sábado, 23 de marzo de 2019

Ask your region

This is a translation of a post originally published in 2013. More posts in English here.

Are you making a fantasy region and have the concept, but you don't know where to start to flesh it up? Tell me about it! You can try answering some of these questions:

Geography
  • What is the most common type of terrain?
  • What makes it different from the tearrain of other places?
  • What other terrains are there and why?
  • What are the most important reference points when you travel?
  • What means of transportation are available?
Biology
  • What is the most common fauna?
  • And flora?
  • Are there monsters?
  • What creatures or plants are the most representative of the place?
  • What are the most notable threats?
  • Is there more than one intelligent race?
Society
  • How many cultures are there?
  • Are they nomads, barbarians, rural, urban...?
  • What is their main source of resources?
  • How technologically developed are they?
  • What inventions are the most cutting-edge for them?
  • What do they consider good or bad?
  • What gods do they worship?
  • What are their myths?
  • What do they think of slavery?
  • How do they regard other cultures or ethnicities?
  • What is the difference between sexes?
  • What is the difference between classes?
  • What language or languages do they speak?
  • What do they eat?
  • What do they wear?
  • How do they pass the time?
  • What creatures do they tame?
Politics
  • What are the political divisions?
  • What factions can be found?
  • What are their relationships?
  • Who are the real rulers or the ones in the shadows?
  • What do they seek?
  • What type of government to they have? Monarchy, plutocracy, gerontocracy, tiranny, democracy, manteocracy, teratocracy...
  • What do the people think of their rulers?
  • Does someone opose the rulers from the inside?
  • Are there lawless factions?
Magic
  • Is there magic?
  • How does it work?
  • How widespread is it?
  • Who controls it?
  • Is it hard to learn?
  • How is it regarded in society?
  • Is it linked to religion?
  • Is it intertwined with technology?
Architecture
  • What type of buildings are common?
  • Which buildings are considered wonders?
  • What types of past ruins are there?
  • Who built them?
  • What type of decoration is used nowadays?
  • And in previous ages?
  • How are cities distributed?
  • How big are they?
Thanks for reading. Valmar Cerenor!

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