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Coldforged: A Brief History of Tysis Part 1: The First Ages
This week for my Coldforged article, I start a series on the History of Tysis, starting with a quick, general overview of the past ages!
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Creating Character: Neermoth, Druid of Wrath
Today we look at a Druid of the "Circle of Wrath" as I call it, a spell slinging Nature Wizard
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From the Ground Up – Ancient Empires
I talked about History, recently, and how it forms the game around itself, creating a realistic world and forming into a greater whole. This time, I want to look at a bit more…
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From the Ground up – Creating a History
We’ve made our way, creating a brand new world, through Geography, flora, fauna, Magical traits, and basic knowledge of civilization both traditional and non-traditional. Each of these steps has been to build…
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From the Ground Up – National Boundries
While I’ve spent the last few weeks talking about the types and styles of civilizations, from City States to Feudal Nations, and the populations that live in them, this week will bring a…
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From The Ground Up – Demography and Populations
The last few articles have revolved around how traditional civilizations exist. I do want to hit on a-typical civilization, like tribalism, nomadism, and other types of pre-modern societies pop up, but I…
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From the Ground Up – City States
Last week, I talked about the strange anachronisms that we as players and writers bring to our worlds regarding nations, and what nations are conceived to be. Today I want to take a…
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From the Ground Up – Points of Light
One of the greatest realizations about running a game came to me while reading my least favorite game to adjucate, D&D 4e. While the game had many flaws, its basic setting being…
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From the Ground Up – Civilization and Barbarism
By now, having passed through the basic bedrock of a world. We’ve talked about the geological and physical aspects, how flora and fauna should be considered, and now we’ve even talked about how…
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From the Ground Up – Schools and Concepts of Magic
(PS: I would love to have an orange/black version of the above image, or one like it, I just can’t seem to do the right editing to it. Help anyone?) The Last three…