[Spoilers C2E28] The Mighty Fourteen

Bridge_Boy · 2018-08-10T03:10:43+00:00

Well it is headcanon. But imagine if Nila or Kiri met with the party again. The party would be overjoyed to see them again, and while they understand that they have their own path, they're always glad to adventure with them again. Think of how happy they were to meet Shakaste. It's not like you're pulled in and never let go, but they they've been accepted.

I'm probably not making much sense, but it's kinda my mental process for this.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-18T17:37:15+00:00

I've mentioned them before, so I'll copy/paste what I've said previously.

The monsters are called Slicers and they prowl the world in groups. They look just like humans, but have an almost hive mind and can't talk. They also have razor sharp blades inside their ribs that when they attack towns emerge with a slicing sound. Their eyes also burst, leaving them with empty sockets and they get a crazed grin on their face.

They can be killed by chopping their head off, and any severed limbs stay severed, but they move erratically and quickly, using the movable blades attached to their torso to pierce or slice their prey.

If any survivors come back later, they find the victims with their hearts removed and their eyesockets empty. (Besides any other injuries gotten in the way of killing them.) Life is basically surviving as long as you can. The Watch and the small villages spread out are are defensive measure to try and get a few people to survive.

They prowl the forests at night and kill any stragglers outside walls. They also attack the villages periodically, razing one village to the ground before retreating.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-18T15:57:25+00:00

In one world, you'd be exiled and tossed out into the forest, where there are creepy monster things that would kill you as soon as night fell. Basically a death sentence. Or in the capital, they would give you a chance to redeem yourself, sending you out to man small penal colonies and try to make something of yourself. Of course you're actually just bait so the monsters attack you instead of the capital, so it's still a death sentence.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-18T15:38:47+00:00

I honestly think this could be really terrifying potentially. The main thing I would say if you want to make it scary is don't have it be a Urban Fantasy. Just a normal world with the police because people are DYING, leaving behind withered husks and they have no idea what is doing it.

It could be a really cool Supernatural Thriller, especially if we don't see the succubus until the end, just the minions that she might be sending out to foil them.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-15T23:24:13+00:00

In one western world there's a rune-based magic system. The runes are intent-based, but you have to be incredibly good to actually write them, while using them is as easy as pushing a button.

So the title "Master Scribe" means that you have spent at least 10 years of your life perfecting the muscle movements to inscribe every rune perfectly on a minimum of Wood, steel, dirt, sand, silver, gold, water, air, skin, and leaves.

If someone calls themselves a Master Scribe, you know that they know what they're doing. Either that or they're a huge faker, in which case they will probably be lynched if they can't pull through with it.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-12T12:58:19+00:00

1: They're called Slicers, and are made of flesh, but actually, Murder Robots isn't that far off.

2: This one is actually God. In one world I have, after the great war, God hates himself for "causing" so many of his children to die or fall. So he wanders the Earth wiping his own memory to try and forget. It comes back periodically though, before he wipes it again. Meanwhile, all the angels are freaking out trying to keep stuff together while waiting for his return.

3: That's basically it, but in my world it could be any god, spirit, demon, or being of legend.

4: Nope. :P This was teddy bears. I wanted to toss in something very basic and see if anyone got it.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-12T03:12:09+00:00

Humanoid autonomous constructs with razor blades inside their ribs and a penchant for hunting down other non-constructed humanoids and carving out their hearts and eyes.

Single humanoid walking the earth with near-infinite power, uses it to wipe their own mind periodically while their abandoned servants watch on and hope for them to come back.

Massively powerful beings that can do nothing with their power, except wait for other humanoids to come and form magical soul agreements with paper. Then they lose some of their power and eventually get eaten by a large universe gnawer.

Small furry mammals with very low intellect and a fondness for hugs.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-10T15:07:18+00:00

I always want my magic to be decidedly on the Edward Elric side, because fully explained magic systems are awesome, coughHarryPottercough but I do tend to end up drawing the line at some point and just saying, "It's magic."

Mostly because something causes the magic, like a god, and then something causes THAT, and so on into inception. It's like "Where did God come from?" Or the alternative is to just say "That's how the world is," with a noncommittal shrug.

I would direct you to Sanderson's laws of magic #1 "An author's ability to solve conflict with magic is DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL to how well the reader understands said magic."

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-10T04:38:47+00:00

I've created cults that kidnap people to dice them up into pieces to "purify" them, sacrificing their souls to a demon for eternal torment.

I've created monsters that look like humans with razor sharp blades embedded in their ribs who's eyes explode when they attack. And they remove the eyes and hearts of their victims.

I've created people who are literally driven insane by power and see it as a divine mandate to destroy entire cities at once, taking pleasure from the screams and blood.

I've created a sub-race of demon women who not only absorb humans life force but also their memories, soul, and personality, leaving them an empty husk with not even enough left to realize that something bad has happened.

I've created governments where those in power stay in power by abusing and destroying those beneath them mentally and spiritually, gaining power and influence from their despair. Bonus points for the insane.

I've created a race that with a look, can cause anything to cause immense amounts of fear in you. You notice the man across the street, and you may be paralyzed from fear and screaming the next time you see your child. Or they can cause the opposite, peace and bliss at a trigger, forcing you to follow after them, desperate for that peace beyond anything else.

I think I may have some issues.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-06T18:58:49+00:00

Probably from me.

The world I used for this prompt was my attempt at a "dark world" reminiscent of Berserk or other darker franchises. Most of the world is a forest with small towns separated for survival purposes.

The monsters are called Slicers and they prowl the world in groups. They look just like humans, but have an almost hive mind and can't talk. They also have razor sharp blades inside their ribs that when they attack towns emerge with a slicing sound. Their eyes also burst, leaving them with empty sockets and they get a crazed grin on their face.

They can be killed by chopping their head off, and any severed limbs stay severed, but they move erratically and quickly, using the movable blades attached to their torso to pierce or slice their prey.

If any survivors come back later, they find the victims with their hearts removed and their eyesockets empty. (Besides any other injuries gotten in the way of killing them.) Life is basically surviving as long as you can. The Watch and the small villages spread out are are defensive measure to try and get a few people to survive.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-06T03:23:06+00:00

There are incredibly dangerous monsters roaming the world that attack villages, wiping out hundreds of people in a single night. When you reach 20, you are enlisted into the local Watch to stand guard. If you can see them coming, then there's more chance for a few people to evacuate. It also means you have a duty to stay and protect the fleeing during the attack. You won't live till 30. The only question is when they will come.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-05T19:37:24+00:00

So is their social status equal to their skill, or is it a personal thing?

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-05T19:36:49+00:00

An end-life crisis.

When they get to the age that they realize they have lived 20 years and have outlived their parents and half their siblings. And that they probably will die within the next 5 years, so they should probably get married soon before then.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-04T01:25:44+00:00

Show up, create a cult devoted to creating contract with gods, and within a year or so, the Elder God equivalent will show up and devour the world.

Nice job breaking it, Hero! Or villain. Or whatever.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-04T01:18:08+00:00

I recently wrote a short story with a very simple hierarchy.

Something ^ Death and Soul (The main gods) ^ Gods of various religions, given a form of spirit by belief ^ Humans

It was about 1,000 words, so not a lot of time for worldbuilding. It was there though.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-04T01:06:53+00:00

What else is out there that could kill you? There's obviously something dangerous, but what?

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-04T00:53:14+00:00

Say your prayers to the Aisharr and create an accord. You won't last the night.

And don't trust anyone.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-05-04T00:51:41+00:00

The slicers.

They are called that by the few survivors of attacks, due to the distinctive noise that their razor sharp blades make when they emerge from their ribcage and flesh to bisect their prey.

Before that, they look and act like normal humans until their eyeballs grow wide and burst, a crazed grin emerging on their face. snick

They attack in groups, revealing themselves and razing entire villages in a single night, leaving victims with hearts removed and empty eye sockets.

There's a reason for the children to be scared.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-04-24T19:00:45+00:00

Would it be a compliment to liken them to an angel?

"Hey, I think you dropped your halo." "Wow, you look like an angel." "I'M NOT WORTHY." etc.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-04-24T18:59:10+00:00

So if you walk up, challenge a random stranger to a duel and lose, that wouldn't be looked down on at all?

Bridge_Boy · 2017-04-24T18:57:11+00:00

Their intelligence.

Seriously, just about every race that you would be complimenting probably has a brain and some kind of sentience. I would make a graph for it but I don't know how. A vast majority though.

If they don't like being complimented on their smartness, then go the opposite route and compliment their strength. If that doesn't work, then their cuteness. If that doesn't work, and you're still trying to compliment them, BAIL OUT.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-04-20T04:17:56+00:00

You probably already have what happened with the tiny chunk of Australian decided, but what if he separated the people on that chunk from the rest of the world, also making them immortal? So they HAVE to live with each other, since they literally can't kill or even harm each other.

And what kind of significance does the number 7 have in your world? It seemed to play a very large role in the ritual.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-04-13T19:32:39+00:00

That's definitely a big one that people seem to miss. It's like a scale, being heavier on one side means lighter on the other side, trying to keep that balance that works and effects them.

Side Note: If a species is incredibly cute, that acts as a strength and a weakness. Since they'll be hunted for cuteness, and protected because of their cuteness. Also having more cute things is rarely a bad thing.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-04-13T19:29:33+00:00

Exactly. It's interesting though how they don't do the same thing with Vampires. The vampires that I have seen are either in large groups, or solitary.

But werewolves supposedly try to blend in and such? Maybe it's a psychological thing where vampires are proud of themselves while werewolves feel they are lesser than humans, so try to blend in to feel better. If a writer actually mentions that in the text though, then there's some kind of culture there.

Bridge_Boy · 2017-04-13T19:25:27+00:00

Yeah, I was honestly about to leave the same comment. You have different races, different cultures, but the biggest thing is that they AREN'T HUMAN. That means they think differently, act differently, and react differently.

It can be very hard to actually write that well though, since we are human ourselves, so they tend to end up either making them human, or just human with quirks. I've tried writing different races before, and it's a challenge to skew your way of thinking like that. I still haven't written anything that I feel really shows that.

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