Food The production of food would have been particularly important immediately after the fall of the Empire because during the empires reign large areas of the planet could be magically enhanced and protected to allow food from off world to grow. Once the magical infrastructure failed these food production areas would revert to their natural […]
Today I will discuss the third of Wolfgang Baur’s categories of technology from his article Worlds and Technology as found in Kobold Press’s “The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding”. He titles this category “Technology of Warfare”, and while there certainly are armed conflicts between some of the larger factions in my setting these technologies would be […]
Today I would like to look at the second of four main categories of technology which Wolfgang Baur talks about in his article Worlds and Technology as published in Kobold Press’s “The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding” which he describes as “Technology of Knowledge: Literacy and Printing”. Let us begin by discussing how writing differs between […]
In Worlds and Technology by Wolfgang Baur published in Kobold Press’s “The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding” he lists four main categories of technology to consider when constructing a setting: “Technologies of motion: transportation and communication” (Movement) “Technology of Knowledge: Literacy and Printing” (Knowledge) “Technology of Warfare” (War) and “Technology of Life, Food, and Medicine” (Living […]
Now that I have finished a first pass at an explanation of my elevator pitch for the setting allow me to go through some unusual features of the setting that may be different from what you have come to expect from a traditional fantasy setting. Most of these features are just personal preferences on my […]
Sorry for the lack of article yesterday everyone. It turns out that writing an article after my game may not be the best idea. I’ll still tell you about that campaign some time, but I think I’ll save that for a rainy day. In the meantime let’s continue our exploration of my setting elevator pitch. […]
Yesterday I wrote the following description of my Setting: “A small party of expert heroes must travel through a collapsed world blasted by the radiation of its twin suns to provide for their home, using their survival skills, mastery of the magic arts, and knowledge of the past to survive.” Lets explore each part of […]
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