#HexIsland Day 4
Create a small table of random encounters for the hills in the west (hex 2,3; 3,3; 3,5; 4,2).
Consider: How many entries should your table have? 1d4, 1d6 …?
Note that not all encounters need to involve hostile creatures. You can also include other events in your table: weather phenomena, landmarks, encounters with NPCs, wildlife, omens. Determine when the table should be consulted, e.g., "when crossing: 2-in-6 chance." #pnpde #osr #worldbuilding
#PennedPossibilities 632 — What originally inspired your WIP’s plot?
Oh, that's easy. For me, it was playing #CyberpunkRED, #Cyberpunk2020, and finally moving on to GM the games as well. The universe used in the homebrew games I've created is the same one featured in the novel. I love creating original universes, worlds, and stories.
Provider Oasis -
No one could control becoming an archon, much less a greater archon, and for many, losing their "natural senses", as well as simply breathing, caused a disconnection with the rest of humanity that made archons lonely and withdrawn.
#PennedPossibilities 631 — What does your antagonist / villain do to relax?
There's a few options here. He could go to work in his lab. Work always clears his mind. He could visit a robohooker, too. That always does the trick as well. He might even just take the evening off from working in his lap and sleep if he desperately needs to relax.
Was looking up names associated with death for #TTRPG #Worldbuilding reasons, and while this isn’t useful to me, it *is* the most #metal name I think I’ve ever seen.
Kalabhiti - A Hindu name meaning “of whom death is afraid.”
Philosopher Caste Recovery Centre -
The Chosen's "Scorched Earth" policy in regards to Corruption did not apply to their own assets, particularly archons. One of the Philosopher Caste's primary duties was cleansing Corruption from important members of the paracology.
#PennedPossibilities 630 — Is your MC receptive to warnings and advice given by others?
Hardly. The only time he ever listens is when either Junk or Dante give him any advice. Warnings as well, to be fair. A warning is generally taken as a challenge in his eyes, and advice can and will be either taken into consideration or discarded, one or the other. Sometimes he's an idiot. If the words come from Dante and / or Junk, however, he's liable to actually listen. He has a habit of doing rash, stupid things because of a fiery temper and they've been able to stop him. On occasion, Cosmia has been able to change his mind as well, but it's a rarity.
Now in Washington State, we’re getting close to the end of the North American tour. The #Petrofuture map of Tacoma. Melted ice caps on a vintage Mobil gas station map. More: https://conspiracyofcartographers.com/ #climateChange #maps #cartography #climateCrisis #greenWashing #WashingtonState #worldBuilding #pugetSound #Tacoma
30.03.2025 What do your characters get nostalgic about? What triggers that?
There isn't much general nostalgia going on for most of my characters.
And I don't think remembering the fallen loved ones counts as nostalgia.
On occasion they remark on something from the past but most of them where born into a Utopian society that is fighting a war against an alien species for several decades now. Most of their parents don't remember it differently, that's one reason why soldiers of the Union and the alliance are broadly accepted in the society. They are the ones keeping the others as safe as it gets.
#WordWeavers 30.03.2025 #StarRyde #WorldBuilding
#HexIsland Day 1: In which climate zone is your island located? Write a post about the climate and prevailing weather conditions on your #HexIsland.
#HexIsland Tag 1: Schreibe einen Post zu den klimatischen und vorherrschenden Witterungsverhältnissen auf deiner #HexIsland
Another world for the Larvitar Herculis (HR 6950) system, slowly rotating in it's terraformed majesty
The Columbia River will rise, and at the confluence with the Willamette--the #Petrofuture map of Portland.
Melted ice caps on a vintage Shell gas station map. The Willamette Valley becomes an inland sea.
More:
https://conspiracyofcartographers.com/
#climateChange #maps #cartography #climateCrisis #greenWashing #Oregon #Portland #worldBuilding #WillametteRiver #ColumbiaRiver
So if my whole ~big fucking project~ ends up being songs, it might make sense to do an "actually, the One Ring was carried by Maura Labingi, a kuduk from Sûzat who spoke Adûni" manoeuvre to arrive at lyrics that could at least be parsed as cryptic instead of Tons Of Conlang Words.
(Which is to say, glossing all of the conlang words and even names to something like English, Latin, or Swiss German, and then other languages linguistically and historically varying degrees of adjacent to said language as appropriate, including trying to reverse-engineer my way to analogous names with similar connotations.)
Acceptable Collateral Damage -
Chosen doctrine explicitly stated that any "third party" collateral damage was acceptable in the response to even a hint of Host activity.
#HexIsland - eine kleines Spiel, um dunkle Zeiten aufzuhellen: Lasst uns #HexIsland-Mikrosettings erschaffen!
Hex für Hex erstellen wir eine Insel. Ab MORGEN stelle ich hier täglich einen Prompt ein und zwar für:
- Eine Hexfeld-Beschreibung
- Einen Eintrag für eine Zufallsbegegnungstabelle
- Einen Abenteuer-Schauplatz
- Etwas Anderes – z.B. ein Monster, eine Hintergrundinformation etc.
Jede Beschreibung sollte idealiter in einen einzelnen Post passen.
#osr #hexcrawl #pnpde #Worldbuilding 1/n
These things are TRUE for every #HexIsland:
- Each hex spans 6 miles.
- The basic geography of every HexIsland is similar, but climate and other details may vary.
- Every HexIsland is unique - yours could be a tropical lost world teeming with dinosaurs, a low-fantasy Iron Age milieu, or a White Lotus-style resort hiding dark secrets.
- Yet ALL HexIslands are, at least theoretically, connected - whether by hidden (?) portals or other mysterious means. 2/n
#osr #hexcrawl #ttrpg #Worldbuilding
#HexIsland
A small game to bring some light to dark times: Let's create #HexIsland microsettings!
Fill the hexes of an island, one by one. Starting TOMORROW , I'll prompt you each day to contribute:
- A hex description
- A random encounter for a table
- An adventure location
- Something extra, e.g. a monster, a piece of lore, etc. Each description should ideally fit into a single post. 1/n
#osr #hexcrawl #ttrpg #Worldbuilding
#PennedPossibilities 628 — Tell us about the trauma your antagonist / villain has endured. (If they have any.)
There was this one time that Dr. Death broke a nail in early adulthood...
This idiotic arsehole has never truly "suffered" in the ways we normies and peasants would understand. He's always had enough money to rid him of any troubles he might have.
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