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In every episode of The Art of World Building podcast, host Randy Ellefson discusses how authors, screenwriters, game designers, gamers, and hobbyists can do world building better, faster, and have more fun doing it. Popular topics include creating gods, species, animals, plants, races, monsters, undead, continents, settlements, kingdoms, star systems, time, history, cultures, magic systems, religions, the supernatural, naming everything, and travel estimates for land, sea, and space.
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Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Explore how and when to create monsters. Learn the differences between monsters and animals, and monsters and species. Use habitat to make them more compelling. Figure out how their origins can make them memorable, whether they were created by accident, on purpose, or by evolution. Finally, determine their motivation because even monsters want something, and knowing this will determine everything they do.
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*criticism, not "criticolism." Sorry... This episode was particularly interesting though. I was accustomed to the D&D definition of monsters, which is a little too broad to be helpful, so I'd never even considered or heard of the question of numbers.
Sunday Feb 18, 2018
Hello! I've been enjoying your podcast so far. You have a great deal of experience, many points of which I have found particularly helpful and enlightening. If I might offer one criticolism, though... you sound as though you are reading a script, which almost made me stop listening very shortly into the first episode. I don't know if you are reading a script or if you're merely trying to clearly annunciate every word, but it seems to get better as you go on into each segment... or I just get used to it. It really is unfortunate, as you clearly have so much to offer, and what you've given so far has been immensely useful to me, especially regarding the creation of famous figures in the world. I'm looking forward to your next podcast. Keep being awesome! ~Feanor
Sunday Feb 18, 2018
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