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Worldbuilder's Anvil

Do you have visions of fantasy world’s dancing through your head? Are you a gamemaster that wants to tell stories in your world? Are you a fiction writer who wants you next setting to be your best? Do you want to understand how fantasy worlds are made? Then this is the podcast for you. You are hereby invited! To join me on an epic adventure to explore topics on my worldbuilding podcast. Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday at midnight Eastern standard time. These shows will be specific topic about worldbuilding for 10-20 minutes.
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Now displaying: November, 2021
Nov 28, 2021

Today's Topic –Steps to awakening your inner worldbuilder

 

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Podcast Show Flow

  • What is culture not
    • A state, nation, or tribe… but
    • Achievements of human another races achievement….
    • A batch of bacteria
  • What is culture?
    • the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
    • A building block for another culture
    • A group of 2 or more people that share believes and ideas working together towards a collective goal.
    • A Venn diagram mosaic of smaller culture groups
  • Is Culture the Chicken or the Egg?
    • Games and Stories (at a VERY basic level)
    • A set of nouns we use to do something
  • How is it
  • 7 prongs of Worldbuilding Cultural Ladder
  • Social groups (RPG Game group)
  • Local group (City, village)
  • Region groups
  • Status Groups
  • Culture Ethnicity
  • Common Language Ethnicities
  • World Group

WBT

What is your main setting's cultural ladder?

RW  Task

Look at the artifacts in your life that have lead to your current believes

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Nov 21, 2021

Today's Topic – Clothing is not optional 

 

Podcast Show Flow 

 

  • You need to know them 
  • Stories or list or both 
  • +1/-1 from norm 
  • Meta and Extended 
  • Where are they? 
  • Now 
  • Are They from here 
  • Who Are they? 
  • Name 
  • Attributes 
  • Personality 
  • Quirks 
  • What is their voice 
  • What do they do? 
  • Class 
  • Skills (Physical, Mental, Social, and Vocational) 
  • What is character goal? 
  • Do they achieve it? 
  • When do they do it? 
  • When do they exist compared to the setting date 
  • How do they get it done? 
  • What is need to learn to reach the goal? 
  • How are they connected to the world? 
  • Allies and Enemies?  
  • How do they fit into the settings society? 
  • Is the setting society theirs? 
  • What is their status 
  • Why are they doing it? 
  • The Motivation 
  • Why are they doing what they are doing? 
  • Do they think their reason is the actual reason? 

 

WBT  

Find your Favorite characters in life and use it 

RW  Task 

Live in the present 

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Nov 14, 2021

Today's Topic – The making of a good feather duster… err character 

 

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Podcast Show Flow 

  • Beyond the Meta  
  • We have lots of create episodes on character going back to at least episode 48 and 49 
  • We have talked, Traits and flaws, stories, backgrounds, create great detail and motivation.  
  • Talking characters one dimensional or complex and sometimes even flat 
  • Before we take a break on three we need to cover one more very important character concept, voice 
  • Voice is the finishing salt to a great character this leads from  
  • Hi to “do not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?” 
  • How does a character speak 
  • How intelligent is the character?  
  • How articulate 
  • Do they like speaking 
  • Refer to your characters background does it make sense? 
  • When does their expression break the rules 
  • How does it break the rules 

 

WBT  

Please find a voice for my character.  

RW  Task 

Use a smoothaive if needed.  Realize people you disagree with at not they enemy.  

 

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Nov 7, 2021

Today's Topic – He is Dangerous 

 

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Podcast Show Flow 

  • Basic Meta Questions 
  • Who are they? – Important character in priest class 
  • What do they do? – Priest Growth, Rain, and Gender swap plus the rule makers  
  • Where are they? – 2 tier Central, and frog in the tree 
  • When do they do it?  – Run the island 
  • How do they get it done? –  They are bigger than any village 
  • Why are they doing it? – Leading 
  • Extended Meta 
  • Type of character? - ??? 
  • Depth of Character Round or Flat thanks Judy Blume Round – ???? 
  • Who is the character connected to? – Every village and the core priest 
  • How are they connected? – Religion 

WBT  

Caiaphas and his Toadie 

RW  Task 

Start the Sandman Comic, I am not sure of the author. 

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Nov 4, 2021

Today's Topic – Lightning not included 

 

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Podcast Show Flow 

  • Basic Meta Questions 
  • Who are they? Bad boy, leads for self gratification 
  • What do they do?  - Leader the Hunger Empire 
  • Where are they? – From afar until act  
  • When do they do it?  – 2nd act and on 
  • How do they get it done? – Fear, and willingness 
  • Why are they doing it? – Prove themselves 
  • Extended Meta 
  • Type of character? - Static 
  • Depth of Character Round or Flat thanks Judy Blume Round – Flat 
  • Who is the character connected to? – Everyone in a bad way 
  • How are they connected? - Strife 

WBT  

Cut back on the meat 

RW  Task 

Soylent Green 

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