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Jaroslav Panuška (Czechoslovakian, 1872-1958, b. Hořovice Austria-Hungary, d. Kochánov, Czech Republic) - Struktura Hvědá III, 1905, Lithograph

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mermaid megafauna

patreon . bsky

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comms for @/topicaljoker on twitter

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worldbuilding!

this is my map so far!

stonechapel is less of a neighbourhood and more of a compound. it’s the oldest part of the city, made of huge hewn stone slabs instead of the concrete that’s become typical. it has the highest point on the skyline and goes deep into the earth, some say past the deepest point of the fissures. it holds the records of the city as well as the remnants of the once-prominent religion. the city’s changed a lot since stonechapel was built, but it remains open to the public.

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paladin oaths :)!

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i am once again worldbuilding.

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I loveee fantasy settings doing magical exhaustion:

burnt out pyromancers emitting steam and smoke

tired cryomancers shivering with visible foggy breath

weary necromancers looking ill and hearing voices

frazzled healers receiving the same cuts, bruises, and injuries of their patients

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WIZARD PSA: Do not broadcast arcane secrets into the aether, they have invented a storm of gibbering mouths that endlessly scours the void which will consume and regurgitate them at random.

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When I was in my teens, I used to make an entire magic system with 360+ unique spells, ordered in magic schools and categories, and it boggles my mind that I basically reinvented DnD mechanics, even down to metamagic.

I wanted to make a wiki about it but I don't have time for it.

The point was to try to encompass every "superpower" I could think of into a magic system.

I even got lore related to it all, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna simply reuse it all for OC worldbuilding. Ngl the fun part was naming all the spells, symbols and coming up with the logic of it all.

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Man, sex would be so much cooler if it came with the chance to drop an Uncommon Item

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Small fantasy worldbuilding elements you might want to think about:

A currency that isn’t gold-standard/having gold be as valuable as tin

A currency that runs entirely on a perishable resource, like cocoa beans

A clock that isn’t 24-hours

More or less than four seasons/seasons other than the ones we know

Fantastical weather patterns like irregular cloud formations, iridescent rain

Multiple moons/no moon

Planetary rings

A northern lights effect, but near the equator

Roads that aren’t brown or grey/black, like San Juan’s blue bricks

Jewelry beyond precious gems and metals

Marriage signifiers other than wedding bands

The husband taking the wife's name / newlyweds inventing a new surname upon marriage

No concept of virginity or bastardry

More than 2 genders/no concept of gender

Monotheism, but not creationism

Gods that don’t look like people

Domesticated pets that aren’t re-skinned dogs and cats

Some normalized supernatural element that has nothing to do with the plot

Magical communication that isn’t Fantasy Zoom

“Books” that aren’t bound or scrolls

A nonverbal means of communicating, like sign language

A race of people who are obligate carnivores/ vegetarians/ vegans/ pescatarians (not religious, biological imperative)

I’ve done about half of these myself in one WIP or another and a little detail here or there goes a long way in reminding the audience that this isn’t Kansas anymore.

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My Pathfinder snakegirl thaumaturge Tarasca

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Less magic schools. More magic universities. Unlearn the simplified models of your secondary education. Discover how to reference scrolls written by a wizard possessed by a different wizard. Identify bias in the voices that whisper from beyond the veil. Have your institution be accused of promoting a Merlinist agenda. Become addicted to energy potions.

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Ive seen people be like in modern fantasy like "oh the pritagonists can just look up spells on their phone how do you solve that"

Imma be honest most people who go on recipe websites and book every recipe they see don't even use them lmao why would with be different

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Tehee, concept stuff

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fun fictional fruit that can heal or hurt you