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Work on world building and developing your story's setting.

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    Using the Setting Development Sub-Forum.

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  4. John McNeil

    Referring to my mages

    John McNeil, May 1, 2021
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    John McNeil
    May 15, 2021 at 8:33 AM
  5. MilesTro

    Humans and Werewolves living together

    MilesTro, Apr 29, 2021
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    MilesTro
    May 14, 2021 at 5:46 PM
  6. Laurin Kelly

    Need a Fictional Name for Fitness Competition

    Laurin Kelly, May 7, 2021
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    frigocc
    May 7, 2021
  7. Simon Price

    What can my heroes start doing to make their suburban hometown more navigable in sideways gravity?

    Simon Price, May 2, 2021
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    Bruce Johnson
    May 2, 2021
  8. Adam Bolander

    Wordsmith's Ring

    Adam Bolander, Apr 25, 2021
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    Xoic
    Apr 25, 2021
  9. Javelineer

    International Visibility Grade (Fog resource)

    Javelineer, Apr 8, 2021
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    Lazaares
    Apr 21, 2021
  10. AlternateEON

    How do I start building my world and the lore involved?

    AlternateEON, Feb 7, 2021
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    Stormburn
    Apr 21, 2021
  11. Adam Bolander

    Cool concept for shapeshifters?

    Adam Bolander, Apr 4, 2021 ... 2
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    hyacinthe
    Apr 12, 2021
  12. WritingInTheDark

    Justifying a discrepancy between my werewolves and the common depiction

    WritingInTheDark, Jan 11, 2021
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    Naomasa298
    Apr 12, 2021
  13. SneakySniper179

    Legal and psychiatric opinion

    SneakySniper179, Apr 7, 2021
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    223
    Steerpike
    Apr 7, 2021
  14. deadrats

    What elements of setting do you focus on

    deadrats, Mar 24, 2021
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    Viridian
    Apr 4, 2021
  15. Alex Mahon

    Do you repeat certain aspects of a scene?

    Alex Mahon, Mar 21, 2021
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    Alex Mahon
    Apr 3, 2021
  16. WritingInTheDark

    "Half your age plus seven" rule for immortals.

    WritingInTheDark, Dec 25, 2020
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    Kehlida
    Apr 3, 2021
  17. JadeX

    When one of your fictional places turns out to have the name of a real place, do you rename it?

    JadeX, Mar 29, 2021 ... 2
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    Catrin Lewis
    Mar 31, 2021
  18. Catrin Lewis

    Twenty-four hour clocks

    Catrin Lewis, Mar 18, 2021
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    453
    Caalro
    Mar 25, 2021
  19. Accelerator231

    How to flesh out a setting?

    Accelerator231, Jan 30, 2021
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    815
    Kallisto
    Mar 14, 2021
  20. shadowblade

    Setting: mental asylum horror story

    shadowblade, Feb 3, 2021
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    Oscar Leigh
    Mar 13, 2021
  21. J.G

    Should I make up my own currency?

    J.G, Feb 23, 2021
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    Thundair
    Mar 10, 2021
  22. Nesrin

    How to address movement in a setting

    Nesrin, Feb 24, 2021
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    Bruce Johnson
    Feb 24, 2021
  23. WritingInTheDark

    Writing believable fantasy bigotry

    WritingInTheDark, Feb 8, 2021 ... 2
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    Malum
    Feb 21, 2021
  24. Princetarbos

    Creating a “bestiary” for my series. What is the best way to do it?

    Princetarbos, Feb 6, 2021
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    zoupskim
    Feb 7, 2021
  25. Viserion

    Dragonriding Bond: Striking a Balance

    Viserion, Nov 30, 2020
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    710
    Aldarion
    Feb 1, 2021
  26. WritingInTheDark

    Working out what werewolves do for clothes

    WritingInTheDark, Jan 17, 2021 ... 2 3
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    Storysmith
    Jan 30, 2021
  27. CrimsonAngel

    New Setting?

    CrimsonAngel, Jan 14, 2021
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    721
    Beloved of Assur
    Jan 23, 2021
  28. naruzeldamaster

    So like, does anyone notice...songs are like, ya know, hard?

    naruzeldamaster, Jan 14, 2021
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    naruzeldamaster
    Jan 14, 2021
  29. Viserion

    Dragonfire in your Settings

    Viserion, Nov 10, 2020
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    BlitzGirl
    Jan 13, 2021
  30. Viserion

    Does my setting need magic?

    Viserion, Dec 7, 2020 ... 2
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    1,295
    GraceLikePain
    Jan 12, 2021
  31. GribbleGrunger
    Locked

    New Style. Does It Work?

    GribbleGrunger, Jan 9, 2021
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    Lifeline
    Jan 11, 2021
  32. JadeX

    Reasons why one nation may have firearms but another doesn't?

    JadeX, Sep 14, 2020 ... 2 3
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    GribbleGrunger
    Jan 9, 2021
  33. Fervidor

    Appropriate level of super-speed?

    Fervidor, Dec 8, 2020
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    GribbleGrunger
    Jan 9, 2021
  34. B055man

    How to make these Golems make sense?

    B055man, Dec 18, 2020
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    817
    The Multiverse
    Jan 8, 2021
  35. Adam Bolander

    Alternative Means of Space Travel?

    Adam Bolander, Dec 28, 2020
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    601
    The Multiverse
    Jan 6, 2021
  36. WritingInTheDark

    Plausible cover story for a place where approximately 60 immortal beings live together?

    WritingInTheDark, Dec 22, 2020 ... 2
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    817
    Friedrich Kugelschreiber
    Dec 31, 2020
  37. JadeX

    Plausibly anachronistic technology in a fantasy setting?

    JadeX, Dec 18, 2020
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    628
    Accelerator231
    Dec 26, 2020
  38. Aldarion

    Implications of floating worlds

    Aldarion, Dec 24, 2020
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    Aldarion
    Dec 25, 2020
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