Do you have any worldbuilding websites, Discord servers, templates, books, etc. that you use for your own projects and would recommend to others? I know that /wbg/ used to have more links in its opening post, but apparently those are defunct now.

>>95338975 (OP)
>Do you have any worldbuilding websites, Discord servers, templates, books, etc. that you use for your own projects...
Yes.
>... and would recommend to others?
No.

3 ring binder with pockets.

>>95339011
>No
Why not?

I've been using ChatGPT for brainstorming and it works great as long as you shoot down bad ideas it provides. I have a pretty outlandish idea for a setting but it's not confused by it.

>>95342847
I've found that people who are handed things don't deserve them in the first place, but those who are truly interested and have a passion will find it for themselves without lazy begging.

>>95338975 (OP)
get the tome ofworldbuilding

>>95338975 (OP)
>The Kobold Guide
Are they useful? Got any PDFs if so?

>>95343311
You're not handing anything anon, it's someone just asking for recs. That's how most media works.

>>95343311
why are you like this?

>>95338975 (OP)
HAHAHAHAHA

>>95345111
I'm tired of you zoomers not taking responsibility for yourselves.

>>95343107
I've heard the new bard is best, but I don't want to make an account.

>>95343374
+2

>>95338975 (OP)
Buy an ad you faggot.

>>95344487
Go back.

>>95338975 (OP)
Are there any good resources for creating deities, or pantheons in general, in fantasy settings? Someone else I know says that they’ve heard great things about The Pamphlet of Pantheons, but what about other options?

>>95338975 (OP)

>>95343311
are you the cunt who got mageguru mad?

>>95350022
No idea what that is, so probably not. I'm the cunt that had to drag you ignorant fucks to finding your own answers about what historically preys on dragons: https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/92548729/#q92551212

>>95338975 (OP)
Does anyone have any good resources regarding fantasy races? Be it for creating your own or for including existing fantasy races archetypes in your settings, maybe with your own twist on the concept.

>>95344487
I think that's a dude. Definitely a faggot though

>>95345556
I’m sorry?

>>95346509
>+2
+2 What exactly?

>>95343585

I have a bunch of them, and they are really interesting to read and they spark a bunch of ideas. I like them a lot and fully recommend their guides to World Building 1 & 2.

But you should consider them more of a fun read and a self-help book than something that is going to take you step-by-step through world-building. Think of them more like a Ted Talk than a walkthrough.

Check the PDF share thread for the guides.

>>95338975 (OP)
What resources do you have to recommend to someone looking to create their own magic systems? Like this?
>https://www.well-storied.com/blog/how-to-create-a-magic-system-in-six-simple-steps

>>95343107
kys

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StandardFantasyRaces
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StandardFantasySetting
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlikeAndAntitheticalAdversaries
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilCounterpartRace

https://tropedia.fandom.com/wiki/Five_Races
https://tropedia.fandom.com/wiki/Fantasy_Axis_of_Evil

>inb4 TVTropes
Fuck you retard, if you want actually useful advice with examples.

>>95338975 (OP)
Does anyone have any suggestions for resources on elemental creatures or spells beyond just rewatching Avatar?

>>95364851
TV Tropes is not useful advice. It can be useful in worldbuilding (e.g. if you want to do X thing, it can help you find similar concepts in other works for inspiration or implications), but it does not meaningfully give advice.

>>95370951
>TV Tropes is not useful advice.
All right buddy retard.

Yes, if you're either a double-digit IQ OR an pajeet/chinaman who needs to have it spelled out in a literal step-by-step instruction, I agree. However, someone who has the barest modicum of theory of mind is going to be able to extrapolate worldbuilding rules out of the myriad of examples listed there.

>>95371409
Do you know what advice is, retard? Do you think Eclipse Phase is worldbuilding advice since you can use the ideas from there in your own setting?

>>95371714
The setting bit, yes.

>>95371714
He's right, though. People don't have to spell out advice directly to you for it to be advice. For example, someone could say "oats help to reduce cholesterol", and despite it being a fact, a reasonable person would conclude "it's good for me to eat more oats to deal with my high cholesterol". An autist would need it specifically told to them before they took the advice.

It's sort of like the old joke "there are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate..."

>>95371409
>However, someone who has the barest modicum of theory of mind is going to be able to extrapolate worldbuilding rules out of the myriad of examples listed there.
He's agreeing with you there
>>>95370951
>e.g. if you want to do X thing, it can help you find similar concepts in other works for inspiration or implications

>>95349452
Based, fucking love those books as a kid, and stealing from history is based and valid
Seen at least one person make art of their setting while mimicking the book covers

>>95371409
While TV Tropes is a good place to look for examples (and I wasn't aware of some of these tropes, like Alike and Antithetical Adversaries, mentioned here >>95364851, thanks for sharing those BTW), it's not really a resource that would be used to aid in the creation of a new setting.

I like Watabou's nested map generators

>>95350605
Watch out guys! We're gonna be asked a riddle!

>>95379906
Nah, I learnt some of you are too fucking stupid to deserve even a riddle.

>>95381145
Hey, what about the rest of us?

>>95369027
5e typa shit

>>95383837
nogame

>>95383430
Yeah, don't lump us all together!

>>95349452
i will add this series. it got an egypt, mesopotamia, greece and rome books too

>>95383837
Do you have something better then?

>>95369027
Thanks!

>>95389405
Much appreciated!

>>95338975 (OP)
Im trying to recreate this map that I found in a setting book to a scale actually usable for the players, but im having a terrible time doing so. Anyone wanna try to have a crack at it?

>>95368978
Make up your own elements that do the things you want to available. Want a Ming Ring that uses the Elemental Glow of Dance to summon buff dudes in plaid skits and fuckhueg cabers? Fucking go for it! Want whatever you come up with to not sound retarded? Nope, get over it; ain't gonna happen. But you're in good company, for all that'll get cha. Just don't get effluviaretarded and it's all copacetic.

Now that we're disclaimer'd out, I'll suggest you do some cosmological rip off of some made up RNG gods, make 'em do whatever to each other. Write it down, strip off the godnames while keeping the listed effects results etc. Then designate the elements and other bits of the distribution. There you have your elemental set. You get the idea, I'd expect. If you do it, put in best girl.

>>95338975 (OP)
Rather than trying to build a world to have adventures in, start by asking "what sort of games does my group want to play?" and then making three or four simple adventures. They don't need to be grandiose or complex. A simple "recover stolen property" or "find a missing individual" or "drive off a nearby nuisance or threat" is sufficient.
You'll find that the worldbuilding will fall out of that as a natural consequence.

>>95338975 (OP)
Primarily for books but has some crossover with RPGs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4ZDBOc2tX8&list=PLH3mK1NZn9QqOSj3ObrP3xL8tEJQ12-vL&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6HOdHEeosc&list=PLA3ZfaJiaf5xCQwC1c5sguPR1vmzT6Yiw

>>95407776
Okay, thanks, any particular generators that you'd recommend? When I tried searching for "RNG gods" I mainly got something for Roblox, lol. But seriously, what do you think of this one I managed to find?
>https://blog.d4caltrops.com/2023/04/deity-generator.html

>>95407672
I don't get what you are trying to do

>>95411806
I think that he's trying to make a version of a fantasy Europe map that he can use for his players? Maybe.

>>95416102
That doesn't sound to hard, does it?

What are exotic currencies? We all know jewelry, precious metal, pearls and paper money. What's a rarely used currency?

>>95419698
Rare commodities like silk and spices?

>>95419739
Silk came to my mind. Are small scraps of them useful or valuable? Spices and salt are a good call.

>>95419698
I don't know if it's exotic enough for your taste, but I'll nominate some kind of tool like arrow heads, axe heads, or knife blades.
In early stages they'd be actual usable tools, with blades presumably kept blunt while in circulation and only sharped if to actually be used.
Over time, this might become standardized and centralized into a form that's really just tool-shaped pieces of metal, of little practical use as anything other than a store of bronze or whatever, simply because the idea of these items being used as currency is so deeply ingrained into cultural consciousness by that point.

>>95419698
>In Africa, many forms of value store have been used, including beads, ingots, ivory, various forms of weapons, livestock, the manilla currency, shell money, and ochre and other earth oxides.

>95343311

>>95420241
Manilla currency? Ingots we're used by Spartans, too. Highly impractical. Oversimplified money was so heavy, that it created poverty.
>>95419907
Pretools, eh? Pretty good idea. Some pre product is actually genius. The setting is some form of aryan motherland heavily inspired by Indian and keltic myths, the idea being that both stem from the same source. Whats fitting for this? Arrow heads and sling stones aren't exactly the number one association I have for their main currency.

>>95420503
>auto correct fucking me over for no reason
Were*

>>95420503
You asked. There's a reason why humanity settled on precious metals and paper.

>>95420636
Can be something fantastic. Some guy has blood as currency, which is also health and mana. Interesting concept, but it makes blood the #1 ressources in his setting and everything resolves around it.

>>95420737
It needs to be rare, or else people would buy up all your cows.

>>95419698
Look up Rai stones. Also, is there anything important to remember when creating a currency and/or economy for one's setting?
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_stones

>>95364403
no resources, just how i did it.
learn about real and fictional magic systems and yoink the cool ideas. be as esoteric and idiosyncratic as you want but remember to actually have a plan to represent your ideas through mechanics. for example, i wanted my magic to be uncontested (only caster rolls) when used on inanimate objects, but contested (caster and target roll against each other) when used on something alive. i eventually settled on the soul inside of creatures being inherently stubborn and resistant to change, with more powerful souls getting more dice to resist with. this logically means creatures without souls or very weak ones being susceptible to magic.
basically i started with what i wanted and worked backwards to justify it.
>>95348642
look up videos and books about different mythologies online and listen to them. don't be afraid to be weird. irl religions are full of wacky shit that don't fit their popular image. for example these could be wrong lol Catholics believe in Transubstantiation which means the bread and wine eaten during a Eucharist literally turns into the flesh and blood of Christ when consumed. jesus made a whip and beat the shit out of some people shitting up a church which doesn't fit the common, almost hippy image jesus has now. use of magic to control and command demons was practiced by some Christians and wasn't believed to be a sin for a time.
>>95350605
2024 man get over it

>>95422928
>In one instance, a large rai being transported by canoe and outrigger was accidentally dropped and sank to the sea floor. Although it was never seen again, everyone agreed that the rai must still be there, so it continued to be transacted as any other stone.
Very interesting concept. Some sort of offline blockchain, where the chief holds the public keys.
>something to remember
I don't think so, it's just another fantasy setting. It's unique as it's themed around proto aryans, so I'm looking for something that fits them. Maybe hammer heads or maybe lyric scrolls. I thought of figurines, but they seem impractical. Something ceremonial would certainly do the trick.

>>95423494
>2024 man get over it
Yeah, almost half your life ago.

>>95420636
I thought that paper money only really took off in maybe the last century or two?

>>95427782
In Europe. China had it 1000 years ago and tlhad the same inflation problem that Europe had with scamming gold smiths.

>>95427820
What are some ways to compensate for that then? Also, why do Chinese coins have those square holes?

>>95431461
Compensate for what?
>square holes
Iirc it was spade money back then and the rectangles are merely there to tie the coins up. Poor fellas didn't even have a portemmonaie.

>>95420737
>Some guy has blood as currency, which is also health and mana.
Who’s this now?

>>95432772
>Compensate for what?
Inflation.

>>95441960
kill yourself bumpfag

>look at ocean topography
>raise up land a few hundred meters
>new world created
They came from the Visigoth kingdoms, fleeing from the muslim invaders in the 8th century, to this large archipelago in the Atlantic, where they settled and largely remained isolated for 800 years or so, typically split in 4-7 clans. Only during the age of exploration did they become part of the world at large again, largely interacting with French colonials, and Ottoman slavers. Their practice of Arianist Christianity, which had become heathen and extinct in the rest of the world centuries ago, created a great deal of friction with European powers. Despite this, they managed to become relatively economically wealthy in acting as a trading post and rest stop for various travellers across the Atlantic. To protect themselves from being dominated by foreign interests, they eventually united under a single flag in the mid 18th century, and undertook a strong unified effort to modernize/industrialize after witnessing the weapons and machines which would be used in the Spanish-American war at the end of the 19th.

>>95431461
Strings and a way to ensure the coins were legitimate so nobody could easy manufacture forgeries is my take on it. Sort of a stamp of approval. Japanese Yen also have a few coins like that. They also have a yen good luck charm tradition.

World building is a cheap way to sound smart while putting off writing a story.

>>95443150
Where did you get that?

>>95338975 (OP)
Advanced D&D's Book of Villains is very strong generally and a good baseline for faction design. Its utility is far in excess of its title, highly recommended. You can buy it in PDF form, and it's old, so you can sail for it.

>>95345658
>tfw born in 1995
>is now 30
>busy with actual life, family, responsibilities.
>remember how fun DND with the lads was
>decide to have a bit of fun in spare time with a bit of world-building
>ask about on a few of the websites I remember hanging about on
>gets accused of being a lazy zoomer for not knowing where to begin after 15 years out.

>>95348642
A good thing to do for that is read a lot of greek mythology and religious texts/holy books. there is actually a lot of different takes on what a "God" is, pagan gods are generally an extension of animism, a personification of their domain, Zeus as the sky father, Poseidon as the sea king, Hades as the Earth lord. ext monotheistic gods are usually the all powerful gods and are usually gods from a pagan pantheon elevated to that spot. examples are Yhwh, Aten, Sol invictus. A variant of this is a Henotheistic pantheon, where one supreme deity is elevated but not at the expense of denying other gods exisance

>>95450045
Don't feel too bad, anon. This board is constantly being spammed with what I can only assume are summertime raiders who got off school early. People are extra salty right now.
Screenwriting YouTubers and fantasy writer YouTubers range the gamut from
>actually useful advice
to
>two hours of banality
If you really want worldbuilding ideas, I suggest funny history sources, because while they may not be super accurate, they're fantasy-credible. For more serious examination, maybe something like
>GURPS Space
or a lot of the GURPS manuals, like Alternate Earts have a plausibly credible worldbuilding (not always from a history perspective, but from a jump-in perspective).
Documentaries on archeology work pretty well, too. Mostly you just have to wiki-walk or go to libraries until you find a source that sticks.

>>95431461
>>95432772
>>95441960
>>95443196
These coins were cast rather than struck.
The holes in the middle are so that they could be put on a stick and filed round.

>>95450080
What are some of the YouTube videos/channels that fall into the former category?

>>95451893
I've listened to Jed Herne, though I think he's a bit puffed up about his own competence. Hello Future Me is also worth picking parts out of. Curious Archive I've listened to. I think Brandon McNulty gets to the point faster than most and is generally pretty solid, but he doesn't really elaborate as much as others do.
Frankly, a lot of plot design, character design, etc. is a matter of pure taste. I'm the sort of person who focuses in on bones and fills in the gaps with history and my own understanding of how settings work, so I mostly take cues or bounce the ideas off my own understanding/look at HOW they think and WHAT they consider when designing, rather than their opinions. If you're looking for hard geological ideas or raw evolutionary guidebooks, that's way outside the scope of YouTubers.

>>95451936
>who focuses in on bones
What does that mean?

>>95456856
Bones as in the structures that everything else hangs off of- not the fine details that flesh out a setting, not the things that make them all work like hard mechanics or specific characters, the 'hard points' that need to be filled in in order to form the foundation of a setting.
>What is the overall tone and presentation of the setting- is it wild and free, conspiratorial and secretive, desperate and dangerous?
>What are the metaphysics like (broadly)?
>What resources and technology are present?
>Is there a 'standard culture' with subcultures and factions, many very different cultures, wild differences between areas?
>Are there major conflicts, are there minor conflicts everywhere, or is the setting at relative peace?
>What kind of character archetypes would be at home in this setting?
>Where do the events you want to focus on MOST take place, physically?

>>95451936
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRAWBRMVipk
Thanks, much appreciated! I'll be sure to take that into account with Herne. What about things like guides for creating fantasy races and/or magic systems, do you have any other suggestions there?

>>95457032
So by "bones" you basically mean "scaffolding". Thanks for clearing that up. I'd love to hear more about what you've made, BTW!

>>95463758
>what I've made
Multiple quests (all but one of which I have abandoned) and a supers setting, as well as an outline for a prehistoric novel and at least one cyberpunk novel. Only the quests are worth addressing, but they're out of scope for /tg/.

>>95459506
>What about things like guides for creating fantasy races and/or magic systems, do you have any other suggestions there?
No fucking hope, sadly. Terrible Writing Advice is the next best thing when it comes to YouTubers.

>>95464249
>a supers setting
I'd love to hear about your other stuff and the processes you took, especially the supers setting. As for the quests, did you ever post them to /qst/? Maybe you could give us the links?

>>95467555
Seconding please.

>>95467555
>>95471772

>>95442722

>>95338975 (OP)
What are some good sources for temples and shit like that?

Anybody who needs "resources" to worldbuild is a fucking hylic who can't imagine an apple, doesn't have an internal monologue, and can't say how he would feel if he didn't have breakfast yesterday. Worldbuilding is piss easy. I made pic related in like 2 hours. Then I took another 2 hours to come up with all the stuff in the pastebin, then over the course of the week, in my free time, came up with some minor additions and edits, but that was like 10% compared to the 90% I did on the first pass.

https://pastebin.com/raw/80nbEPrH

The one thing I used ChatGPT for was to turn the prophecy I wrote out into a more poetic and mysterious sounding thing, and honestly, I might redo it myself manually because I don't love it.

>>95481663
>uses machines-that-think
>not a hylic
ngmi sis

>>95481965
>implying the various "AIs" are anything more than glorified text extenders

>>95478539
This thing called "the internet." You have to be a LOT more specific than that. Temples might be the building where laws are passed, where an assembly meets, where taxes are collected, where ritual magic is cast, where the people just kinda hang out, where the poor are fed...

"Temple" is "these buildings are somehow connected to magical beliefs." But the reality is that they never exactly existed like that. They had very specific, government functions. We call it a temple, sure. But to them? It was most-likely a tax assayer's office.

Fun bonus fact? Rome didn't persecute Christians for being Christian (mostly). They persecuted them for refusing to pay taxes. Your taxes, in Rome, included making required sacrifices. Christians refused to sacrifice to Roman gods, meaning that they refused to pay taxes. That's why they got persecuted (initially and some of the time, at least).

>>95481663
>I used ChatGPT
Any advice on using that please? Or AI in general in worldbuilding?

>>95485183
My only advice is "don't rely on it." It's fine to convert something into something else - but you should be doing 95% of the work and then using it to add polish.

>>95485302
NTA, but can you please go into more detail on how you use it?

>>95485452
Did you read the pastebin link? I took this part:

>The Throne of Shadows - ruins of Cavigh Istion, the original kingdom of the Dark Elves

>The Livingtree Throne - burned out husk of the Golden Wood, the original kingdom of the Wood Elves

>The Chrysanthemum Throne - the throne of the Emperor of the Azuchi, currently unoccupied due to the civil war

>The Jaegerthrone - the throne that allows for major and minor alterations to the Lodge

>Throne of the Dawn - the throne of the High Elves.

>The Sacred Salt Throne - The old throne of the Jacun Kingdom which was a self-assembling salt pile with like magic circles. Lost and scattered to the winds/water.

>Hydrokratic Interface - The command throne of the entirety of the dark dwarf water network.

then I pasted it into ChatGPT and said "Make this sound more like a prophecy and make it open to multiple interpretations." Then I got the text all the way at the bottom of the link.

>>95485632
Okay, somehow I forgot to actually check that, my bad, thanks for responding. Any other tips/things to consider when using ChatGPT? And what exactly is the copyright situation with AI-produced content like that, do you know?

Lorebooks - great for worldbuilding

>>95492072
Bruh...

>>95492831
>Lorebooks - great for worldbuilding
Do you use any in particular then?

>>95343107
AI is genuinely great to bounce ideas off even if - or even somtimes because - it gives shit answers. Its like having a hyperobedient if moronic little homunculus serving you like your own personal Igor. I often ask Chatgpt something like 'X has just happened, give me 20 different things that could happen next' and it will go ahead and do that in a second because it has infinite patience. And even if every idea sucks, thinking them through and realising why they suck puts me on the right path.

>>95422928
>anything important to remember
Learning some economics would be handy
A shortcut is to read up on why certain currencies were used, the pros and cons of them, and think about whether they apply to your setting, ie applying some basic fucking critical analysis

>>95419698
>What's a rarely used currency?
Food
The Japs used rice for a time and for good reason. Its most important trait is that it is universally needed and has an untouchable intrinsic value in use, unlike fucking gold: it can be eaten. In times of hardship food is still used. In no less an epic than Kurosawa's Seven Samurai the samurai are paid in rice.

There's a famous finance paper on the use of Red Cross packages as commodity money in a WW2 prison camp. The system collapsed in part when they switched to a credit system, but also because the war started winding up.

>>95497265
Not that gut, but thanks for the tip. Do you have any more for using Chatgpt or something similar that hasn't been mentioned yet please?

>>95500351
Jesus fucking christ man.

>>95443196
>a way to ensure the coins were legitimate so nobody could easy manufacture forgeries
Not sure how it would prevent forgeries.

>>95497538
>unlike fucking gold: it can be eaten
you can eat gold
George Noory and coast to coast advertise it as the food of the gods and the annunaki on planet x and the secret of immortality

>>95338975 (OP)
Got this image from /slop/. Speaking of that, how do you use AI art resources for your projects and/or worldbuilding, and what are the strengths and weaknesses of some of the options? Like how Bing's image generator is free but I hear that you get blocked on some of the most inane keywords.

>>95504530
>>95500351
>>95492072
>>95485183

Please unironically kill yourself.

>get a canister of helium, some rubber tubing, and a bag
>put the tubing into the cylinder and the other end in the bag
>turn it on
>put the bag over your head and hold it closed
>inhale
>the inert gas won't make you think you're suffocating, instead you'll just black out in seconds

You really should do it. Everyone here hates you. Your mom and dad love you, but you're such a disappointment to them because you had all this potential, but instead chose to waste it and be - well, you're not a NEET, but you're close. You're a disappointment to them. Yeah they'll cry for a bit, but in like a year they'll be happy to have moved on from the low-grade stressor in their life. It'll be even faster if you have siblings.

You really should do it.

>>95419698
I vaguely remember a movie where people can buy things with their lifespans?

>>95504040
I've eaten gold leaf myself, smartass
You don't get much if any calories and nutrition from it however, which is the cogent point

>>95508664
In Time

Interesting premise, hot girl, shitty movie. It is actually somewhat true you know: through the medium of salaries and jobs, we do in fact buy our time.

>>95338975 (OP)
Check out A Magical Society-Silk Road in NV.

>>95510450
Thanks! Does anyone have any more books in the series?

>>95338975 (OP)
Apparently something happened with GMbinder, did anyone save any of the PDFs/know where to find them now?

>>95509539
Thanks. Have you seen any works with similar premises?

>>95522365
No idea
I rarely see this concept in movies, and I'm familiar with most Hollywood summer blockbusters of the past 30 years

Which is a shame, if more people understood that we buy everything with our time, perhaps we'd use it more wisely

>>95520323
>GMbinder
Never heard of it.

Anyone who wants great worldbuilding resources should look to the Gygaxian Worlds collection, and that Troll Lord Games is giving digital copies of all seven books away for free: https://trolllord.com/product/gary-gygaxs-gygaxian-fantasy-worlds-original-pdfs/

Grab these ASAP like I did. They were some of the last material Gary Gygax worked on and are a platinum mine of information for anyone wanting to make a classic D&D world or their own medieval European fantasy setting.

>>95531597
super helpful, thank you for pointing this out man

>>95450045

Anon, you should check out the Without Number games from Kevin Crawford. They have useful tools, and they're free!

>>95531960
Agreed, we need more anons like this guy!

>>95531597
>>95531960
>>95536284
The link goes nowhere, do you need to make an account first or something?

>>95338975 (OP)
Hey, given what happened with 4chan over the last couple weeks, and how I only just discovered it was back, what are some alternative places to go for worldbuilding advice and feedback that aren’t just Reddit, in case it happens again?

>>95536308
It worked for me yesterday.

>>95537665
Same here. Guess it was just a time-sensitive thing?

>>95536308
Yeah, not working out for me either. Annoying.

>>95536308
Can someone upload them to the Vola please?

>>95531597
Thanks, can you please upload them to NV?

>>95420373
sex god

>>95531597
Much appreciated!

>>95338975 (OP)
What are some books with under-appreciated races?

Where the fuck do I find a battlemap creator on high scale

Literally every single one of them is just down to person height. I don't want to show a HOUSE, or a STREET, I want to show a CITY. I need a REGION-SCALE Battlemap. I don't even need any fancy items or anything, just the damn terrain.

And preferably one i can get for free

>>95565430
I think you're shit out of luck because these map creators have to generate some revenue for the website that hosts them to stay afloat. And given that the hobby is returning to normalcy numbers (in the ttrpg space) as the trend chasers are leaving for new frontiers to ruin, the chances of a free option are less and less.

>>95343311
And your dad works at Nintendo, where you get to play the new Mario Kart before everyone else, huh? lucky...
>>95345080
There's a glut of resources when it comes to inspiration, a lot of it not even tabletop related: books, movies, comics, and more. A lot of my characters and worlds are based on various media I've absorbed. As far as purpose-built design docs and world-building guides, there are a few websites that operate like wikis for your world. I'd considered utilizing those myself, but that's actual "work" work.

You can always consult with AI and see if it can help you brainstorm ideas and build up background stuff. In that same vein, you can ask it to suggest relevant documents and books that some anons may not think of, and unlike the aforementioned anons, they have infinite patience for queries. If you don't know where to start and need help organizing, AI can probably help you plan projects as well.

>>95441960
The problem that caused inflation under the Song and Yuan was just a bunch of minor economic problems. They tried to curb inflation by backing the paper with more coins, rather than reducing the supply of the paper. They tried to make the papers expire rather than just replacing for natural breakage (notes being lost or destroyed). Etc.

>>95459506
>What about things like guides for creating fantasy races and/or magic systems, do you have any other suggestions there?
On fantasy races: https://2cradle2grave.substack.com/p/race-design-in-ttrpgs is the only one I've seen.

For magic systems, there's probably some Brandon Sanderson lectures, though he does a rather particular type ("hard" magic systems, where there are clear explicit rules); if you want to do magic systems of that type, he's a decent start.

>>95492072
AI-produced material is uncopyrightable but, inshallah, your worldbuilding includes enough original elements.

Basically think of the AI chunks of your work as equivalent to Bible quotes or Sherlock Holmes: you can copyright the parts that aren't the Bible quotes or the concept of Sherlock Holmes.

>>95572705
>On fantasy races: https://2cradle2grave.substack.com/p/race-design-in-ttrpgs is the only one I've seen.
Thanks! Shame that there aren't more, but at least this is a start!

>>95572717
>AI-produced material is uncopyrightable
What if you create something with AI and then alter it on your own?

>>95579145

Then you're at the mercy of whatever judge you get if you sue someone for using your shit. They'll get to determine what percentage was actually your original ideas vs ai shit, and then if they decide it's not enough you lose your copyright and waste the money on the court case.

>>95579145
>What if you create something with AI and then alter it on your own?
What if you take the complete text of A Study In Scarlet and alter it on your own?

Depends on how much, and only the original parts are copyrightable. For example, the creator of Zarya of the Dawn filed for copyright on her AI art comic, and got an edit that said "only the arrangement/text [human part] are copyrightable, the pics aren't."

>>95338975 (OP)
Are there any good resources for making solar system out there?

>>95338975 (OP)
What are some good books and stuff for incorporating demons and angels into your work besides the literal Bible and Ars Goetia?

>>95586921
>What are some good books and stuff for incorporating demons and angels into your work besides the literal Bible and Ars Goetia?
Seconding. Also, check this out.

What do (you) use for climate simulation? Wrote something to generate height maps but the temperatures Azgaar spits out seems too low.

>>95595554
I use this'n:
https://space.geometrian.com/calcs/climate-sim.php

>>95481663
>Worldbuilding is piss easy
>Posts a world that's a glorified rectangle

>>95595554
>>95595979
Nice find. Plugged a venus heightmap and got picrel. I like how you can adjust rotation speed and irradiance, too.

>>95599482
Maybe I'm just stupid, but how does so much taiga and tundra form at the equator? Is high altitude really all it takes?

>>95601834
This picture assumes Earth levels of solar radiation, so the temperature isn't that hot. You can see similar environments in Ecuador and the Andes.

Tome of world building is great, Knave 2e tables as well, Worlds Without Number has good setting design resources.

>>95595554
>Wrote something to generate height maps
Share this please?

>>95608375
https://www.ghostbin.cloud/7943t

>>95609238
Thanks!

>>95609238
We need more anons like you here.

>>95602618
I didn’t see anything indicating that on the image, thanks for stating it.

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/143606/a-list-of-worldbuilding-resources
Here you go!

>>95623030
Thanks! This is a gold mine!

I'm trying to worldbuild up a society of three vastly different-sized races living together in harmony. What should I consider? Here are some of my thoughs, if anyone cares to take a look, and I'd appreciate any word of guidance or pointing out mistakes/considerations I've missed.
For the sake of simplicity let's call them Gnomes (2-3 feet), Guys (6-8 feet) and Giants (36+ feet)

>Gnomes are most numerous, but majority of everything is made for Guys' scale since they are the comfortable middlepoint. There is usually only few Giants per city, or even only one.
>Due to their strength and height Giants help in building structures and shaping the land, sometimes offering general defense against threats which can be dealt with with size alone. They are seldom born, nearly all of them are ancient and considered very wise. They are most often sages, judges, or even Rulers.
>Gnomes, due to their small size, are considered expert craftsmen with keen eyes and fingers for details larger races can't achieve. They are also good at finding small things, like wholesome herbs, signs of disease, and thus are considered good doctors.
>Guys, being the middleground take majority of all other work, from farming to crafts which don't require particular precision. They also form the army force against threats which can't be dealt with by giants
What are other size considerations and possible strengths and weaknesses? I admit that I had to stretch a little bit to come up with even one thing Gnomes would be good for. What could be a useful skill/advantage of little folk?
>TL;DR What small dude could do that's useful for a big dude and vice versa

>>95504846
thanks for the tip, friend! :D

>>95619519
No problem. Actual Venusian levels of solar radiation would render the planet mostly desert (though this is still more inhabitable than actual Venus).

>>95631865
What are your thoughts on building an entire planet and solar system (optional) from scratch, and generating its entire history to current day?

I've been thinking of doing it since it adds some logical consistency to the world, which is something that I desire (not always relevant with certain settings, like Lord of the Rings where the gods just made the world look that way simply because they wanted to). Also, lots of eyes will (hopefully) be seeing my project, as I intend to eventually sell it commercially.

Some resources I've come across and delved into that might be of potential interest for some of you for are:

- Worldbuilding Guide for an Earth-like Planet -
by Madeline James
https://www.madelinejameswrites.com/worldbuilding-guide

Seems to be a good resource, and the least detailed I'd personally would be okay with.

- Worldbuilder's Log -
by Artifexian
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLduA6tsl3gyiX9fFJHi9qqq4RWx-dIcxO

Kind of a good sweet spot. Uses Madeline James's guide as a base, and adds onto it. Notes when he diverges from it. Presented entirely in video form, and has a free Excel spreadsheet/calculator that can crunch a lot of the numbers for you. Also has a lot of older videos on various worldbuilding subjects.

- Worldbuilding Pasta -
by Worldbuilding Pasta

Pic related, and general theme of this post. Is currently working on a systematic replacement for Köppen-Geiger climate modeling - since it only models for Earth climates - to account for climates that could exist on inhabitable, but alien worlds. Downside is that because he's working from the bottom-up in such exhausting scientific detail, he currently does not have as complete of a guide to a world that is more societal facing. For example, Artifexian's guide is currently at the point of determining where iron deposits would be located on a planet. But when Worldbuilding Pasta's done, it will likely be the de facto highly detailed guide for creating new, believable worlds.

>>95635391
Whoops, forgot to link Worldbuilding Pasta:

https://worldbuildingpasta.blogspot.com/

>>95345111
>>95350022
he's a fag that loves dangling things over others' heads
if he was a mentally stable person he'd give directions and he could even still bitch about it while being more helpful

>>95635434
>>95635391
You are a saint sir!

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://stellularscribe.com/2016/02/24/top-10-worldbuilding-resources-for-writers/

>>95492072
you can't even bother to read a few fucking lines you retard, you can't fucking enter the url and figure out how to proompt. If your creativity is on the same level as your basic thinking and reading comprehension then you'll make nothing but a pile of shit and no amount of gpt glaze will make it good. It might make it look shiny but it won't turn a turd to gold.

>>95565430
get an asset pack, use paint.net or gimp

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://www.madelinejameswrites.com/worldbuilding-guide
How's this?

>>95657167
>get an asset pack
Any in particular?

>>95631865
Another map, nice.

>>95665006
I have yoinked this one to use with watabou's dungeon generator, can't say if it would fit for your needs
https://www.forgotten-adventures.net/product/map-making/assets/core-mapmaking-pack/

>>95338975 (OP)
>kobold guide
I saw anons shitting on it here, but we shit on everything here.
Are kobold guides really bad or are they good?

>>95670020
They're a collection of essays by decent worldbuilders (e.g. the one in the OP has Keith Baker in there, along with James Sutter). If you are looking for a step-by-step they're awful, but they can be helpful in building out more detail knowledge.

>>95670104
Thank you anon. I'll give them a look if I can find free PDFs of them.

>>95572705
>>95459506
Note that Sanderson focuses on magic systems from a narrative point of view, that's what, "Sanderson's Three Laws of Magic," are about.

1. An author's ability to solve conflict with magic is proportional how well the reader understands that magic.
2. Limitations are more important than Power.
3. You should extrapolate from a magic system before adding to it.

For #3, it's basically expand what you have before adding more.

Honestly, I think these three laws are golden. You CAN break them and bend them, but only if you know what you're doing. I mean, #1 also includes, "don't have the DMPC solve everything," in it.

>>95679019
Honestly I would argue that those same rules are applicable to worldbuilding in general:
>if an element of the setting will be relevant to the plot, ensure that the audience is informed of this element ahead of time (else you risk it feeling like a deus ex machina or just making shit up as you go along, rather than a natural thing to happen)
>in addition to how people use the things available to them, consider how they make do without the things they lack access to
>where elements differ from the real world (or whatever other reference you use), consider the consequences of this (such as how people might exploit these elements to their benefit, or attempt to work around the elements' hindrances) and in turn the consequences of those consequences

Hey, >>95681501 has a link to a document about railroading, if that counts. Not sure if I should post the link directly or not.

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHSEFMYjbnE

>>95599482
>>95602618
>>95631865
Venus also rotates in such a way that its day is longer than its year, A Venusian day is 243 Earth days and its year is 225 Earth days. That with very little axial tilt means its seasons would be just day and night.

If you wanted to make it habitable maybe there could be something in its L1 Lagrange point to block out some solar energy, Venus' L1 is about a million km towards the sun, so anything you want to put there would have to be wider than the planet itself. Also could build a ring system to help provide shade

>>95679019
>You CAN break them and bend them, but only if you know what you're doing.
I would love to hear more on what you mean here.

>>95682544
Also, don't forget the Zeroth Law:
>Err on the side of AWESOME.

>>95695360
>I would love to hear more on what you mean here.
A common example used for this general principle is Ender's Game. It's a standard rule of writing is "don't start with dialogue," because we have no attribution or context. However, Ender's Game starts with dialogue, but it's okay because it's people we don't care about talking about the protagonist.

For specifically those rules, the reasons are basically:
1. You're not supposed to deus ex machina your protagonist out of trouble because it's unsatisfying.
2. There's more ability for the character to be clever and interesting and have struggles when you're working around a power with limitations, than when you're just roflstomping. (Sanderson's typical example is his own "pushing/pulling" against metals power, which is more limited than being Magneto, but produces interesting interactions like creating "highways" of coins you push against to stay in the air.)
3. Less is more.

>>95635391
Can’t believe this is the only mention of Artifexian ITT. We used to have extremely long arguments about him on this board.

I’m firmly in the camp that you ought to know why geography is the way it is in real life before you do something retarded like putting a forest on the border of a desert.
I also think it just makes things easier once you’ve mastered it. You can look at a map you’ve drawn and understand where the climates youre looking for would be, you’ll naturally get some variation and landmarks and features. It’s just very convenient, almost like letting a simulation generate for you but in your head like the good old days

>>95696086
>before you do something retarded like putting a forest on the border of a desert.
It literally doesn't matter. In WoW the barrens was directly between mulgore grasslands and razorfen swamp/forest

You are the virgin worldbuilder

>the planet only has one biome

>>95338975 (OP)
Does anyone have any good stuff for battles?

>>95699008
acoup.blog covers the minutiae of battle in a fairly readable format, though depends on what tech base you're looking at.

https://acoup.blog/2022/05/27/collections-total-generalship-commanding-pre-modern-armies-part-i-reports/ is a series that looks at what the "bird's eye view" is for a premodern commander (hint: bad).

>>95696762
Know the rules before breaking the rules. If you do retarded shit because you don’t know better I will judge you

>>95699353
It is good to know the rules that you are breaking, this is true. It is a good principle. However, what you clearly don't understand is that there is a more primal rule that precedes that principle. You will never make good worldbuilding for something you don't care about. You can make passable worldbuilding, sufficient to fill the space, but never anything that's worth mentioning for longer than 10 seconds in any given format. Since it's so mediocre it might even be a waste of time. So why bother? If you don't care enough about that thing, your players are certainly not going to care since you set the tone, quality and engagement.

You are never going to convince someone who actually cares about that thing to care about your rudimentary knowledge. If it's the bare basics they will just glance over it as common sense. Simultaneously, if you don't mention it at all, that person will also just glance over it and even fill in the blanks with something more interesting than what you could imagine... because you don't really have an interest in that thing.

Thus you should always highlight that which you care about and for that you already know the rules and already know how to break them. The real rule is consistency within the internal logic of the world, not knowing the rules.

>>95338975 (OP)
Is there anything that you would recommend for weapons and their use? Swords, spears, bows and arrows, etc.?

>>95699060
Much appreciated, thanks!

bump

>>95697037
>the planet only has one biome
I know exactly how you feel. I mean, if it's something like an icy planet that's too far away from its star to get enough heat that's one thing, but a world that's all forest or something? Not so much.

Bump

>>95696762
>In WoW the barrens was directly between mulgore grasslands and razorfen swamp/forest
Is that still the case?

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://rpgbot.net/general-tabletop/worldbuilding/races/
Does anyone else have any noteworthy race-creation resources?

>>95565430
https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator
If you're willing to put some effort, you can use Photoshop to isolate the blocks of buildings and make them prettier or even mix and match from different generated cities for truly xbox hueg cities.

>>95733537
>If you're willing to put some effort, you can use Photoshop to isolate the blocks of buildings and make them prettier
But how do you even do that? And can you do it in GIMP or Paint.net?

>>95733572
pic rel:
in the generator what I do is to change the color scheme so that the roofs are a solid color that can easily be keyed. I can only speak about Photoshop but the tool is called there is Color Range, quick google search says there's a "select by color" option. From there I apply different effects to this selection. You can even go deep enough and cut up and select slices of the districts to have more control of the shape of the district. Keep in mind you can also do this in the watabou website but I've never gotten the hang of manipulating the shape of the city inside the tool.

>>95733739
*quick google search says there's a "select by color" option for GIMP
forgot to specify

>>95733537
>>95733739
I wonder if one could make something like this but with different building shapes (as in, for example, more circular/organic lookign) rather than just boxes.

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://www.madelinejameswrites.com/worldbuilding-guide

>>95338975 (OP)
No. Absolutely not.
In the short term, using these resources seems like a good diea, but in the long-term you may as well be using Chat GPT or some shit to do the same job, because they both feed into the same consequences.
When you rely on generic, plagiarist, self-referential tools to define your fantasy, you are feeding into a circular ouroboros.
Your world will be a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy.
Following the rules will make the world easier, not better. And you ARE going to wind up with a 5e D&D sloppaverse.
It's vastly better to just do your own thing without buying all these guides from third party grifters with shit advice. Again, I don't think Chat GPT is going to give you a good world, but if you're just going to follow some shitty advice that leads to the same outcome anyway, just save yourself the fucking time.

>>95338975 (OP)
Does anyone have any stuff for economics? I thought that I had a PDF, but I can’t find it.

>>95743155
What period? Know the Annales school is good for medieval years.

>>95743244
I'm pretty that the document was more about general economic principals in worldbuilding (been a couple years), but thanks for trying to help regardless.

>>95743155
What about this?

>>95338975 (OP)
Yeah, it's called havimg an imagination, retard.

>>95733537
My own solution is nabbing a city from watabou and then tracing it in Canvas of Kings, where I can edit and customize further to my taste.
Full version got dropped on cs.rin the other day.

>>95595979
The Earth map simulation looks pretty bad. Am I supposed to change something?

>>95756618
Unfortunately there's a giant stream of warm water that hits the Panamanian isthmus and then curves around to heat up Europe, which fucks up the temp calcs. Don't have much in the way of cheap tricks to simulate that sort of thing, just use it as a rough guideline/hope your players don't notice/care (they don't).

>>95338975 (OP)
Does anyone have any good documents on fantasy languages that they're willing to share? I saw someone mention a succubus language text file a while back, but they never posted it. What about language stuff in general?
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=_tCYUYnfQmo&t=0s

>>95758836
Much appreciated!

Creating a kingdom by following Medieval-Demographics Made Easy. Are those numbers realistic?

>>95582871
Traveler and Stars Without Number will get you pretty much everything you'd need.

>https://theoldbard.com/resources/world-building/

>>95628775
Can you make them more attuned to nature or something?
Honestly, the focus on precision and having these massive structures or machines that can run with extreme complexity thanks to gnomish ability might work.

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://www.europans.com/wiki/worldbuilding-resources/

>https://www.novel-software.com/worldbuilding-questionnaire/

>>95784895
>>95785583
>>95785869
>>95786188
>>95786476
kill yourself bumpfag

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1J8nul74BM
How does this rate?

>>95791509
I’ll take a look, thanks.

>>95797862
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irgbg5H7Fdo
Here, have another.

>>95531597
Can someone upload these pdfs somewhere? These look extremely useful but sadly they're not available anymore

>>95806051
The list is here, pretty sure: https://trolllord.com/the-gygaxian-fantasy-worlds/

You can probably find them by googling their titles + pdf.

>>95806844
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBE1pj7BJ3c
NTA, but thanks.

>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=91FldxlD4-w&pp=ygUGI2RtZG5z

>https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/worldbuilding-and-plot-resources/79317

>>95819944
>>95814337
Thanks, please post more!

>>95819944
>that face
>if only you knew how bad things really are
In all seriousness that video is a good one.

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWWydpPYCt8

>>95338975 (OP)
Does anyone have any good resources for using the Tarot in your campaigns and/or Worldbuilding please?

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uu3tIw03qk

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZcSL46Giwc

>>95835506
This is way too much autism for me, the only people I can see caring about this are map makers or geologists, also, the "forest next to a desert is unrealistic" is silly considering that it actually happens in New Zealand.

>>95855655
>"forest next to a desert is unrealistic" is silly considering that it actually happens in New Zealand.
Really?

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSkrkXlundM

>>95860959
>Really?
Yeah

>>95843395
This guy is impossible to listen too

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zemRYitIz_k

>>95338975 (OP)
I generally go with my favorite political ideology, fetish and then insert some magic in it.

>>95869224
Okay then. Do you have any examples of this process in action?

>kyyy0

>https://www.klgraywill.com/worldbuilding

>>95338975 (OP)
>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dG6Jw3XmEw

>>95881024
Thank you!

>>95885404
No problem!
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17NU-io9dmA

Hot Take:
I actually think Dungeon World's idea approach to world building is better, I don't see the point in defining everything before place because you can ten quickly write yourself into a corner or write yourself into a mundane "slice of life" episode.

>>95889574
>before place because you can ten
before play because you can then*

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qsaUwZI2BQ

>https://nofilmschool.com/world-building-template

>>95900799
This is new, thanks!

>>95571756
The Japanese backed their currency with rice. 1 ryo = 1 year's supply of rice IIRC. This of course came with it's own problems as it meant their currency was completely dependent on the year's rice harvest so the value of their coinage fluctuated wildly year to year.

Did the Chinese do something similar?

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://stepbystepworldbuilding.com/

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://www.redraggedfiend.com/worldbuilders-distribution-resources-world-map/

A little visual guide on how elevation, rain shadows and distance inland affects the environment.

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://rpgbot.net/

>>95900799
Hey that's pretty good. Thanks anon!

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://www.tiktok.com/discover/how-to-use-obsidian-for-dnd-session-notes

>>95923764
You're welcome!

>>95916727
Thanks! Do you have anything else like this?

Sorry for getting off topic, but I have to ask a question. Can I post threads in Spanish on /tg/??
I know there are International and International/Random boards, but I doubt there are anyone interested there. In fact, I did some research, and the only thread I found in Spanish is 10 years old.

>>95932636
No the global rule for all channels is that it needs to be in English, go back to your 3rd world boards or use google search to find Hispachan, you stupid fucking spic.

>>95933101
It honestly blows me away how entitled Spanish speakers are to English speaking spaces. They are literally just parasites leaching off the fact that no one wants to speak their awful language.

>>95931201
Also made this summary of where different climates go, including prevailing winds and latitudes.

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://kanka.io/
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUAMJf22XeM

>>95338975 (OP)
Why is nobody bringing up Mark Rosenfelder (zompist.com), and why is it because all of you are faggots?

>>95887663
Guy's giving advice about how to build a believable map but can't count and label his sections in any sort of consistent way, lmfao.
No hate towards him, but I just found that crazy ironic that someone this focued on details completely fucks up the timestamp chapters name. Immersion ruined.

>>95338975 (OP)
Look at stuff by this author.

>>95338975 (OP)
Not sure if this is the right thread to ask, since I'm coming more from a player perspective.

Any good references out there to get in the mentality of a particular era? Like quick references for the general attitudes or social climates surrounding a decade. Stuff to help get in character for the 1800s, 1950s, or even reminders for the 2000s.

quick bump

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RdEXLzOo7k
Anyone else god any good videos or other resources on worldbuilding gods and/or religions?

>https://kindlepreneur.com/worldbuilding-template/

>>95961030
Why do these things always waste time on stupid bullshit like "what are the planets"? Who cares? Is this a science fantasy game where the Soviet Union and the USA are in a space race to conquer/settle Barsoom and Gor?

>>95961055
What would you put instead then?

>>95965332
- Tone/theme/genre type questions (is magic around, how common is it, what sorts of things does it do; is technology Earthlike/what time period does it correspond to; is there wacky nonsense like aliens or elves, and what sorts)
- Geopolitical questions (are there large complex civilizations or diffuse self-sufficient groups; is the local situation hegemony, bipolar, or multipolar)

From there you can start narrowing down, but I think that's broadly where you should start.

>https://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/6553166.html

>>95954845
Religions are very easy, take something that interests or fascinates you, make it a little mysterious, and think of the cultural implications it has on the people. you're done.

>>95338975 (OP)

All I use is just music I like, tabletops amd other medias I like the settings of and my self-trained schizoid brain, I just induct myself a state of daydreaming while blasting some music in my head and write down my ideas, then reworls them properly.

I have 7 worldbuilds, and 3 extras that are just re-editions of Warhammer or Fallout

Anyone has worldbuilding questionnaries? I can brainstorm more when I'm thinking about questions since it can direct my brain to more direct concepts and their relations.
I'm wondering if there's any comprehensive worldbuilding questionnarie out there, or a list of good quesitons.

>https://www.scribophile.com/academy/what-is-worldbuilding

>>95973567
Here you go.
>https://www.novel-software.com/worldbuilding-questionnaire/

>>95932636
if you try to start a thread in a language other than english, you will be warned to post only in english by the mods - it's happened to me.
If you wanna post in other languages, go to /int/ for discussion of other countries or /bant/ for offtopic/random discussion in another language.

It's not in the global rules, I assume it's for rules enforcement. You can't tell if a post is offtopic if it's all
>hon hon le baugette sont dans mon aeroglisseur, je suis un fromage
That might be french for "I rolled a 20 and my GM clapped" for all I know

>https://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/6553166.html

>>95973567
What do you think of these?
>https://jamifairleigh.com/2022/10/21/50-worldbuilding-questions/?srsltid=AfmBOorulv8TCvqq46NI0Ky0LhfxwITZhjmBh46kUU-ugRH11h8H0uMh
>https://darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/wb-tech-magic?srsltid=AfmBOor7eEURwdfDn6Ngyl5xPXvQire9TxAOEHWfPZrSga19TaLDwNu2
>https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7968/how-do-i-ask-good-world-building-questions
>https://www.imagineforest.com/blog/world-building-questions/
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGenspGR4co
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4gIfNTlv98
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op8qycOR3Zk

>>95338975 (OP)
>https://fluffaboutfantasy.com/2019/06/19/worldbuilding-questions-post-15-daily-life/
>https://www.firstdraftpro.com/blog/the-ultimate-list-of-worldbuilding-questions
>https://booksbysr.com/2020/08/15/world-building-questionnaire/

>>95973567
>https://marisamohi.com/worldbuilding-questions/
>https://sequelfirewrites.wordpress.com/2018/01/19/100-worldbuilding-questions-you-never-thought-to-ask/
>https://www.tckpublishing.com/worldbuilding-questions/

>>95981585
>>95989542
>>95996311
>>96003340
Is this a bot?

>>95873926
Not him but been working on something stupid for shits and giggles. What got me motivated to get into gear was developing a character concept I got from a dream.

The character, a young tomboyish street urchin who’s incredibly insecure and compensates for it by acting tough. Basically a tsundere without a clear object of affection. She’s also south east asian or whatever I’m gonna call them when I get around to it. That’s the fetish, I guess.
It’s a cyberpunk world except machine gun arms aren’t there yet, just mostly corporatism and inequality. Her specific neck of the woods is impoverished which developed a meritocratic society as they didn’t have time for gender roles, whoever can get shit done gets it done. That’s basically the political ideology.
Finally, our intrepid brown skinned flat chested girl tries to rob a U-Store It with her friends and is sent to juvie where she’s popular with the guards since who doesn’t want to see wannabe tough girl break down and cry? Here she meets a girl from across the river from a wealthy corporate background doing a stint for joy riding and crashing a Porsche. But that’s a lie! She’s actually a magical girl and it was the monster of the week who wrecked that Porsche. She untransformed and took the heat rather than reveal the truth. So magical girl, being the kind and compassionate girl she is, sees the brooding Filipino girl who is well reclusive and always getting picked on by the guards decides to be nice to her and yada yada, opens up, they be friends. That’s the magic.

As for the setting itself, it’s Earth but with all the names changed and Cthulhu Mythos is the one true religion with all the other ones being wrong or interpretations of the periodic eldritch nonsense that happens. Secret cults among the corporate executives leads to their daughters accidentally becoming magical girls.
I basically took my scattered notes and shoved them all in the same place just to see if I can.

>>96003568
Some of that is me, and I was just trying to add some more options since the other anon didn't seem to have seen the suggestions. Here, have another one.
>https://writinglikeaboss.com/fantasy-world-building-questions

>>96008898
And you can only do that once every 24 hours or what?

>>95338975 (OP)
What are some good resources for the more Sci-Fi side of things, making planets and star systems, aliens, etc.?

>>96009022
This thread is kept alive by a single super autist. He only replies in 12-24 hour gaps so he can drag it out for as long as possible.

>>96009880
>https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/comments/v96v7u/the_ultimate_science_fiction_resource_guide/
>https://www.dabblewriter.com/articles/sci-fi-worldbuilding
>https://writingpeers.com/sci-fi-world-building/

>>96014035
Thanks, do you have any more please?

>>96017923
Here you go:
>https://shawncbutler.com/2022/03/18/10-rules-for-science-fiction-world-building/
>https://www.dabblewriter.com/articles/sci-fi-worldbuilding
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foDFkRoZWJ4
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2l1VD5ffPc
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrUvtdg-Mk0
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcqMic-f3oQ
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=170hk6KnaPQ
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foDFkRoZWJ4

>>96017923
You might want to check out Stars Without Number. There's a free version, but the PDF is too large to post here.

>>96029144
Don’t forget the new Cities Without Number for less cosmic science fiction.

>>96033086
If you mean cyberpunk, I can see that. Here, have a few relevant links.
>https://www.otheratlas.com/cyberpunk/
>https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-tips-for-creating-a-cyberpunk-world
>https://writingtipsoasis.com/cyberpunk-world-building-ideas/

>>96033086
>>96029144
For more fantasy-oriented content Worlds Without Number works, if you were looking. I wonder what the creator will make next? Maybe a superheroes themed one?

>>96039210
>https://mephitjamesblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/31/creating-superhero-settings/
>https://forum.rpg.net/threads/advice-on-superhero-world-building.840032/
>https://www.stevensavage.com/blog/2020/12/why-i-wrote-it-superheroes-and-worldbuilding.html

>>96029144
PDF posting is kill, isn't it?

>https://www.rpnation.com/threads/brainstorming-a-post-apocalyptic-cyberpunk-world.538220/
>https://rpgxnihilo.com/bright-lights-and-lowlifes-building-a-cyberpunk-world/
>https://crrowenson.com/resources-tools/worldbuilding-resources/?doing_wp_cron=1752121575.2591710090637207031250

so is there a collage of these resources that have been made yet

>>96050322
It's "temporarily" disabled and at the current rate it's probably never coming back.

>>96052473
>It's "temporarily" disabled and at the current rate it's probably never coming back.
Why haven't they reinstated it yet?

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnviAcn6nB4
>https://www.scribd.com/document/874478459/Sandbox-Generator-Biomes-Expansion
>https://www.mdpresley.com/news/bottom-up-worldbuilding-worksheet

>>96055362
Shut the fuck up and let this thread die already.

There is air in my world, and people can breathe it. That's all.

>https://www.campfirewriting.com/worldbuilding-tools
>https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/comments/192nkln/what_tools_do_you_use_for_world_building/
>https://zainahyousef.com/the-top-best-worldbuilding-tools/
>https://blog.arcweave.com/top-10-tools-for-worldbuilding?hs_amp=true
>https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/wiki/organizational_tools/
>https://guyanthonydemarco.com/world-building-tools-for-authors-and-game-masters/
>https://forums.tapas.io/t/world-building-tools-and-resources-list/84254

>>96056364
absolute madman

>>96056364
Unrealistic, wtf is even air?

>113 days 18 hours
impressive autism-fu bumpfag sama.

>https://kanka.io/
>https://infinityhorizon.wiki/10-recommended-worldbuilding-tools/