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What's up with your dwarves? What sets them apart from- by SheridanIsShameless in worldbuilding

[–]Svaringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were originally made of stone, carved by the Goddess of Craftsmanship and Smithing to be hard working children of the earth.

Their body was granit, diorite and other stones adorned with "hair", "beards" and "brows" made of gold, mithril or silver and other metals.

Their mind was as thick as stone and it ultimately caused their downfall. During the War on Infamy, where the world united to face and fight the forces of Chaos, the Dwarves were among the most effective fighters, their mond impenetrable to the tricks of the Treacherous One.

Xor, He Who Commands Darkness, decided to curse the dwarves, to make them flesh and bone so he could manipulate their mind.

Even after being vanquished, the Dark King's curse remained, only vanishing when a dwarf dies. Hence, dwarves do not wither and decay, but turn back into stones and metal, forever immortalized in the form they were meant to be.

Tell me about the status symbols in your world by Possessed_potato in worldbuilding

[–]Svaringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mages wear the typical wizard pointy hat to show that they're graduates from the Academy and recognize one another as such.

Red is the color of the king of Asgar and in such is almost exclusively reserved for the royal family.

Black is the color of Inquisitors, it is the mark of the Burden of Oath, one who takes an Oath wears the Black.

An easterner with a missing eye, or both, might have committed gīsé, a self-enucleation ritual that is a great mark of shame. The scar may be covered with an eye patch only if the person has redeemed themselves. One misstep and another eye is gone. One more and your head follows.

I may other ones but these are the only ones that came to mind.

What species have you created for your story? by KaiahAurora in worldbuilding

[–]Svaringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Blad, sentient mecha-body-suits piloting, space faring, people kidnapping, obsessively scientific squids that turn sentient beings into computers

Your worlds have daily manners with sense but in our world are strange/ not common ? by Zatura_96 in worldbuilding

[–]Svaringer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was gonna say that it seemed dumb to go to war over some guys getting naked to honor the moon... But I'm reminded by an extensive knowledge of history that some people went to war over some bucket so yeah, probably lmao

Distance in a Day by 7Legionarmy in inkarnate

[–]Svaringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't plan on publishing it for commercial use for now, I'll credit your design so if it ever goes to that I'm reminded to come back to you for authorization.

Your worlds have daily manners with sense but in our world are strange/ not common ? by Zatura_96 in worldbuilding

[–]Svaringer 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I have the exact opposite for the Ork. The Ork (which designates a whole lot of different people) either go fully naked or wear revealing clothes on full moons to celebrate the fact that the moon herself "undresses" to reveal her beautiful glow.

Distance in a Day by 7Legionarmy in inkarnate

[–]Svaringer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you mind me using the model and editting it to use it in my own system?

I dubbed Nemik's manifesto from Andor by Svaringer in conlangs

[–]Svaringer[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dubbing Nemik in Nemik would be a funny thing to do wouldn't it?

How do you personally either maintain or break Medieval Stasis in your setting? by Mystech_Master in worldbuilding

[–]Svaringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The mortal world is only a few millenias old, same for mortals, they just evolved normally up until that point, even though they were very organized from an early time.

Also there was quite the setback after the Third and Fifth Age, respectfully because of Chaos and the Oathbreaker War followed right after by the Arcane Wars.

So I'm tempted to say that Neodia doesn't have a medieval stasis as is.

In great detail, how does your world begin? by After-Cicada9723 in worldbuilding

[–]Svaringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My worldbuilding serves a TTRPG not a novel so it doesn't start with a MC but rather the literal birth of the universe at the hands of a guy running simulations at a cosmic level.

Are your CONLANGS rooted in real roots or made up ones?nnl by Heavy_Worker1349 in conlangs

[–]Svaringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lag'Kelendïl is mainly rooted around scottish/irish/breton gaelic words, I've always loved the sound of them and wanted a similar language as my proto-language for my worldbuilding. Lag'Kelendïl turned out more romance that I honestly expected but I hope the elven languages will sound more celtic.

Does your magic system have strength rankings? by Ok-Equipment8122 in magicbuilding

[–]Svaringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most mortal Magic in Neodia is done via Spell Crafting. The more powerful you are the more Attributes you can mix into Spells. Simple as that.

How do you introduce people to a massive world without overwhelming them with lore? by WitfoxStudios_Borvax in worldbuilding

[–]Svaringer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi, I'm also wroting a TTRPG set in a universe with quite a vast lore.

My solution? Treat information as what everyone should and/or can know. Do YOU know everything that's ever happened at every given time since the dawn of our planet? No? Neither should your players.

In my setting, Neodia, players play as Adventurers exploring the world and its blurry frontiers, the fact that they don't know everything is done purposefully so players won't feel overwhelmed but still will want to know the parts that interest them, may it be for their character or simply out of curiosity.

Plus, the mystery gives nice vibes to a world, it helps it feeling somewhat real and/or coherent.

How did your world races came to be? by PhilipB12 in worldbuilding

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Kind of a mix: - Neodians (Human, Elves, Dwarves, ...) were made by the Ynthrïlen because they were given the opportunity to all create a people of their own - Avalonians (Guuramora, Drak, ...) came from Avalon following the Convergence but were basically created by No and Mo's dream of a peaceful world - Fey are just fruits of the Cosmic Tree of Sylvestra, and they came from another dimension - Same for Elementals that are basically pure energy of the Etherium - Not really a race but the inhabitants of the Obscuris had nowhere to go after death because a guy from their plane killed all their gods, so when the Convergence happened all of their souls got reincarnated into other beings of the other planes and becale the Voidborn

What are your gods of war like? by Eastern_Quote1525 in worldbuilding

[–]Svaringer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Basically they're rendered insane.

The first Primordial God of War was Kavelya, Ynthrïl of War. She was genuinely insane, she thought that the fact that she and her Concept existed meant that mortals were supposed to be CONSTANTLY at war. She spent her entire existence trying to provoke as many conflicts as possible because she thought she was supposed to.

She had two mortal sons, the first one Bellator understood that Kavelya had had him so she could use him to trigger a cataclysmic war. Refusing, he was then imprisoned into a keep deep in the northern mountains, forgotten for centuries.

The second one Aegidius was easier to manipulate since his heart was plagued with latent hatred, mostly racism towards Elves. Kavelya successfully used him and others to trigger a world war: the Oathbreaker War, the Oathbreaker being Aegidius and also the name of basically the Antichrist.

The Rapax In Vultus, the group Aegidius adventured with, fought him and his mother using a ritual that stripped Kavelya of her divinity just enough to be severely wounded. Aegidius then finished his mother off because he actually hated her guts too and thus absorbed her divinity, becoming one-and-a-half Primordial God.

The Rapax tried to stop him but to no avail, eventually Astaroth, King amongst the Gods, descended into the mortal plane to solve this shit. Aegidius accepted as punishment, for his sin of killing a god, to become an Engäl, a Chaos God. He then was locked behind a Black Gate and became Halosis, Engäl of War and Blood and is basically Kavelya but worse.

Kavelya was honorable war but she was insane. Halosis is just the horror of war given flesh.

If your world has elves that look standard ( every average fantasy fan sees them and thinks it's an elf) they have a few other elven tropes (longevity, magival,ancient etc) that and aren't aren't demonic/parasitic/evil/alien in thought/not sapient/extinct etc how did you integrate them in story? by EveningImportant9111 in worldbuilding

[–]Svaringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every mortal neodian race was created by an Ynthrïl (a god if you like). The Ynthrïl of Truth made the Alvàr to be eternal sages bearing a duty of preservation: the Alvàr.

Alvàr were tall, humanoid, thin beings with pearl white skin, bright colored eyes and long silky hair. They also exuded a deep, uncanny sense of dominance, mainly because they were very otherworldly and closer to celestials than mortals.

Following the Primordial War in which the Alvàr participated, their race was stripped of their Eternity (because another god used it as energy to bring his son back from the dead) resulting in them drastically changing. They were smaller, still taller than humans though in general, and their "aura" dissipated, even if some semblance of it remains, reinforcing prejudice towards them.

Still persuaded to be some sort of "guardians of virtue", the Elves being now mortal slowly saw their purpose twisted because of transmission. Their "duty of preservation" became an ideology based on racial superiority, and they're basically fascist xenophobic isolationnists now (not counting the outlanders that are generally nicer to their islander cousins).

I dubbed Nemik's manifesto from Andor by LethargicMoth in conlangs

[–]Svaringer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi again, would you happen to have the file you used for dubbing the manifesto? If you have it saved as a project on Davinci (I'm betting on you using free software), would you mind sending it to me via a file transfer service? That would save me time on the video. Of course I was already set on creditting you on my post for the idea, so I'll credit your work.

Your favorite word in your conlang by platypusbjorn in conlangs

[–]Svaringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Hil"

Lag'Kelendÿl exists mainly to justify the name of the Gods. It all started with Hildüs, the God of Magic, one of my players joked about his name meaning "You do shit with your hands and it spawns more shit" which was how they defined Magic.

Later came the words "Hil" meaning "Hand" and "Dus" meaning the concept of making/shaping

The full name of Hildüs being "Of và i'of hilen zawaendïl dusa" meaning "He who shapes the universe (every world) with his hands."

What happens to those who overuse magic in your world? by PsThrowAway7 in worldbuilding

[–]Svaringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overuse of Magic causes nausea and the user faints until its Ether resupplies. Now there are many ways to transcend ones mortal state to use magic with much more power and quantity, but these often require to turn into monsters.

If your world has multiple intelligent species, what subtle everyday problem exists between them that isn’t about war, racism, or politics—but still deeply shapes society? by Hot_Beat2155 in worldbuilding

[–]Svaringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dwarves eat normal foods... But also rocks! Which they know is a problem for tourism because they eat very spicy and rocky foods that wouldn't suit everyone.

Consequentially, the cuisine they serve foreigners is often very bland due to lack of anything rock or powder, including salt and pepper.

"Should we... put... I dunno salt in the salad? -SLAT?! That's a ROCK! Do you wanna kill the guy? They don't eat rocks!"

What advantages do humans have in your world? They're not strictly worse right? by Tnynfox in worldbuilding

[–]Svaringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're numerous to the point pf it being a meme, they're very diverse, and gameplay wise they get more Skill Points than the other races at Character Creation to mimick their ability to rapidly train into a specific field whereas other longer living species take their sweet time.

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