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My setting is a WWII era setting where only elves can use magic. At this stage, everyone uses firearms, as guns outstripped the abilities of all but the most skilled mages at around the Revolutionary period. Currently, the average elven footsoldier uses firearms supplemented by the small amount...

I reject the idea that villains have to be the heroes of their own stories. Villains who are complete monsters are absolutely not unrealistic; look at people like Oskar Dirlewanger, Lavrentiy Beria and Shiro Iishii in real history. Make your villain whatever they need to be to help the...

Oh, trust me, I know Jurassic Park is inaccurate. Planning to give the T-rexes feathers, at least.

The idea that I'm probably going with is making Orcs related to dinosaurs (making them the speculative humanoid evolution of dinosaurs); they'd have evolved from raptors, and so they'd be entirely carnivorous, so they'd never have moved to agriculture. Really I just want some excuse to have...

Dinosaurs are awesome and that's basically just a fact. Sadly, they're quite sparse in fantasy and when they do show up they're usually just fodder for fantasy creatures like dragons. I'm planning on creating a world where dinosaurs are still present and powerful. Any thoughts on dinosaurs in...

Hey, I'm HIMDogson, just joined up today. I've been thinking of stories in my head for as long as I remember, and fantasy has been my favorite genre basically since I read ASOIAF. Currently I'm about 15,000 words into a story set in a fantasy version of WWII where elves are analogous to the...

Elves (the only ones who can use magic in my world) are born with a set amount of ether that's partially influenced by genetics. They can convert this ether into objects in the real world that they can control. They need to channel their ether through an object, called a conduit; the stronger...