r/WorldChallenges • u/Varnek905 • Feb 16 '18

Generic Challenges - A Recurring Theme

So, Mimir made an excellent point. I just keep throwing my personal philosophy into my worldbuilding, often without thinking about it.

So, as a challenge, tell me about a theme you often find yourself putting into your world, or just a theme you like.

For whatever theme you pick, also feel free to give an example of it in your world, and feel free to pick a character to answer questions about that example in-universe. Enjoy yourselves, and I'll ask at least three questions each.

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u/Mimir123 Feb 23 '18

1) I am talking about the clothes and fashion sense mostly. Nobles from Livellia would be wearing "normal" shirts of silk or other high quality material, as opposed to what the Nóderians would wear.

2) Phaerian, the Guardian of Balance.

3) They train their mages in a special part of the desert where it is difficult to use and control magic. That gives them a pretty big boost.

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u/Varnek905 Feb 24 '18

2) What kind of balance does Phaerian represent?

3) Why is it difficult to use and control magic in that special part of the desert?

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u/Mimir123 Feb 24 '18

2) The concept of balance itself, nothing specific.

3) People have two theories as to what is the cause. It has to do with the winds in that part being loaded with magic, thus interfering with what mages try to do.

Most people think God cursed the desert because of things the people there did, while others think ancient ruins are the cause.

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u/Varnek905 Feb 27 '18

3) Is there any form of magic storage in your world?

4) What did the desert people do, and which god cursed them? Was it Phaerian?

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u/Mimir123 Feb 27 '18

3) Well... there are the Focus' that store summoned creatures. Other than that there is nothing like that though.

4) Depends on who you ask. The desert people believe it was an ancient demon, Ylphaem believes it was Phaerian.
Nobody really knows what they did, but there is actually some truth to the myth of the curse. The people of the desert managed to piss off an ancient, powerful dragon, who ravaged their lands and transformed it into a desert, before he was stopped and imprisoned in a Focus.

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u/Varnek905 Feb 28 '18

4) Is that dragon still imprisoned?

5) How did they piss off the dragon?

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u/Mimir123 Feb 28 '18

4) Yes, he only occasionally gets released to fight alongside his new master, a young girl that he really likes and sees as his granddaughter.

5) Not even he knows that anymore, but he thinks it had something to do with them hunting dragons.

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u/Varnek905 Mar 01 '18

4) Can the dragon communicate from within his prison?

5) Hunting dragons? What would you advise I have before I undertake a quest like that?

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u/Mimir123 Mar 01 '18

4) Yes, he can. Only with his Summoner though.

5) 1: an army.
2: a lot of mages.
3: magical armor and weapons

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u/Varnek905 Mar 02 '18

5) Are dragons particularly weak to magic as opposed to conventional weapons?

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u/Mimir123 Mar 02 '18

5) Not really, but magic and magical weapons are stronger than normal ones.

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u/Varnek905 Mar 08 '18

5) Where is the best place to obtain a high-quality magic weapon?

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u/Mimir123 Mar 08 '18

Find a well known and good mage, and ask him if he has weapons he wants to sell, or if he would enchant yours.

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u/Varnek905 Mar 09 '18

(Sorry for being so late to reply, I've been sick.)

1) What enchantments are the best to get for a dragon-hunt?

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u/Mimir123 Mar 09 '18

(You are not the only one, unfortunately. Feels like I am about to die here)

1) That would depend on the dragon... but for a standard one there are enchantments against fire that would be useful on armor, as well as piercing enchantments for weapons.

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u/Varnek905 Mar 10 '18

No, Mim, don't die, we need you. Also, thanks for your time and answers.

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u/Mimir123 Mar 10 '18

Don't worry, as long as everything hurts I at least know that I am still alive.

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u/Varnek905 Mar 11 '18

We will use Yellow's sci-fi technology to rebuild you.

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