#setting lore

[amanita-the-spore-druid]

Okay I love humans are weird posts but also like;

When I world build my old sci-fi setting, there's a handful of species in it that basically act 'human' and get along with humans really well as the weird space works if the galaxy.

And the thing is, most of them always had stuff like regenerative limbs and claws, amphibious breathing and the ability to adapt to salinity in the water like altitude, and so they just look at humans who's list of skills was basically 'stubborn, inventive, social, and pyromaniac' and managed to become the planet's global, space fairing (kinda) race while still being actively hunted for most of it.

[spann-stann]

Setting Blurbette:

Ideas for the flag of the United Markets, might make the yellow more gold.

"Symbol" of the Green Consensus (they're too busy saving the environment to make their own flags and insignia, so the B3 assigned one for them).

[annie-aquatic]

Talk about your 🔥 Fears / worries !

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Fears and worries - Ough. I have several friends I haven't been able to see or talk to for... Varying amounts of time. A couple years for some. I don't know what happened to all of them....

There was one person that I really looked up to. I really hope they're all alright.

[honourablejester]

Watching Pathfinder setting lore videos again (this time on Absalom), and I’m realising that the instant someone says that a particular area of the world has a goblin population in it, I’m immediately thinking ooh! I’mma make a goblin!

There is a section of the city of Absalom called the Puddles, which is a district of the city that was dropped below the high tide line by an earthquake a few years back, meaning the entire district is pretty much permanently swamped and semi-flooded, and naturally has become the poorest district in the city. Buildings are sinking and subsiding, most people live in a warren of ‘streets’ and walkways made across the rooftops, the area is overrun by criminals, and it’s just generally become a damp hellhole. And, naturally, there are goblins there. Apparently the largest population of goblins in Absalom. And I immediately want to make one.

Rogue is probably a cheap answer for class in a city district that’s basically a criminal hellhole, but given the climbing and theft emphasis just surviving in the Puddles implies, I’m pretty comfortable with it. Skills to level I think would be Thievery, Stealth, Acrobatics, Survival and Society. And for the goblin lineage, I really, really, really want Irongut. Because the Puddles is a drowned hellhole where everything is half-rotting, so a goblin who can eat anything and who gets bonuses against getting sick feels like a must. I just want to make a tough little ankle-biter (possibly literally if I take the Fang Sharpener feat) who can make a good go of this place where other people might struggle. I can eat garbage and half-rotten fish, and I’ll be fine. And if I have less tough friends, that means they can save the half-decent stuff for themselves, which might help out some.

I just like goblins, I think? Goblin rogues. They’re just tough, stubborn little guys and I like ‘em.

[cepheusgalaxy]

Fun facts about the Ein world:

Magic in this world usually tastes sour

I inspired Onemia's landscapes from Malta, random cities in Italy, some North African and Subsaharan African buildings, Paranaense architecture and some landscapes from Salvador, Brazil. I have yet to share the board but it looks pretty cool

The "magical world" and all its countries tipically call themselves "The Web", because they are all connected, around the world. The different Estates are called Nations instead of Countries bc I thought it'd sound cool. Some northern Nations however, like to refer to themselves + all Nations as "the Courts", which is not a term very popular in the South because their culture doesn't really reflect that name but the North doesn't care much

There was a War at some point. Idk what happened

[gardenia-nettle-first-floret]

Have a bunch of nonsense about the Dragonborn of my D&D/Pathfinder setting.

[renewashere]

"grunkle stan. what"

[urobianlore]

Art by Drakontarachne on DA,

The Lumbrax, Phintoatl, Leviathan, Salonix, and Behemoth of Urobia.

[chloesimaginationthings]

Was dissecting the SOTM trailer and apparently your monty is a mm member comic is now canon

ANOTHER WIN FOR MONTY ENJOYERS!!!

(Original comic)

[baba-is-blog]

Baba like dragons?

DRAGON IS FAVORITE

[cherryfennec]

Summer Times

Hi! I'm finally back from my two week abroad trip!

[popicoooo]

KotS | Galatra | Fun facts 1

In Galatra, it is traditional for people to only have first names, and instead use family crests on official documents, letters, etc.

Family crests change to add in married couples- usually a flower, star, or another smaller detail as families get more complex.

It is traditional for everyone in the family to add said details to their crest, but it is a forgiven offense from older family members to “forget” them when signing.

The bigger family will usually envelop the smaller family into their crest, but this can change depending on economic status.

Wealthymen, a sub-class of the high economic class originating in the western region of Galatra, have started adapting the foreign tradition of last names to be more appealing to traders. Some families use crests and last names depending on which market they are dealing in, but most just use last names as a statement to their “strive for progress.”

The invention of stamps was controversial for a time as the drawing of family crests, specifically the quality of drawling, was one way for noblemen (pre-industrial era royalty, aka courtsmen) to distinguish themselves from lower class families. To continue to painstakingly draw one’s family crest is seen as a virtue to their character and honorable to their family, but also old-fashioned and silly.

[spann-stann]

Setting Blurb: The Congressional Armed Freedom Fighters (CAFF)

CAFF terminology:

 “Clonscript” – Portmanteau of clone and conscript, referring to the cloned portion of the World Congress of Freedom’s military, known as the Congressional Armed Freedom Fighters (CAFF). WCOF citizens consider “Clonscript” derogatory; they prefer Combat Bioautomata. The Clonscripts were created following the end of the Human-Crystalline War, and the depletion of the WCOF’s non-Party population. Prior to the war, service in the CAFF was a requirement for entry into the WCOF Party. With the war’s end, virtually all of the population able to had already enlisted and earned their party membership. Attempts to recruit Party Members (veterans and fresh recruits) were moot due to the war leaving a bad taste in the populace’s mouth. Efforts into the creation of humans via artificial wombs gave the WCOF the means of rebuilding their military quickly. Every citizen is required to contribute genetic material (unless they volunteer to serve in the CAFF themselves), and there are rumors that the CAFF steals genetic material from promising enemy combatants killed in action. Clones are essentially homunculi, biologically “humanlike” with tweaks to their genome to allow their categorization as distinct from baseline humanity. All clonscripts are sterile, with aging accelerated (they grow up faster but live shorter). Clonscripts are placed into three categories depending on their age and experience:

Hastati – Clonscripts that decant successfully and survive their initial training are inducted into the Hastati. This third of the CAFF’s clone formations are given the most basic weapons and body armor. In combat, Hastati are sent in human waves to overwhelm the enemy (or expend their ammunition).

Principes – Hastati that survive multiple campaigns (physically and psychologically) are promoted to the ranks of the Principes. Principes are sent into combat after the initial wave of Hastati has either made an exploitable break in enemy lines, or to make one should the Hastati fail. Clonscripts that reach this position have access to higher quality equipment, and light combat vehicles.

Triarii – The senior-most (survived the most campaigns) of the CAFF’s clonscript forces are elevated to the Triarii. While Hastati and Principes operate in their own formations, Triarii are the equivalent of senior NCOs, assisting Party Volunteers in commanding their less experienced brethren. Triarii can also be seen in Party Volunteer vehicle crews and infantry formations (usually in specialist and advisory roles). To ensure their experience in the field is put to use beyond their modified life expectancies, Clonscript triarii are cybernetically and biologically modified.

Party Volunteers – Supplementing the Clonscripts are baseline human volunteers, either citizens already a WCOF Party Member, or applicants looking to increase their social standing. Members of the latter are rare after the Human-Crystalline War (hence the name Party Volunteers). In any combat zone, Volunteers are only deployed in the Clonscript wave attacks are successful. Volunteers may either serve as officers commanding Clonscript formations or serve in their own. Volunteer formations are classified as follows:

Equites – Party Volunteers, unlike the Clonscripts, have access to the CAFF’s complete arsenal of ground combat vehicles. CAFF vehicles are highly modular, allowing the WCOF’s small defense industries to produce “jack of all trades, master of none” combat platforms that can perform multiple roles on the battlefield (if the required loadout is available). Volunteers can also serve as aeroequites and pilot CAFF aerospace craft.

Velites - While the Clonscripts serve as literal cannon fodder, the Volunteer Velites are the CAFF’s elite infantry. Velites are deployed the moment Clonscripts punch a hole in enemy lines. It is only in rare occasions that Velites are deployed alone and without the support of Clonscript manpower (Imperial and UM soldiers joke that they only deploy alone when they know they’re already going to win). Much like their Equites comrades, Velites are trained to utilize modular equipment to alter their role on a changing battlefield.

Both Clonscripts and Volunteers used the following unit organizations:

Legionary Theaters – Legionary Theaters aren’t military units but are instead administrative divisions that subordinate units operate in. Legionary Theaters are made up of 12 Legios, and there are 1-3 Theaters on each planet with WCOF territory. Each Legionary Theater is commanded by a Revolutionary Prefect.

Legio – From the Latin “legion”, Legios are the largest military unit within the CAFF. Legios are made up of 3 Demi-Legios and are commanded by Senior Legate.

Demi-Legio – Inspired by CorpEmp Maneuver Forces, Demi-Legios are formations designed to operate independently from its parent Legio. Demi-Legios are made up of 8 Cohae and 2 Alae and are commanded by a Junior Legate.

Coha – Cohae are infantry formations in the CAFF and are made up of 8 Manii. 5 Manii in a Coha are made up of Clonscripts, and the final 3 are made up of Velites. Cohae are commanded by a Prime Centurio.

Ala – Alae are Equites (combat vehicle) formations subordinate to a Demi-Legio. Alae are made up 4 Equestrian Manii.

Mani – Manii are made up of 8 Contae regardless of their combat branch. Manii are commanded by a Senior Centurio.

Conta – Contae are the smallest unit in the CAFF and in the Velites are made up of 8 soldiers. Clonscript Contae are made up of 80 soldiers. Velites Contae are commanded by a Veles-Decan and Clonscript Contae are commanded by either a Junior Centurio or the senior-most of the Triarii. In Equites formations Contae refer to the crew and support personnel for an individual vehicle, and are commanded by an Eques-Decan.

[halichor]

"Who will heed your pleas to escape this nightmare, when your goddess lies in deep slumber, still lost in her dream?"

[natp20]

i don't know what it is about the fantasy high setting that drives me completely insane. the mall has an ice cream parlour owned by a djinn and a strudel place with direct supply from the strudel dimension. your gnome parents modified the lawnmower to have fun with their new "friends." death means nothing if you've got your spells prepared. generational curses that make your life miserable recognize that you're not the stepdad, you're the dad that stepped up. we wanted something else from our god, so we made her into something else. your wizard principal is on a time travel roadtrip with his half-phoenix daughter and spent an obscene amount of money on a jet ski. there's a strudel dimension.

[zooliminology]

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Oh.... so you're the little shit that's been stealing my thumbdrives