Category Archives: World-Building

Land-Type Interrupt

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Confanity

So, I had decided to do another example Forge, this time using the Land generator. I fiddled around a bit, and got a set of terms I felt I could work with. Then I had to restart the browser to … Continue reading →

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Forging Ahead

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Confanity

If you’re looking for random fantasy terms, whatever your purpose, there’s worse you could do than “The Forge.” There are four “generators”: one for creatures, one for locations, one for magical-sounding stuff, and one that’s sort of all-purpose. Choose one, … Continue reading →

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Setting Idea – Animism / Spontaneous Generation

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Confanity

There was a time when human knowledge of biology was underpinned (and dragged down) by the theory of “Spontaneous Generation” – the idea that living organisms need not necessarily be born, but may spring wholly formed from some appropriate substrate, … Continue reading →

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Megadungeon Idea: Vertical Highway/Abyss

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Confanity

Preamble A common setting for D&D adventures is the dungeon: an enclosed, usually underground space, divided into rooms and hallways and so on, filled with monsters (some sentient and some not; not all of them necessarily hostile), traps, and treasure, … Continue reading →

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Meters, Made

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Confanity

This is another post on what seems to be turning into a series of re-imaginings of D&D-style RPG play. In fact, I’ve gone to Obsidian Portal and started creating a wiki in order to keep everything organized; for the curious, it can … Continue reading →

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Tweaking magic

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Confanity

Last time was a grab-bag of ideas, but the main one that drove me to post was the idea of Devotions. I like the idea of (myths and game settings that feature) human-like gods, with moods and whimsy, and the … Continue reading →

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Brainstorm of the day — Random RPG Mechanics

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Confanity

The other evening I was shooting the breeze with a friend, talking about various mechanics that could be used in constructing a traditional-style tabletop role-playing game. Here are some of the brainchildren of that conversation, in no particular order: Stat … Continue reading →

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Location: Sella Island

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Confanity

Geography Located about sixty miles southwest of Kyper, the nearest major island is Sella. The island is roughly saddle-shaped, with a mass of high cliffs dominating its northern third and another, slightly lower mass of hills to the southwest. The … Continue reading →

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Creation Legend (Retold from the Amsa of Ya-Khem family)

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Confanity

Long before the world was divided into Halls, all things were mixed and uniform. This was called the living world. It went on for such a long time that each element slowly changed into each of the others and then … Continue reading →

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Dungeon Design 101, Part 3

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Confanity

In part 1 of this essay I talked about using randomness to generate a dungeon of your own on the fly. That’s easy to say, but might you actually do it? Three Methods, in Outline First, there are online generators. … Continue reading →

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