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Forum: World-Building

The forum for discussion about designing and building campaign settings. Come participate in a community creation or show off your own work to the forum world-builders!

  1. Sticky Thread Welcome to the World-Building Forum (Please Read)

    The Giant
    • Replies: 0
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    The Giant
    2011-03-17, 06:34 AM Go to last post

  1. Our world and dimensional travel

    Accelerator
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    alternate reality, dimension, worldbuilding
    • Replies: 36
    • Views: 723
    Accelerator
    Today, 01:53 AM Go to last post

  2. What changes in a fantasy world would occur with good communications and transport?

    Accelerator
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    progression, technology, worldbuilding
    • Replies: 52
    • Views: 1,031
    Grek
    Yesterday, 07:54 PM Go to last post

  3. Low Magic World

    Gluteus_Maximus
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 207
    Paleomancer
    Yesterday, 04:47 PM Go to last post

  4. My World Under the Moons of Kaendor - A Wilderness of 90s Sword & Sorcery (D&D 5th Ed./E6)

    Yora
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    • Replies: 62
    • Views: 1,960
    Yora
    2019-04-23, 09:56 AM Go to last post

  5. Various metals in folklore/fantasy? (E.g. silver, cold iron, etc.)

    Greywander
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 249
    DMwithoutPC's
    2019-04-23, 06:13 AM Go to last post

  6. Deities and Legends for Everyone

    brian 333
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    • Replies: 76
    • Views: 4,701
    Max_Killjoy
    2019-04-22, 10:35 PM Go to last post

  7. World Help How might a nation react to the end of a generations-long war of survival?

    PhoenixPhyre
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 134
    PhoenixPhyre
    2019-04-22, 12:01 PM Go to last post

  8. Alternate Creature Interpretations (Feel free to add your own additions)

    DuctTapeKatar
    9 Pages •
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    • Replies: 253
    • Views: 10,815
    Sizzlefoot
    2019-04-21, 07:18 PM Go to last post

  9. Creating A World With Hands-Off Deities?

    The Glyphstone
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 552
    rferries
    2019-04-20, 02:17 AM Go to last post

  10. Evolution of your creatures

    Xania
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    • Replies: 30
    • Views: 1,021
    Max_Killjoy
    2019-04-18, 08:46 PM Go to last post

  11. Replacing Steel?

    jjordan
    • Replies: 29
    • Views: 538
    sktarq
    2019-04-18, 06:15 PM Go to last post

  12. Relationship between Fey, Demons, and Divines

    Trask
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    • Replies: 36
    • Views: 757
    Aniikinis
    2019-04-16, 08:51 PM Go to last post

  13. Question Modern fantasy esq setting

    RavenInsane
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 164
    redwizard007
    2019-04-16, 07:43 PM Go to last post

  14. Question Brainstorming Cultures -- Multiple Pan-Asian sources in a WELL DONE "mashup"

    Max_Killjoy
    5 Pages •
    1 2 3 4 5
    cultures, help, islanders, japan, world building
    • Replies: 139
    • Views: 6,894
    sktarq
    2019-04-16, 03:39 PM Go to last post

  15. Rough Notes - 5e Town

    jjordan
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 118
    jjordan
    2019-04-14, 09:50 AM Go to last post

  16. d20 Project Eye of the Sea God - 1st level Limited Sandbox Region

    Yora
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 169
    John Out West
    2019-04-13, 06:37 PM Go to last post

  17. Brainstorming Flora Facts for Fantasy Survival Guide

    John Out West
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 151
    jjordan
    2019-04-13, 05:21 PM Go to last post

  18. Civilized Centaurs: How would you make them different?

    Cyclops08
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 245
    Yanagi
    2019-04-13, 04:06 PM Go to last post

  19. My World Achys: The World That Hell Conquered

    White Blade
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 430
    rferries
    2019-04-12, 10:57 PM Go to last post

  20. Brainstorming The Old Keep (Take Two)

    Great Dragon
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 270
    Great Dragon
    2019-04-12, 05:01 PM Go to last post

  21. How long would you expect it to take for people to master magic?

    GreyBlack
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 435
    Max_Killjoy
    2019-04-10, 06:11 PM Go to last post

  22. Fantasy Singapore/ Venice - is this plausible?

    Accelerator
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    • Replies: 44
    • Views: 818
    Beleriphon
    2019-04-10, 12:21 PM Go to last post

  23. World Help Building decadent civilizations

    PhoenixPhyre
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 447
    jjordan
    2019-04-10, 10:26 AM Go to last post

  24. Whats in the Tiefling Quarter of the city?

    Cyclops08
    • Replies: 24
    • Views: 1,052
    jjordan
    2019-04-08, 05:26 PM Go to last post

  25. Adding Cambian as PC in 5e

    Great Dragon
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 193
    Great Dragon
    2019-04-07, 06:10 PM Go to last post

  26. Project 1d12 Fantasy Setting Generator

    Tube Wizard
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 237
    Lleban
    2019-04-07, 05:14 PM Go to last post

  27. Mundane Flora and Fauna

    Sizzlefoot
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    • Replies: 39
    • Views: 1,606
    Tube Wizard
    2019-04-06, 09:06 PM Go to last post

  28. How to -- 4th century BCE setting

    Max_Killjoy
    13 Pages •
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... 13
    greek, mesopotamia, mythology, verisimilitude, world building
    • Replies: 377
    • Views: 33,364
    Tube Wizard
    2019-04-06, 08:54 PM Go to last post

  29. Economics

    jjordan
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 375
    Tube Wizard
    2019-04-06, 08:41 PM Go to last post

  30. World Help What would happen if the length of a day was inconsistent in a small area?

    PhoenixPhyre
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 327
    Tube Wizard
    2019-04-06, 08:38 PM Go to last post

  31. Brainstorming Fantasy Ecosystems

    Blackhawk748
    • Replies: 24
    • Views: 575
    sandmote
    2019-04-04, 11:04 PM Go to last post

  32. How would you make RWBY's worldbuilding better?

    MatrixStone93
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 483
    Mlmiii
    2019-04-03, 03:49 PM Go to last post

  33. (A)D&D Without Humans

    SirKazum
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 631
    Clockwork333
    2019-04-01, 02:26 PM Go to last post

  34. World Help Creating a system of warfare for dispersed port cities

    Yora
    • Replies: 22
    • Views: 485
    Thinker
    2019-04-01, 12:57 PM Go to last post

  35. EMPIRE4! Lands of Emjata

    Rolepgeek
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    • Replies: 49
    • Views: 11,298
    bc56
    2019-03-31, 11:49 PM Go to last post

  36. Post Brainstorming Open World Concept: Starstone

    Clockwork333
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 153
    Clockwork333
    2019-03-31, 09:45 PM Go to last post

  37. World Help Pure metals for Alchemy

    MercuryAlloy
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 173
    Yanagi
    2019-03-29, 08:22 PM Go to last post

  38. Forgotten Realms Alternate Dimensions

    dazzlerdal
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    • Replies: 48
    • Views: 6,337
    dazzlerdal
    2019-03-21, 11:55 AM Go to last post

  39. Creative block! Help please!

    Galithar
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 672
    Galithar
    2019-03-20, 12:31 AM Go to last post

  40. My World Dreams of Hope: Portal Networks, theory and practice.

    PhoenixPhyre
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 265
    PhoenixPhyre
    2019-03-18, 06:57 AM Go to last post

  41. A magic system built on coding, symbols, and math

    Accelerator
    magic system, magic systems, runes, world building
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 353
    Accelerator
    2019-03-18, 05:40 AM Go to last post

  42. World Help D&D/Pathfinder - what does a Law dominant prime plane look like?

    MunchDK
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 776
    Red Fel
    2019-03-15, 10:53 AM Go to last post

  43. Project Elves, Lovecraft, and magical girls - let's make a world of magic!

    Accelerator
    fantasy age, worldbuilding
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 477
    Accelerator
    2019-03-14, 01:36 PM Go to last post

  44. World Help Mythos Building: Gods, Creation Stories, Etc...

    MonkeySage
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    • Replies: 36
    • Views: 840
    MonkeySage
    2019-03-14, 12:05 PM Go to last post

  45. My World Races of the Cradle

    KyleG
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 223
    KyleG
    2019-03-14, 03:59 AM Go to last post

  46. Thought experiment - best way for this sorcerer to help a city? [Exalted]

    Accelerator
    bronze-age, cityscape, exalted 2.5, exalted 3e, world building.
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 367
    Accelerator
    2019-03-14, 01:49 AM Go to last post

  47. Weird Races and Strange Places

    brian 333
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    • Replies: 32
    • Views: 3,930
    Bohandas
    2019-03-13, 03:16 PM Go to last post

  48. Brainstorming What Setting Elements Do You Enjoy In A "Fanstasy" World?

    Max_Killjoy
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    • Replies: 38
    • Views: 999
    Grim Portent
    2019-03-12, 06:44 AM Go to last post

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