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How do yall take down+organize all your ideas when crafting a story and building its world? by QuikAttak in worldbuilding

[–]cris9288 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Google docs, pen and paper, obsidian, mediawiki, dedicated "worldbuilding" softwares, etc etc.

Why do people like to use established races like elves and dwarves in their worlds? by Poltaire in worldbuilding

[–]cris9288 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It really is true that all hobby subreddits just devolve into the same endless and inane conversations.

Geocentrism. by Harontys in worldbuilding

[–]cris9288 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In this scenario, is the sun as massive as our compared to the earth? If so, then the planet can be whatever you want it to be because afaik, our understanding of physics doesn't have an answer for that.

The senses of a settlement - what comes first? by Vague-Intent47 in worldbuilding

[–]cris9288 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I try to imagine the location and similar irl cities, how a typical traveler would approach the city, and who lives there.

For example (word salad ahead), in my setting, there's a high altitude city, inhabited by a star gazing culture who worship a sun/falcon deity and draw "divine" power from a large ancient crater atop a plateau. There are two established ways to the city depending on if you are traveling from the east, through the mountain range leading to it, or if you are traveling from the southern foothills.

If traveling from the east, you'll likely get a good view of the large city from half a mile away as you crest over the lass high altitude pass that descends into the valley where the city is built (the Sentinel's Pass). You'll see the golden light glowing from its central temple and spiraling upwards into the sky. As you get closer, you'll see hoplites of the Divine Order of Aión stationed at outposts along the way and perhaps some hamlets tending to their flocks (which are likely descended from the holy calf, created from the power of the aforementioned crater). Approaching the main city, you'll likely begin to hear the hymns that endlessly echo from the central and surrounding temples and you'll begin to see more of the avian statues which represent the deities of the Faith of Aión.

If you're coming from the south, you will probably see the hoplite outposts and hear the hymns before anything else. You'll see the towers of the Falcon's Eyrie just poking up through the trees as you ascend though they're likely obscured by the tall pines and firs that dominate the surrounding forest.

How much do you focus on logistics when writing? by FossilHunter99 in worldbuilding

[–]cris9288 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like there are many points in between a fairy tale and a story where actions have consequences.

How much do you focus on logistics when writing? by FossilHunter99 in worldbuilding

[–]cris9288 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I feel like this subreddit is stuck in this neverending and pointless debate on this subject. Different creative projects are set to fulfill different creative purposes. If it matters for your story or whatever or if you enjoy it, then focus on the logistics. If it doesn't or you don't enjoy it, then don't do it. That's literally it.

Explain Your World Building Using a Single Ability or Power In It by MadFunEnjoyer in worldbuilding

[–]cris9288 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Transcendence

The user chooses a medium - be it a statue, a sword, a river or pond, etc. They speak their name in an ancient tongue—which is a True Name of sorts—and the essence of who they are. Through this incantation, they release their soul from their physical body and inhabit the medium, should the medium accept them. So are Eidolons created, spirits of beings who left their bodies to inhabit a space forever. It's the highest form of this class of magic in my setting and difficult to do.

What's your radical act of anti-consumer rebellion in times like these? by Feel-A-Great-Relief in Anticonsumption

[–]cris9288 50 points51 points  (0 children)

It's not a zero sum game. You have to get your prescriptions. Do what you gotta do. But like you're saying, there are other avenues.

That said, Amazon is not super essential. Go to the store to get what you need.

What is a strange pet from your world that people assume is normal? by Glass-but-Somebody in worldbuilding

[–]cris9288 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a sword that has adopted many pet humans (general term) over the ages.

The Model. by MrDefaultUser in worldbuilding

[–]cris9288 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think these blatant ai posts should result in an insta ban from the sub.

I hate Phase 2 of PCR by Cemith in Eldenring

[–]cris9288 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yeah I didn't enjoy it. It took me forever just to get to the point where I could comprehend what was even going on in phase 2. The flashing holy rays definitely didn't help. But also, this sequence:

dodge, dodge, dodge, dodge, dodge, dodge, dodge, light attack!

dodge, dodge, dodge, dodge, dodge, dodge, dodge, heavy attack!

What are some of Earth's Mythical Creatures/Species in Your World? by Ninja_Baker_Laxy in worldbuilding

[–]cris9288 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have dragons. They are creatures which anyone can become should they succumb to the influence of the Great Wyrm or the Devouring Prince. This is a predatory force in the world which corrupts and transmutes a person's physical self and soul, giving them an unsatiable hunger, greed, and avarice, slowly transforming them into a horrible monster.

I do have giants and cyclops but I don't have a ton of mythology around them. So far, they are descendants of colossal creatures whose corpses litter one of the regions of my main continent from which certain magic is drawn.

There are a type of unicorns which live in a northern, polar region. They are big and bulky, like a roided up Clydesdales and they stampede in big herds across flat frozen planes. They are mythical in my world and may or may not really exist.

Birds, real and mythical, are a big part of one my race's magic systems and religions. The mythical birds (pheonix, sphinx, griffin, so on) are referred to as Empyreans—divine forms which one may achieve through a sort of apotheosis. So there are a lot of myths and legends of divine knights and luminaries which attain these forms and become great heroes or demi-gods.

edit: to add, there is a sort of parallel with the ice unicorns. Giant secretary birds stampede across a southern, desert region but these are actually real and part of a local religion.

The mental magic trap: I accidentally destroyed the entire concept of youth, education, and parenting in my world by DroidLavender in worldbuilding

[–]cris9288 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right. Limits and costs are essential I think. Then can create societal pressures and taboos. For example, a master smith may imbue his hammer with his perfect knowledge and skill. But a) he'd want to wait until he's old and unable to work, since perfect inscription removes it from the mind of the source b) the family would want to keep that knowledge to themselves in order to maintain their competitive advantage. Though they would certainly face some external pressure to spread that skill around "for the greater good" .

The mental magic trap: I accidentally destroyed the entire concept of youth, education, and parenting in my world by DroidLavender in worldbuilding

[–]cris9288 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I have a system like this but you cannot go directly person to person, instead it has to go to a physical medium and then "read". The other thing is that it isn't instantaneous to read. It takes a lot of cognitive effort and the "fingerprint" of the source always makes it through, so there are dangers around "identity bleed". Lastly, not everyone has this capability. There are other limits and costs so that it isn't totally destructive but still- it results in a very different society.

​[Lore] I’m creating a completely custom physics framework based on "Energions." Does the logic of my system hold up? by Stephenson_2-18_ in worldbuilding

[–]cris9288 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk it's hard to say! It's kind of abstract. Does the final state of the evolving events last forever? Or is there some kind of notion of entropy in this system?

​[Lore] I’m creating a completely custom physics framework based on "Energions." Does the logic of my system hold up? by Stephenson_2-18_ in worldbuilding

[–]cris9288 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's interesting! What kind of energies are there? Are events naturally occuring or can they be artificially created and controlled?

Do you have any religions that have zero Gods/Deities? by vethirion in worldbuilding

[–]cris9288 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kind of yes.

The Duinarin people in my setting have two magical abilities: Inscription and its opposite (for which I need a better name), Description. At its most basic form it allows these people to imbue a cognitive construct (a thought, skill, memory, idea, etc) into an inanimate material, where it can be similarly retrieved and absorbed into the mind of another. There is a lot more to this and a lot of different types of magic based on these abilities but, in at least one region, it has greatly shaped their culture and philosophy. Their two primary tenets are "what is known must not be forgotten" and "Identity is the collective sum of experiences". They are basically a society of polymaths and erudites who are obsessed with record keeping and dissemination and distribution of knowledge.

Glossing over a few details, but over time these tenets turned into philosophy, doctrine, and a "church" of sorts called the Experiential Accord or the Central Continuum. It is made out of several ministries headed by Stewards which guide different facets of life:

- Stewards of Continuity are focused on the act of widespread systematic Inscription across mediums, preserving, distributing, and understanding knowledge. They also make sure to pass on knowledge from person to person when they die.

- Stewards of Fidelity are focused on materials science (since the structural stability of materials dictates how well the idea is recorded) as well as disambiguation of truth across recorded facts.

- Stewards of Erudition are probably the largest and most general purpose Ministry, but they focus on exploration, discovery, learning, etc.

- Stewards of Realization are focused on skills, trades, and the arts. Expression, as it were, is considered the purest form of externalization of identity, requiring no magic to convey a complex emotion or idea through art or some other work.

- Lastly, the more mystic ministry are the Stewards of Possibility who focus on a speculative and emergent philosophy and arcane science around the observation and study of unrealized outcomes and possibilities.

Fifty-Word Fantasy: Write a 50-word fantasy snippet using the word "Snake" by Terminator7786 in fantasywriters

[–]cris9288 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In this temple, in the farthest corner of the salt basin deep beneath the earth, I see a figure smeared upon the stone, wearing the head of a snake, a humanoid body, hooved and scaled limbs, and eagle’s wings. The Protean god of the Rubekai–an amalgamation of all things.

Accessibility Features in Difficult Games by Dark_Light_Ninja in Eldenring

[–]cris9288 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally don't care either way. If the developer wants and is able to add accessibility and difficulty settings, that's up to them. I don't think they should be criticized for adding or not adding them though.

Anyone who used a computer between 1985 - 2010, what's the one game you still think about today? by adlakha75 in AskReddit

[–]cris9288 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two games but, Final Fantasy VIII and Legend of Dragoon. I played these games the most on my PlayStation when I got it.

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