urban Legends! Sometimes it's a story about the old abandoned house in town. Or it might be the story of a...
  9. Diana

    RESOURCE Potential Jobs: Fantasy

    Need a career for a character in a FANTASY setting? Never fear! We've compiled a list of potential job opportunities just for you! Feel free to comment and post your own suggestions as well to help make this list even better. June 13, 2016: Edited to remove some doubles and add some new...
  10. Diana

    RESOURCE Potential Jobs: Space Saga SciFi

    Need a career for a character in a SCIFI setting? Never fear! We've compiled a list of potential job opportunities just for you! Feel free to comment and post your own suggestions as well to help make this list even better. June 13, 2016: Updated to include all sensible, non-redundant...
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