Lorekeepers - A Worldbuilding Podcast

It's about time we built a city! This week we determine the third great metropolis of Everast, Cae Tellura!

Talking points: Scambaiting ala Kitboga, liquor in your wine, economic narrative pivoting, capital ghosts, pop culture poster bois, A city of Glass Floors, Crisis Core feels, Cae Cae C... nope, and "playing the orchestra"

Referenced episodes

• Gnomes, angels and the spire of Oberiska: ep. 3
• Early elves, birth of the vampiric nations: ep. 31
• The Stratosmachta Accords, first assembling of Knowing: ep. 49
• Etymology, Mutes, and the enslavement of masses: ep. 57

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Let's be honest: neither of us were mature enough to let the opportunity to make this joke slip by.

Talking points: Happy Make Your Bed Day, ham-fisted innuendo, anti-exclusive fantasy, Tritons are pervy, magic baby pills, birthkeeper is a terrible name, organ souls, and osmotic ancestral oopsies.
Referenced episodes

• The Drakenfall, storm of dragons: ep. 2
• The Gray, people of the lightless land: ep. 13
• Discussing "evil" races and their place in modern fantasy: ep. 44

Other References

• Grazilaxx's Guide to Ancestry (http://bit.ly/2kMxrup)

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Have you ever heard of the sublime? What? No, not the band. It’s more of a environmental-design-as-philosophy-as-British-Imperialism movement from the... Hey, wait! Where are you going?

Talking points: Her Majesty’s Slider, slide whistle on demand, Sensuous Whisper, not the band, What happens in Ezraish..., the one spell you need, 2-for-2 Sams, and an email.

Referenced episodes

• Enchanters, the Order of the Vivid Precipice: ep. 30
• Somnus, contour plane of cosmic slumber: ep. 62
• The Bellum Obscura, macrowar for the fabric of fates: ep. 67

Other References

• Map of Everast, Ten’atlo’hi (https://bit.ly/2GnFipE)

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Inspiring us this week Carter comes with an idea to spice things up: A SUPER WAR!!! That always goes well.

Talking points: Finding a Jim for my Pam, Baking Biscotti, No Man's Time, Mordenkainen's Mistaken Malaprop, Sam Esmail (first try!), not that Mr. Robot(o), a mortal pantheon, the Only Original Race, humans are special, and the circlejerk.

Referenced episodes

• The Ashcurse, the cataclysm that broke the world : ep. 1
• Roarark, apex-city of the philosopher queen: ep. 8
• The Shattered Years, an eon of war: ep. 24
• Strife-spire, the cause of millenia of conflict: ep. 25
• The Nine, defenders of the Nineflow: ep. 37
• Age Spells, the magic of generations: ep. 39
• Etymology, Mutes, and the enslavement of masses: ep. 57

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It's a lil' one but a good one: we explore all the worlds we'd like to explore within our own!

Referenced episodes

• Seasilver, lunar iron and the fourth moon of Sudar: ep. 56

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There's a linkage of lands, down deep in the world, near its dying heart... and this week it's our spotlight conversation piece!

Talking points: Instant pots/bathrobes/other purchases, ~~~mmmaagma~~~, 50,000 shades of gender, magic lifelines, molten Ashglaze, umbersteel, calendars for all sorts, a dallying of calendars, guerrilla mushrooms, and floating dwarven dream citadels.

Referenced episodes

• The Ashcurse, the cataclysm that broke the world : ep. 1
• the Avireal, the dream-legends of elves: ep. 15
• Darkvision, the gazes of beneath: ep. 51
• Mystics, practitioners of the skyreaching focus: ep. 60
• Somnus, contour plane of cosmic slumber: ep. 62

Other References

Veins of the Earth (http://bit.ly/2Pkimin)

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Returning to the god-mill we explore the machinations of elementals, their Precambrian-esque nature, and the bizarre complexities of... ab-life? Come get confused with us!

Talking points: Carter’s Cheers spirit animal and Zeus-Frasier, Ringo’s big branding mistake, whether ants are a city, alien ancient earth, genasi meditation, Carter: fish judge, heroic eels, and #AlitaBattleAngel

Referenced episodes

• Primordium, the crucible of form: ep. 19
• Age spells, the magic of generations: ep. 39

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To the joy of...well at least someone, we dive into Halûmian lore to discover what we can about lycanthropy: where did it come from? How does it happen? And is it confusing for a werewolf to look up to three moons?

Talking points: cat pee is your best option, Hulk is not chaotic evil, earth spirit = internet, Cain the werewolf, not wherewolves: WHYwolves, super-rabies, and were-coons.

Referenced episodes

• Halflings, wanderers towards the distant Veldt: ep. 45
• Yahdïel, current-giver of the unprismed Nine: ep. 55
• Seasilver, lunar iron and the fourth moon of Sudar: ep. 56

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Returning to the macro-scales of planar reality, this week we explore the Contour realm of dreams: Somnus.

Talking points: Debt-free is the new bride-to-be, Carter's Mary Sue, Vancian magic, Monsters, Inc in a jungle, dream doublethink, elven meringue, Monet's XKCD era, Transfusia, and continent dreams.

Referenced episodes

• The Avireal, the dream-legends of elves: ep. 15
• Wild magic, defiance of dreams: ep. 46
• House Banners, fabric of angelic destinies: ep. 48
• Shem, god-template of the corporeal vessel: ep. 58
• Mystics, practitioner of the unbreathable mind-heights: ep. 60

Other References

• Vancian Magic (http://bit.ly/2ykDrOc)

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Carter starts us off with a tasty idea: what happened to Durmen-Lac? What caused the ruin of the stacked cities? How do dwarves and elves fare when living so close together?

Talking points: both sides of the mic, State of the Pod TBD, a cubed beef pool, Mr. McDuck's dark desires, dwarven socialism, killer robot constructs, dirty (atomic) magic, Durlack: an incredible Billy Mayes product, and too many bananas.

Referenced episodes

• Alloy dwarves, a people insulated: ep. 38
• Yahdiel, current-giver of the unprismed Nine: ep. 55

Other References

• World Anvil: Map of Everast (https://bit.ly/2GnFipE)
• Lion's Den, Game Master 5th Ed. (https://apple.co/2SvG4pE). Also check out their app for characters, Fight Club (https://apple.co/2xXFnvU)!

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