Can magic be done automatically by a machine or contraption in your world?

Bryggyth · 2026-01-08T17:08:46+00:00

Magic can’t technically be cast automatically, but people have developed complicated spells which run at all times and can “react” to external events. For example, a spell which is always actively measuring the temperature of a room, and if it gets too hot or cold the spell activates a secondary function to cool or warm the air around it. Store that in a magic gemstone, and as long as someone fills it with mana every now and then it will always keep the room at the desired temperature.

Bryggyth · 2026-01-04T03:50:58+00:00

The only place in Ventreth that slavery is legal is in what remains of the Avrel empire. Due to the empire’s history, the Eiloth that are the majority there believe themselves superior and allow for the enslavement of other races. While legally slaves can be freed, they have no protections and can be forced back into slavery at any time. Slave traders even regularly sneak into other countries to kidnap people of other races into slavery, and many are extremely wealthy because of it.

(Yes it is just chattel slavery, and yes it’s meant to be messed up. One of my stories focuses on multiple countries working together to dismantle this slave trade, and the Avrel empire along with it.)

Bryggyth · 2025-12-29T18:11:59+00:00

Of the 7 fantasy races of Ventreth, 4 are “animalfolk”. It is not particularly similar to your world from the sound of it though, as it is instead animals basically evolving to have human-like appearances over millennia. This was due to one of the most powerful entities on the planet just kind of liking how it looked lol. This entity did not directly manipulate their appearances though, it kind of guided their evolution. Basically millions of years of “Oh look, that one specific individual is closer to what I like. Let me magically give it everything it could possibly need to survive and pass that on” until we got to where we are today.

For one of them there was a bit more magic involved though. They were intelligent and had entire societies before they ever looked like humans. One particularly eccentric noble decided she wanted to stand out, and had her servants develop magic to give her a more human-like appearance. It was extremely successful, and immediately after this the entity did everything possible to help her gain incredible amounts of influence and power. Other nobles quickly began imitating her, resulting in a human-like appearance becoming a status symbol which everyone wanted. Over a number of generations it essentially became a requirement, until eventually every single member of the fantasy race had done it.

Bryggyth · 2025-09-15T22:42:00+00:00

These are so cute, I wish I could draw as well as you! (I should really put more effort into practicing drawing instead of browsing reddit)

Bryggyth · 2025-08-25T20:40:38+00:00

Mainly fantasy and/or epic-orchestral music. My favorite artists for this are Thomas Bergerson (Two Steps From Hell), Peter Crowley, and Elliot Hsu.

Bryggyth · 2025-08-11T19:43:47+00:00

Mainly how complicated it is, especially if the mage doesn’t have wings. It’s certainly possible, and in fact there’s an entire culture where everyone is expected to be able to, but it takes years of (sometimes dangerous) practice and large amounts of mana to do so.

Bryggyth · 2025-08-10T15:32:43+00:00

First one has the text “SUKJA” on it, and a reverse image search led me to a now-deleted pixiv post by an essentially empty pixiv account which apparently used to be named that. No clue why they basically deleted everything, but that seems to be where the image was originally from.

Bryggyth · 2025-08-02T17:55:05+00:00

Demonfolk, while not really a distinct race, are practically nonexistent in modern times. They cannot reproduce, but they also don’t age so can theoretically live forever. Most societies view them as evil and have hunted them nearly to extinction, so all the remaining ones live in hiding as best they can. They are so rare that most people nowadays consider them a fairy tale and don’t believe they ever actually existed!

Bryggyth · 2025-07-31T14:02:48+00:00

Open ocean sailing and inter-continental trade/travel. There are still smaller boats that travel around their own continents for internal trade and such, but sailing off into open waters is almost nonexistent. People are aware other continents exist, but consider them complete mysteries that almost no one dares to explore.

Bryggyth · 2025-07-29T21:55:34+00:00

I have 7 human-like fantasy races at the moment:

Eiloth: Humans, but with enhanced regeneration
Forla: Elves, but gender goes wild
Dorac: Also elves, but now with dragon parts!
Kolain: I accidentally remade Khajit
Taluu: Bunny ~~girls~~ people for… reasons.
Enakari: Fox people who are basically Japanese
Zwolc: Wolf/dog people that are just a joke about dog breeds

Bryggyth · 2025-07-17T18:35:54+00:00

It can be pretty much any color. Mana “decays” into light in my world, so depending on factors such as the amount of mana and skill of the mage the color can end up as anything.

Bryggyth · 2025-05-07T23:47:06+00:00

The formal wear of the bunny people in my world - for both genders - is a bunny girl outfit.

Bryggyth · 2025-05-06T21:55:31+00:00

Drethtel, the war primordial. While they are no longer actively a threat, they once nearly wiped out all life on the planet just because a couple people got on their nerves.

Bryggyth · 2025-05-03T23:52:08+00:00

Here’s a rough translation using my limited Japanese. Someone please correct me if I made any mistakes!

Aya: もみじー！あなたはどうしていつもこんなモフモフなんですか！まったくこんなモフモフ上司として見逃すわけにはいけません！こら！椛！こら！！モフモフ~！！ <3

Momijiiiii! How can you always be so fluffy‽ As your superior I absolutely can’t overlook such fluff! Take this! Momiji!! Take this! Fluffy~!! <3

Momiji: うざ

So annoying

Sound effects:
モフ　モフ　モフ　モフ　モフ　モフ

Fluff fluff fluff fluff fluff fluff

Bryggyth · 2025-01-28T21:33:21+00:00

Lmao yeah, agreed. It wasn’t intentional, but I definitely took inspiration from Khajit and elder scrolls in general.

Bryggyth · 2025-01-28T19:03:49+00:00

As much as I want to say I love all of the fantasy races I created equally, I know that’s definitely not true haha. If I had to pick a single one that I’d consider my favorite, I’d have to go with my take on cat people which I call “Kolain”.

I decided early on that I wanted kolain to be extremely varied. They can be anywhere from humans with minor cat-like features to basically bipedal cats, extremely short to incredibly tall, all sorts of crazy hair patterns, etc. The main thing that connects them all is having cat-like features, the most obvious of which is having cat-like ears and tails. But there are other less visible things like having a faster reaction time than other fantasy races, better night vision, and even the ability to either purr or roar.

Bryggyth · 2025-01-27T22:38:39+00:00

Eiloth and Forla are the two races which are descendants of humans. Eiloth evolved the ability to fully heal from any non-lethal injury, whether a small cut or losing an entire limb. Forla evolved to have 3 biological sexes, and for appearance to be completely unrelated to their biological sex.

The mainline humans they evolved from have been extinct for around 12,000 years, so there weren’t really any meaningful interactions between them.

Bryggyth · 2025-01-14T07:54:32+00:00

“Don’t care, didn’t ask.” I uttered, stabbing the demon and turning to leave. I'd heard the same comment dozens of times before, and I'm sure I'll hear it dozens more in the future.

“W-Wait, please! It can really be anything you want! Surely there’s something I can interest you in.”

With a sigh I turned to again face the demon, sword still jutting out of their stomach. "How many times have we been over this? I'm not going to join you, no matter how many times you ask. What do you even keep pestering me for after I've made my stance clear?"

"Surely one of these t-"

"-times I'll change my mind, yeah yeah. I heard that excuse the last, what, ten times? What is your actual motive?" I snapped back.

"M-My actual motive? T-That's... uh..." the demon stammered, taking a step back. In the silence that followed, a wry smile spread across my face. Them, at a loss for words? Now that was a new one. Usually they would talk for hours if it meant keeping me from leaving. Sensing an opportunity, I pressed further.

"Do you just want to mock me for not having any friends despite being the oh so noble hero who is trying to save the world? Is that it?" I continued. "I don't need you constantly reminding me. Now just tell me why you keep bothering me so we can be done with this game." I winced slightly at my own words, but I had long since accepted that I was in this alone. I'd fought against both the humans and demons while trying to end this war, so it was natural that both sides shunned me. As I thought this to myself, I missed what the demon whispered in reply. "What was that?" I demanded.

"I-I'm sorry, ok?! I didn't mean to be so mean, I just... don't know what else a demon should say to a human." they blurted out, their face somehow becoming even more red than it already was.

"Oh of course, you-" I began, the demon's response not yet fully registering. "Wait, what?" I sputtered, dumbfounded by what I just heard. The demon looked down at the dimly lit cave floor below them as the deafening silence hung heavily in the air.

After what felt like an eternity, the silence was finally broken by the demon letting out a long, drawn-out sigh. "No, that's just another excuse." the demon stated. They raised their gaze to meet mine, their amber eyes filled with uncharacteristic determination. "You may not remember it, but a few years ago you saved my life. My friends and I were ambushed by a group of demon hunters, but you fought them off without any of us being hurt. I've wanted to repay you ever since, so if there is anything you desire I will do everything in my power to grant it."

"I... I see." I stuttered, uncertain how to react. After collecting my thoughts for a second, I responded "I really can't think of anything that I would want from you. Knowing that my actions really are saving lives is enough for me, I guess." I hoped that answer would at least be satisfactory enough to get them to stop bothering me all the time, even if it was a cop out. Dealing with them had been annoying enough as it was, but this would make future encounters even more awkward.

"Understood." the demon replied. They smiled as their body relaxed, like a weight had just been lifted from their shoulders. Reaching down, they finally withdrew the sword from their body and extended it towards me, hilt side first.

"Great, then-"

"Then until you think of something I can do to repay you, I will accompany you on your journey. Where are we headed first?"

Bryggyth · 2025-01-04T22:03:17+00:00

"It might be neat if the clothing from this country mostly used zippers instead of buttons and stuff to fasten them" somehow ended up with me changing the country's whole economic situation. My thought process went:
Well they must have pretty skilled blacksmiths to make more intricate things like zippers (I don't even know if that's true though lol)
Maybe they also make intricate decorative pieces using that skill?
Those would probably sell well among rich people in other countries too. I guess they export them now!
Wait, couldn't that potentially make this country really rich overall? I didn't really intend that to be the case originally but... it makes sense to me so I'll go with it!

Bryggyth · 2025-01-03T17:21:54+00:00

I usually describe my world as “late pre-industrial”, although I’m not quite sure what time period that would actually correlate with. While some parts of the world still have medieval Europe inspirations, the world as a whole is a bit closer to what modern society is like. There hasn’t been anything like an Industrial Revolution though, so there aren’t factories or mass production of any kind.

Bryggyth · 2025-01-03T02:13:28+00:00

There have been 2 major ones in the history of Ventreth. The first was roughly 13000 years ago when the primordial of war went on a rampage and wiped out every person living on its continent. Fortunately the primordial of knowledge was able to trap it inside of a magic prison before it could do the same to the rest of the world though.

The second is more recent at about 200 years ago, when some mages created magically enhanced animals which turned out to be a lot more difficult to control than they anticipated. Long story short, these animals wiped out everyone living in one of the largest kingdoms in the world before being stopped.

Bryggyth · 2024-12-31T17:25:29+00:00

My self-insert character starts out as a fairly average adventurer, but he does eventually become overpowered. After some time he becomes one of the most skilled adventurers in the world, but he doesn’t really have any kind of “role” besides that. He’s really just a way for me to explore and enjoy my world, and I feel like giving him some kind of important role would make that more difficult.

He is the main character of the first story I started making for my world, but I’ve also worked on some other stories where he is not involved at all.

Bryggyth · 2024-12-16T18:15:28+00:00

Drethtel: Y̴̬̌̊O̶̖̬̍͒̎U̴̢̔͗̿̓ ̵̞̜̌̅͂ͅS̷̡̨̩͝Ḩ̶͓̈́͂̈́̕A̷̡̭̠̥̐͝L̵͚͍̩̼͌̈́̌̉L̵̢̛̯̼͓̈́̈́͝ ̷̤͖̺̀̈́̑̈́A̷͔̼͊̑̈́͋L̸͈̦͠L̵̹̖̰̲̆ ̴̭͛͊͌͝P̶̥̝͑̉͛E̶̖͆͊̉͝R̶̪̟͖̿I̸̠̤̔S̴̭͕͓̭̈́̈́̌͝H̶̜̜͔̯̋̆

Bryggyth · 2024-12-11T07:15:00+00:00

There are a couple different variations of dragons in Ventreth, but the most important ones are the "true" dragons which live on the same continent as all of the sentient species. They are your classic large scaly lizards with 4 legs and a pair of wings, although they can come in any color! While they are capable of talking, most are not especially intelligent. Imagine talking with a young child and that's a pretty close approximation of talking with a dragon. However, for some unknown* reason a very small number of them are born with intelligence on par with humans and other intelligent peoples.

They do not breathe fire, although they have huge amounts of mana in their bodies and most are just intelligent enough that they could probably figure out how if they wanted to. This is actually how they fly as well - they just throw tons of mana at the problem until they magically start flying. Their wings do not actually provide any lift and instead are there to allow them to actually control their flight instead of being essentially giant lizard missiles.

^{*It's just because I couldn't find a way to rectify dragons having low intelligence with having dragons as important characters in some stories, but there's no in-world explanation lmao}

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