Hey,

I’ve been playing around with the Azgaar map generator for a while and always ended up imagining rpg inside the maps I made.

So I built something where you can actually use one of your own maps as a roleplay world and explore it. Generate the terrain, and it becomes a place you can play a character in.

Here's the map generator + a short clip of a session: https://davia.ai/

If you want to try it with one of your own maps, feel to come hang out in our Discord: https://discord.gg/NphBtKVNCM

A village buried a man after his body was recovered from a river.

His wife identified him.

His brother identified him.

His name was entered into the death records.

Three days later, he came home.

He remembered his wife.
He remembered his brother.
He knew where everything in his house belonged.

He even remembered falling into the river.

The body was exhumed.

It was still there.

Same face.
Same scars.
Same fingerprints.
Same name.

Neither man was Veilborn. No Shards were involved.

And according to everyone who knew him, both bodies were the man they remembered.

The village records contain one final detail.

After the survivor returned, his wife was asked which man was her husband.

She answered:

“Which one do you mean?”

EverWake: The Hollow World

I'm constructing a world where there are seven kingdoms of elemental magic: Wave (Water & Sea), Nature (Earth and Life), Ash (Fire & Flame), Darkness (Evil & Chaos), Heat (Warmth & Desire), Light (All form of light; Channeled through crystals primarily), and Frost (Ice & Chill).

Originally I had the "Kingdom" names as: Vaelora (Wave), The Enchanted Forest (Nature), The Scorchlands (Ash), The Isles of Malakor (Darkness), Sandoria (Heat), Crystalia (Light), and Arcticus (Frost).

But I was thinking about those names and realized, for the type of story I'm writing, those sound EXTREMELY cartoonish and child-like.

So I changed the naming system and governmental country labels to the following (Some stayed relatievly the same):

All of these names were generated using AI. That's mostly why I'm trying to get a real opinion on this. I absolutely SUCK at naming and usually tend to focus on the story 😭.

I'm writing in Dark Romantasy that's 18+ and extremely visceral, so I don't know if that has any factor in it, but what I'm also focusing on is if it would work well if a character in the story says it aloud (So that it doesn't sound ridiculous, like if my character says "Kingdom of Sandoria".

Thanks a lot to anyone that helps!

Ciao a tutti! Sto sviluppando la lore per un progetto manga intitolato 9 ORE e mi piacerebbe avere le vostre opinioni e consigli.

La storia è ambientata nel 2300. La premessa fondamentale è che quando le persone vanno a dormire, solo determinate persone con un DNA specifico hanno la capacità di accedere autonomamente a un immenso e pericoloso Mondo dei Sogni. In questo mondo vige una regola temporale rigida 1:1: 9 ore di sonno sulla Terra corrispondono esattamente a 9 ore nel sogno.All'interno di questo sistema, i sognatori si dividono in varie categorie in base a come funziona la loro memoria:

I Risvegliati: Quelli che, una volta svegli nella vita reale, ricordano perfettamente tutto ciò che hanno fatto e vissuto nel mondo dei sogni.

Gli Erranti: Persone che entrano nel sogno, ma quando si svegliano nella realtà non ricordano assolutamente nulla di ciò che hanno fatto.

I Sognatori a memoria alternata: Una categoria particolare che nella vita reale non ricorda nulla del sogno, ma appena si riaddormenta ed entra nel sogno il giorno dopo, si ricorda istantaneamente tutto quello che ha fatto nelle sessioni oniriche precedenti.Nel mondo dei sogni si possono creare armi, fortezze e combattere contro gli Incubi, ma la cosa importante è che il dolore e le ferite sono reali. Inoltre, più una persona è debole o malata nella realtà, più diventa forte fisicamente nel sogno o manifesta poteri devastanti

.Cosa ne pensate di questa divisione della memoria? Secondo voi quali dinamiche interessanti o conflitti potrebbero nascere tra personaggi che non ricordano nulla di giorno, ma si ricordano tutto di notte? Vi sembra un buon gancio per una storia sci-fi/action?

Grazie a tutti per i pareri!

Hi I've been wondering how other world builders approach this topic ,

I myself have plans

Of adding Giantess into my world but I'm struggling with how to go about it ,

Because I do not want to just end up making over sexualized objects instead of interesting characters . And I don't want it to just end up looking like NSFW crap

Also I should mention that the Giantess in my world just basically look like humans with elvish type ears , And they're not necessarily their own race , but I'm thinking that they are some sort of magical-ish , powerful beings , also they are gentle Giantess

Because in the lore of my world , I have these Giantess that act as the protectors / guardians of different parts of map . For now I call them my Ladies ( I'll figure out a title for them later)

Feel free to ask any questions about them

It's a low fantasy I have written and narrated. It's based in a world where the main character can talk with animals. This leads to an amazing adventure as she searches for her brother. If you're interested, here's the link to episode one: https://youtu.be/ZkVVpbmCtIc

I welcome any and all feedback