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Holistic World Building Part 1: Development in Stages

Building a world for play is, to many, one of the big attractions of playing a TTPRG. However, it can be a daunting task, especially if you get caught up in the minutiae of it all. Also, the time requirements can be onerous. It’s all good though, because you can still develop a nuanced, holistic world! The trick is planning and scaled development. So let’s take a look at developing your world in stages.

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Lore Diver Episode Two

In episode two, I dive into the lore around the Chultan Dwarf population, and it’s anything but what’s presented in the Tomb of Annihilation! With deep roots going back to the oldest Dwarf civilization on Faerûn, unique weapons, and the finest spell component grade gem mines, there’s a lot more going on than meets the eye! Skip to ~4:00 for content!

Want to read bout Chult in 5e and the Tomb of Annihilation? Start here!

Backgrounder 001: Gnolls

Someone asked, so here we go, the first in what will probably be a number of lore and speculation fueled screeds about monsters, specifically underappreciated/potential player-race monsters that don’t get the love that they deserve. This all started as a commentary on how in-game characters like Mordenkainen and Volo are, at best, unreliable and biased narrators and witnesses to the events, monsters, and races they describe. Basically, they can’t be trusted, only the stat-blocks can. Then it turned into a rant on how awesome Gnolls are.[1] So, this is the supporting, hopefully more readable post to support my Twitter craziness.

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