Worldbuilding: Where to Start?
[This post in part of the February 2011 RPG Blog Carnival hosted by Evil Machinations. I’ve been looking forward to writing on the topic again but I’m not sure if I’ll have the time to do more.] One question often …
Tag: culture
10 More Ways to Vary Your Game World’s Cultures
I recently wrote 10 Ways to Vary Your Game World’s Cultures and promised more as I put together a larger piece on building a fantasy world’s culture. I’ve already written about designing religions (with a couple of example fantasy religions), …
10 Ways to Vary Your Game World’s Cultures
Cultures should not have a one-to-one relationship with countries or states in your game world. Many provinces will have more than one culture and in many cases the cultures may overlap. In some cases where they overlap, one of the …
Fleshing Out a Character’s Background
A few easy choices and a little help from a game master can bring your character to life. There are two primary ways to flesh out your character’s background. The first way works well if you have a character background …