Worldbuilder's Anvil

Today's Topic - Magic in Gardul

• What is magic in the universe in Gardul?
  • It is the Dark Matter, the strings of connection
• How is it accessed
  • Extra magical
    • Ritual
    • Location
    • Time
    • Not just about god(s)
  • Innate
    • Think
    • Speak
    • Action
  • Learned
    • Time
    • Shaping
    • Summoning
• Cultural influence
• Changes over time
• Noun confusion

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Today's Topic - Test your Fantasy World

• What is the point of testing your world?
  • Target the same part of world you plan to
  • Like beta readers for the background
  • Allows you to learn what needs to be fleshed out and what needs to be ignored
  • Allows you to check to make sure the places and
• Be upfront with the reason you are doing it
  • Ask for feedback
• Ways to test
  • Short stories
  • Oral storytelling
  • Role-playing games
• My preferred method
• Know your avatar
  • Ask your avatar if about the criticism

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Interview: J.S. Morin

JS Morin by night dreams elaborate dreams of visiting fanciful worlds, performing acts of heroism, and solving intriguing puzzles, which inspire him to craft stories. Jeff also possesses one of the most intriguing and dangerous blogs for worldbuilders and fantasy lovers on the internet. Amongst his works, He has written the Twinborn Trilogy, The Mad Tinker Chronicles, and the Black Ocean Mission's. The He latest book is Black Ocean Mission 3: Poets and Piracy.

1. Introduction
2. Do you feel Orc or Elf today?
3. Tell us about your latest work.
4. How do you connect your worldbuilding back to The Story?
5. When did you know you had a love for worldbuilding?
6. Biggest achievement to date?
7. What real world advice do you wish you had known sooner?
8. Tell a quick STORY about some task that could have gotten you started sooner as a writer

Gauntlet round

1. What held you back from sharing your world(s)?
2. Favorite types of fantasy worlds: alien, earthlike, or earth-based?
3. What is your favorite time period for fantasy settings?
4. What is the most important habit or skill in creating a world?
5. What tool(s) could you not work without?
6. What is one resource you would offer to a Worldbuilder starting down your path?
7. If you ended up in the (a) world you created. What would be the first thing you would do? (Please keep it as clean as possible.)

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Today's Topic - The Roadmap for the Worldbuilder's Anvil

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• Thank you so much for listening to the first 50 episodes.
• We shall always have a focus on the worldbuilding moving into the future.
• Monday Episode types
  • #Storytelling episodes
  • Random questions I want to answer about Worldbuilding,RPGs, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Storytelling, or Gardul
    • Questions from newsletters subscribers
    • Questions from twitter or social media
    • Questions I have and will pretend like someone has asked me
• Worldbuilder's Wednesday Focused discussions on worldbuilding topics
• Friday Episode Types
  • Flash fiction Friday
  • World Explorer
  • What's Around the corner?
• Worldbuilder Interview's on Saturday will continue
• No new episode days, I just do not have the time to make more episodes. However, If you would like to hear more about how you can support the Worldbuilder's Anvil without spending a dime. Please go to this no cost support page.

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Today's Topic - Who am I?

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• We know what motivates your character
• We know what your characters looks like
• Bring it together
  • What is the personality of your character
  • What will cause the character to stand their ground
  • What will cause them to comprise their principles
  • What causes action or in action
  • What are at least 5 quirks about the character (Thanks, GURPS)

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Today's Topic - Character Traits and Flaws

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• What makes the character stand out
• Attributes
• Physical
• Mental
• Social
• Vocational
• Allies/Enemies
• Supernatural
• It is not all good news

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Interview: D.N. Frost D.N. Frost is a fantasy author, cartographer, and worldbuilder. She is best know for her work with Awakening (Tales of the Known World Book 1). She is a person I am glad to call friend. And a person who I go to when I want to know more about maps and languages. Now let's all put our hammer's together for D.N. ".

1. Introduction
2. Do you feel Orc or Elf today?
3. Tell us about your latest work.
4. How do you connect your worldbuilding back to The Story?
5. When did you know you had a love for worldbuilding?
6. Biggest achievement to date?
7. What real world advice do you wish you had known sooner?
8. Tell a quick STORY about some task that could have gotten you started sooner as a writer

Gauntlet round

1. What held you back from sharing your world(s)?
2. Favorite types of fantasy worlds: alien, earthlike, or earth-based?
3. What is your favorite time period for fantasy settings?
4. What is the most important habit or skill in creating a world?
5. What tool(s) could you not work without?
6. What is one resource you would offer to a Worldbuilder starting down your path?
7. If you ended up in the (a) world you created. What would be the first thing you would do? (Please keep it as clean as possible.)

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Today's Topic - Worldbuilding Trap: World to Story

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• Your world has more words than the Encyclopedia Britannica
• You have developed 99 cultures, 154 races, 543 states that spans the 5,502,532,127,000,001 square feet of your new world.
• You sit down and start writing your first work. About a fictional world war on your planet.
• STOPPPPPP!!!!
• relax
• plan the story explain the world through the story not the story through the world

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• What motivates people
  • Maslow's Hierarchy of needs
    • Physiological
    • Safety
    • Love/Belonging
    • Esteem
    • Self-actualization

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Today's Topic - Fantasy Character Fashion Show

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• Baseline for a character's appearance comes from the fictional state and the fantasy culture fashion.
  • From the time your characters life span
  • Age and Travel modifiers
• Appearance
  • Hair
  • Eyes
  • Mouth
• Clothes
  • Pant or what?
  • Under the pants
  • Accessories
• The little things in the house
  • Show of wealth
  • Mementos
  • Type of materials
• Weapons of choice
  • Based on materials
    • Skill
    • Intimidation
    • Show of wealth
• Characters' Taste + Ability to acquire = Characters' Fashion

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