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Episode 230 The Orcs of Gardul Today's Topic – Let's build a fantasy race's of orcs on Gardul

This is a trick episode, I love orcs so much. I have two races, not one. However, let's start with the base race and diverge it in a later episode. So, please allow us to introduce my orcs. They are a race of wargs and tilt.

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• Orc Stereotypes From sea creature to monster hoard.
• Appearance
• Traits
• Limitations
• What you can take away from this for your world

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Orc

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Wargs

Episode 85: How to build the Buardrakkeniem Culture Part 3

Episode 58: Erratic Explorers visit Middle Earth

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Orcus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orcus

Wargs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warg

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Today's Topic – Now for the exciting conclusion of Markie Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra

Almost a year after it began, we are reaching the exciting conclusion of Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra. Michael and I hope you enjoy the final part. If you have missed an episode check out the show notes to get the list of episodes and build episodes connected to this story.

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• Opens the jewel case
• Escape from the high tower
• Gregory awaits
• The failed great escape
• The next escape / Amn goes her own way
• Quick wrap up with the entrance into Klienpharas Harbor for the win

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Episode 220 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part 4

Episode 210 Building an Iron Age Gang

Episode 209 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part 3

Episode 200 Let's Build a Crypt

Episode 199 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part 2

Episode 194 Let's Build a Fantasy Villain's Lair

Episode 193 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part one

Episode 187 Pathway to DOOM

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Episode 210 Building an Iron Age Gang http://www.gardul.com/blog/episode-210-building-iron-age-gang/

Episode 209 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part 3 http://www.gardul.com/blog/episode-209-marcus-jewels-daivvavaahra-part-3/

Episode 200 Let's Build a Crypt http://www.gardul.com/blog/episode-200-lets-build-crypt/

Episode 199 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part 2 http://www.gardul.com/blog/episode-199-marcus-jewels-daivvavaahra-part-2/

Episode 194 Let's Build a Fantasy Villain's Lair http://www.gardul.com/blog/episode-194-lets-build-a-fantasy-villains-lair/

Episode 193 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part one http://www.gardul.com/blog/episode-193-marcus-and-the-jewels-of-daivvavaahra-part-one/

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Today's Topic Let's Build a gnomish conveyance

So Michael and I have finally made it to our vehicle build. Join us as we brainstorm out what type of vehicle, and what problem it is solving for the culture. Join us in this episode as we finally build a gnome vehicle.

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• The gnomes need a ride...
• What problem does it solve
• What type of vehicle
• What is it made out of?
• What are the first three things that you notice? And is one dominate?

The Worldbuilding Task for the Day

Build another vehicle

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Episode 225 Let's Gnome up Gardul!

Episode 226 Let's Build a Gnome Race

Episode 227 Let's Build a Gnomish Culture

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Episode 227 Let's Build a Gnomish Culture http://www.gardul.com/blog/episode-227-lets-build-a-gnomish-culture/

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Today's Topic Creating gnomish champagne sippers

So this is the third part of our series on creating a gnome for my fantasy setting for Gardul. Join Michael and Jeff as they continue to jump into the rabbit of gnomes in Gardul.

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• Symbology inspirations
• Cultural Believes and Traits
• How the writing works.
• What the religion looks like
• Geography / Weather
• • Materials for building and
• Types of clothing
• • Materials
  • Colors
  • Clasp
  • Accessories
• Architecture
• • Inspiration
  • Important Structures
  • Type of materials
• Arts
• • Based on materials
  • • Stone
    • Wood and weeds
    • Mud
    • Metals
    • Pigments and Paints
  • Common goods
  • The Mouth

The Worldbuilding Task for the Day

Flesh out a culture for your gnomes

The Real World task for the day Let's share our gnomes. Michael's Resources

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Episode 226 Let's Build a Gnome Race

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Today's Topic Let's Build my gnome race for Gardul

So we set off to build a vehicle. And now we are building a gnomish race, let this be a warning about the rabbit hole that worldbuilding can be if you do not have a frame in mind when you start. Join Michael and me as we look to build the gnomish race for Gardul.

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• Gnome Stereotypes
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The Worldbuilding Task

Build a culture for your gnomes!

The Real World Task

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Today's Topic Let's Talk about the Cultural Background

So, I was planning to create a vehicle this week for my gnomes in the world of gardul. Michael complained that he did not know much. This was true, they had only ever existed at the edge of the frames for the stories I told. I never truly developed them. So join Michael and I as we look at what we know about my gnomes!

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Podcast Show Flow

• The myth of how they came to be
• Language background (Rejected Linear A)
• • Forbidden sounds Pig, my, oi
• Quick History
• Geography
• Common Believes
• • SCIENCE! and Magic

• Geniocracy

The Worldbuilding Task for the Day

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The Real World task for the day

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Whenever the topic of a disease breaks into the news cycle I freak out a bit. I do not want Zika and as a father, I get more worried for my son. It freaks me out. What is this new strain, am I at risk. Is my FAMILY at risk. Truth is I do not know, that is what makes fictional viruses so pervasive and powerful in storytelling. Join Michael and me in this episode as we talk about why contagions and epidemics can take your story to the next level.

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• What is good about using plague and pandemics in fiction
• • People are scared to death of the invisible threats
  • Pandemic spreading tales made great fast-paced thriller which ends …
  • If you want a theme about the overreach of man, nothing says overreach like…
  • What do you need to know?

The Worldbuilding Task for the Day

Create a plague natural, magical, or man-made and war game out what would happen

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Today's Topic What to think about and what you need to know about vehicles in fantasy settings

Vehicles can be iconic in fiction. Sometimes the can be real vehicles that just some to live in the stories Tony Starks Acura comes to mind. You might have a fictional vehicle that could exist, here Max's Interceptor. You could even reach the completely fantastic vehicles like the TARDIS from Doctor Who. Join Micheal and me in this episode as we look at some important questions and considerations to keep in mind when creating your fiction fantasy conveyances.

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Podcast Show Flow

• Question to ask before you start

• What you need to know about your vehicle

The Worldbuilding Task for the Day

Build a vehicle

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Today's Topic Prepare your self to not fall into the trap this reviewer did. All stories do not need to follow preconceived storylines

So I was around the webernets and heard about a review from polygon from a YouTuber LegacyKillaHD in a video called Polygon's Angry Far Cry 5 NOT PoIiticaI & About Trump America. It caused me to check out the review myself. Listen to Michael and Jeff as we talk about the review and the problems with not including nuance in your storytelling.

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• Inspired by a Review from Far Cry 5 by polygon
• What inspired this
• • The only thing the review covered was caught off guard by the story
  • Sick of the everyone is bad
  • Makes fun of everyone but does not make a stand on the current political state of America
  • The cult was not Christian enough.
• The only thing the review covered was caught off guard by the story
• • Great, I would praise any storyteller who
• Makes fun of everyone but does not make a stand on the current political state of America
• • Stories of cults can cover so much ground. What is the requirement a gov vs cult story has anything to do with modern politics?
  • The cult was not Christian enough
  • Moral of storytelling

The Worldbuilding Task for the Day Do not make propaganda

The Real World task for the day

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Episode 189 Considerations when writing about polarizing topics

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Today's Topic Really, what is a monster?

Is a wolf a monster or just a dangerous animal in your fiction? In today's episode, Michael and I are going to look at what makes a monster. So listen now and figure out what you need to know about the monsters you create to scare the people interacting with your world. Listen NOW and start manifesting your monsters to get the most scream for each word!

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• Do you have a guiding use for what you consider a monster, vs a creature vs a bad person?
• Is there a difference? Does it change overtime
• What is the difference being there a difference?
• Are they real?
• Where are they and how common?
• What motivates them?
• Are they unnatural?
• In Gardul monsters are things that have little understanding

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Episode 73: Types of Animals … Looking for inspiration for Monsters and Fantasy Races

Episode 79: Ant Zombie Over Lords

Episode 96: Something Not So Nice This Way Comes

Episode 212 Let's Build a Fusellbüt

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The boy

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