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Gurkhal I think that's exactly the balance (or the question): is the map for the author or the reader? At this point, the map is for... -
A map for Gurkhal. Howard actually had no map for Conan, he only made comments about what it was like. Once he said he drew a crude...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread To map, or not to map?.Since geography has yet to become important in my stories I have not done any maps. I find that mapping for its own sake just diverts me...
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Gurkhal reacted to ThinkerX's post in the thread How often would your main characters fail a perception check? (DND) with
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Hmm... Empire: Tia - She pays close attention to details. Daughter of wealthy merchants seeking social advancement. Rebecca - Tia's... -
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Tobi (My RWBY Story): Succeeds far more than he fails, but when he fails he really fails. It doesn't help that he's outwardly a stoic (I...
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Gurkhal reacted to ludwig1beethoven's post in the thread Writing grim dark fantasy with self injected main character with Like.
I think it is fine, as long as they are not an untouchable Mary Sue, but actually an interesting character that doesn't have plot armor...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread How often would your main characters fail a perception check? (DND).Hussar Life - Oskar - In the start of the story Oskar fails alot of perception checks but it gets a bit better as the story moves on. He...
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A story about putting the right person on the throne seems like a worthy endeavor to me, given there are worthy circumstances around it...
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Let's not start digging too deep into that and just content ourselves with the fact that pmmg isn't making it out of the Mythic Scribes...
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I believe I wrote "I would fail at that competition, cause some woman would kill me", which looks to me like I assessed her threat and...
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I tend to base my elves on whatever their culture needs. Some of my elves are British. Some of them are Asian Some of them are Gym bros...
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Start with the various UK Census, especially those from 1851 onwards. Look at the local trade guides and the local newspapers, and also...
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This is not my traditional research area, but we're also developing the worldbuilding for a prequel series for our current UF and our...
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Which sort of life do you mean? Think how you might answer if a person asked you what life in America in the 2020s was like. Which part...
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If you can find them (some seem to be put officially on youtube these days) there are several "living history" series available (also...