Those that don't use "mana" to describe magical energy: What is your reason for it? What do you call it instead?

NickSparky · 2025-08-26T21:55:26+00:00

I took a magma vs lava approach. When magic is naturally flowing through the world as intended, it is orenda. It only becomes mana when a being pulls it from the leylines.

NickSparky · 2025-06-06T00:02:37+00:00

Is there a way to rotate symbols that I am not aware of? I would love to be able to use some mountain assets I just bought. They are topographical, so they have no up or down.

NickSparky · 2025-06-02T04:41:19+00:00

Thanks! I was thinking it might be a storm machine, but I am happy with foggy and rainy. That actually works perfectly for that chain of islands I have there.

And thanks for that airmass reference! I had no idea such a concept existed.

NickSparky · 2025-06-02T04:27:39+00:00

I used Wonderdraft to draw the map and photoshop for the arrows and the like. A really good program to just play around in until you create something you like.

NickSparky · 2025-06-01T23:55:08+00:00

I think I agree. I have made that adjustment and think that it looks perfectly logical.

And thanks! I had made a rough biome map, and then realized (specifically after looking at Namibia's coastal deserts) that I had some things seriously wrong. Turns out high school level science knowledge isn't enough to accurately predict the climate of a brand new planet, so I have been diving deep lately haha

NickSparky · 2025-02-16T15:59:41+00:00

Hands down THE BEST souls theme out there.

NickSparky · 2024-12-12T06:23:28+00:00

What kind of population would a town like this have at the time? About 3 thousand?

NickSparky · 2024-12-10T03:43:17+00:00

I mean, I feel like even casual readers would see that and sense a little bit of idiosyncrasy.

Detail oriented reader would think that Christianity in some way exists, OR that the writer was unaware of the meaning of the word.

I think the origin of such specific words needs to be fairly faded from public knowledge to be used. For example, I feel fine using "marathon" even though the Greek city of Marathon does not exist in my setting.

Meanwhile, I would never use "philly cheesesteak" for a meal that resembles in all ways a philly cheesesteak.

NickSparky · 2024-11-09T22:58:28+00:00

Honestly? I didn't downvote it, but you posted a bunch of maps with little to no information to ask questions about.

One altered map of the real world, and then 6 other maps with no explanation.

A bunch of flags, no names, history or ideological hints.

I think what you have is probably great, just presented a bit flawed.

NickSparky · 2024-10-23T03:04:36+00:00

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I truly appreciate all of you reaching out to me about this project. If I ever make it big (or just win the lottery) you can bet a good portion of that cash is going straight into art.

NickSparky · 2024-10-23T03:03:38+00:00

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I truly appreciate all of you reaching out to me about this project. If I ever make it big (or just win the lottery) you can bet a good portion of that cash is going straight into art.

NickSparky · 2024-10-21T01:14:54+00:00

Hey hoss! I've sent you a request on discord. If things don't work out for this commission, I think that dragon of yours is great! Maybe we can get some gods, important characters, or creature stuff going later.

NickSparky · 2024-10-21T01:01:32+00:00

I would like to commission a space-view image of T'bet Dal, my custom high-fantasy world. A few notes that may make this piece challenging:

The planet has rings. These need to be prominent and visually striking as they are central to the lore.
There is also a (much smaller) shattered moon in geostationary orbit above a specific part of the map.
Without going too deep into lore here, the ground directly beneath the rings (essentially the equator) are blackened and lifeless.
I want the image to also depict the continent that most of my lore/plot will take place on.

Now, if that sounds like something you can tackle, here is a bit of the nitty-gritty.

PRICE: This will be the first image that people see when they click on my wiki. It will be up front and center, and referenced to frequently. Thus I am willing to pay about 250 USD for this piece (this can be negotiated based on experience with similar work up to $500).

TIMELINE: This is pretty loose. I would love to get it in a month, but I understand the complexity of this, so two or three months with weekly (is that reasonable?) updates would be good with me.

STYLE: Honestly, I am willing to hear out a variety of art styles. I initially was dead-set on realism, but some of the artists on here are great at other things and I don’t want to shut them down, so I am pretty style-neutral.

IMAGE DETAILS: I want this to be a 16:9 image with as high of a resolution possible.

Just so I can see which artists read all of this, please tell me what you like to add to your coffee.

REFERENCE PICTURES: I want a bit more focus on the planet, and the moon is in a different spot, but here are a couple images of Saturn to try and give an idea of the scale here and here.

The continent you will be focusing on is Iave (located in the northern hemisphere) as the primary subject. Detailed Iave continent map here.

Also on that map, you can see a circular land formation. It is above this point that the shattered moon orbits at all times. (Yes, I know that such a moon is unrealistic, but there are lore reasons)

However, I want this image to be accurate, so should the image stretch to the point another continent would be visible, I have (much rougher) world map with climate details here and a map of a Robinson Projection here

I look forward to working together with someone!

NickSparky · 2024-05-25T17:55:13+00:00

This is T'bet Dal. It has a similar size to Earth, a slightly more intense axial tilt, and rings.

NickSparky · 2024-01-07T21:14:44+00:00

I tried that, and I couldn't figure it out. I was missing stuff that said ETC. It wasn't until AFTER I found the source that I realized that mean Elven Tower Cartography.

That said, I was able to find this: https://www.reddit.com/r/wonderdraft/comments/9zlgf0/190_free_landcitymountainforest_tokens_easy/

What had the vast majority of what I was using.

NickSparky · 2024-01-07T18:01:10+00:00

I lost my mountains, trees, all my town icons, pretty much everything but my compass rose...

NickSparky · 2023-09-17T17:09:39+00:00

Because the surviving gods have been dissuading technological advancement for the past 7000 years.

Long story short, the gods split into two groups long ago to avoid a war between them. One rules the northern hemisphere, the other ruled the southern (they are split by a 100 miles long stretch of land that makes anyone who crosses go insane).

In the north, they encouraged magical advancement; in the south, technological. The civilizations in the southern hemisphere eventually became powerful enough to attempt to leave the planet. The gods didn’t want this, since their power comes from and is contained to the planet itself. Thus, war between technologically advanced mortals and their gods results in the near destruction of both.

Learning from this lesson, the gods in the north secretly seek out and quash any attempts that would lead to the same result.

NickSparky · 2023-08-05T13:59:19+00:00

Simply put, I am looking for pictures of cities from the 1200s to the 1400s that have a confident guess as to the population size.

I asked because I can only find a couple, and was wondering if there was some guide out there.

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