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Creating your world: Is it a struggle or does it just come to you?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sebastrd" data-source="post: 7514106" data-attributes="member: 21473"><p>I just keep asking myself "why?" until I drill down to the level of detail I need. To use your example above:</p><p></p><p>What legendary beast are we taming? I start with...</p><p></p><p>Why is our Pyres character a scholar of Orbs? - Family tradition, changed his mind...</p><p></p><p>I like that one. People often admire what they themselves lack. So our wild and free scholar joined an Orbs institution because he romanticized its virtues. Later in life he has realized what a poor fit he is. While he might excel at his profession, he doesn't fit in with his colleagues.</p><p></p><p>Why tame a legendary beast? - Stick it to the stuffy Orbs folks, journey of self-discovery...</p><p></p><p>Again, I like my second idea. Subconsciously, he knows taming the beast is an opportunity to get out of the halls of learning and see the world; he'll get to experience some freedom. More than that, he hopes he'll find in the legendary beast some answers to questions about himself. The beast embodies attributes he has always disliked about himself - unpredictability, short attention span, and spontaneity. Perhaps by conquering the beast he will conquer himself, or perhaps he will learn to appreciate his own wild qualities. That gives us enough information to answer...</p><p></p><p>What legendary beast are we taming?</p><p></p><p>A paragon of freedom and unpredictability seems appropriate - a noble exemplar of chaos. My first thought is a Couatl. Though they are always LG, they are based heavily on the Mesoamerican deity named Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec god of wind, air, and learning. It's a perfect embodiment of our scholar's own dichotomy.</p><p></p><p>That's enough to begin play, so I'd stop there and let the rest evolve organically.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sebastrd, post: 7514106, member: 21473"] I just keep asking myself "why?" until I drill down to the level of detail I need. To use your example above: What legendary beast are we taming? I start with... Why is our Pyres character a scholar of Orbs? - Family tradition, changed his mind... I like that one. People often admire what they themselves lack. So our wild and free scholar joined an Orbs institution because he romanticized its virtues. Later in life he has realized what a poor fit he is. While he might excel at his profession, he doesn't fit in with his colleagues. Why tame a legendary beast? - Stick it to the stuffy Orbs folks, journey of self-discovery... Again, I like my second idea. Subconsciously, he knows taming the beast is an opportunity to get out of the halls of learning and see the world; he'll get to experience some freedom. More than that, he hopes he'll find in the legendary beast some answers to questions about himself. The beast embodies attributes he has always disliked about himself - unpredictability, short attention span, and spontaneity. Perhaps by conquering the beast he will conquer himself, or perhaps he will learn to appreciate his own wild qualities. That gives us enough information to answer... What legendary beast are we taming? A paragon of freedom and unpredictability seems appropriate - a noble exemplar of chaos. My first thought is a Couatl. Though they are always LG, they are based heavily on the Mesoamerican deity named Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec god of wind, air, and learning. It's a perfect embodiment of our scholar's own dichotomy. That's enough to begin play, so I'd stop there and let the rest evolve organically. [/QUOTE]
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