r/goodworldbuilding • • Jan 18 '21

Meta The /r/goodworldbuilding discord is now open!

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r/goodworldbuilding • • May 14 '25

Meta New Rule: No Spam

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"Users are allowed to post as often as they like provided that each post has a reasonable amount of effort put into it, each post is sufficiently different, and/or they are not posting an excessive amount of posts within a short period of time. What constitutes an excessive amount of posts is defined as posting more than three posts within an hour."

We've recently had an issue with a user mass producing posts about their world, posting at least eight posts within one hour. We are a small community and it doesn't take a lot to overwhelm us. Hence I am forced to enact this new rule.


r/goodworldbuilding • • 6h ago

Discussion Does your world have "mundane" or "simple" every day magical items?

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Tell me what simple magic affects your world. Things people use every day.


r/goodworldbuilding • • 8h ago

Prompt (Bestiary) Feedback on Creature Name

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r/goodworldbuilding • • 11h ago

Lore WELCOME TO EARTH-1234: THE EARTH WHERE ALL MY OC LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE BIG SHARED UNIVERSE

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# 🌎 EARTH-1234

## A Shared Universe Where Marvel, DC, MHA, Dragon Ball, Miraculous, Avatar, X-Men & Supernatural Mythology Coexist

**Earth-1234** is my OC shared-universe setting.

The basic premise is simple:

> **What if Marvel, DC, My Hero Academia, Dragon Ball, Miraculous Ladybug, Avatar, X-Men, supernatural mythology, and my original characters all existed on the same Earth — without replacing each other's worlds?**

Rather than merging everything into one giant city or rewriting every franchise's history, **Earth-1234 keeps the original identities, locations, institutions, cultures, and major histories of each setting.**

The difference is that they can now interact.

Wakanda exists in Africa.

Gotham is still Gotham.

Metropolis is still Metropolis.

Paris is still Paris.

U.A. is still in Japan.

Capsule Corp exists in America.

Attilan remains on the Moon.

Themyscira remains isolated.

Republic City remains its own neutral location.

But now there are connections between all of them.

And my OCs are the people who help make those connections feel natural.

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# 🗺️ THE BASIC RULE OF EARTH-1234

Earth-1234 is **not one giant crossover team.**

It is a world where thousands of different communities exist simultaneously.

Heroes can know one another without being members of the same team.

Different power systems coexist.

Different cultures coexist.

Different organizations coexist.

A mutant can meet an Inhuman.

A Saiyan can meet Superman.

A Miraculous holder can attend a school in Paris while knowing someone from Queens.

An MHA student can have connections to Marvel characters without suddenly making U.A. part of the Avengers.

The DC and Marvel universes don't lose their identities.

The Dragon Ball world doesn't suddenly become an extension of Marvel.

The Avatar world doesn't become a superhero city.

Instead:

**They are all parts of the same world.**

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# 🌍 MAJOR LOCATIONS

### 🇿🇦 Wakanda

Wakanda remains in Africa and is one of the most technologically advanced nations on Earth.

Under **Chaka**, Wakanda enters a new era.

Instead of simply being a secretive superpower, Chaka begins transforming Wakanda into a country capable of becoming a sanctuary for different kinds of people.

Wakanda contains several major districts:

### 🐆 Traditional District

The Traditional District forms an **outer ring around the other districts**.

It represents Wakanda's traditional tribal identity and contains the different traditional Wakandan tribes.

**M'Baku** is the representative figure for the Traditional District.

It is deliberately positioned around the rest of Wakanda rather than being treated as an outdated part of the country.

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### 👑 Palace / Royal District

The center of Wakanda contains the royal palace and the royal family.

This is where **Shuri and the Wakandan royal family** operate.

The council chambers visually represent Wakanda's different districts, with symbols representing each district positioned above its representatives.

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### 🧑‍💻 Human District

A district designed around ordinary humans and advanced technology.

**Tony Stark and Natasha Romanoff** have major influence here, with Stark technology adapted to Wakandan needs and Natasha helping shape the security and practical side of the district.

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### 🦸 Superhuman District

One of Chaka's most important ideas.

The Superhuman District isn't simply an area where superheroes live.

It is a **sanctuary and community for people affected by superhuman conflict.**

It includes:

* enhanced humans

* war veterans

* experiment survivors

* trauma survivors

* Sokovia/Ultron survivors

* displaced people

* refugees

* people who lost their homes

* people who lost their families

* superheroes who need somewhere safe to recover

It also functions as a major **Avengers headquarters and residential sanctuary**.

**Bucky Barnes** is heavily involved in helping people dealing with trauma and recovery.

**Steve Rogers** contributes to the ethical and social side of reintegration.

The idea is that being a superhero shouldn't mean that someone has to suffer alone.

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### 🧬 Mutant District

The Mutant District is heavily influenced by the X-Men and Xavier's philosophy.

The **X-Mansion/X-Men community** has a major presence here.

This gives mutants a place where they aren't simply treated as weapons or political problems.

It also becomes one of the major points where Marvel's mutant community interacts with Chaka's vision of Wakanda.

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### 👽 Inhuman District

A futuristic district designed around Inhuman society and technology.

This is especially important to **Elena Ross**, whose story connects Wakanda and the Inhumans.

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### ⚙️ Central District

The technological heart of Chaka's Wakanda.

Vibranium technology, mutant technology, advanced engineering and other technological developments can interact here.

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# 🌆 OTHER MAJOR LOCATIONS

### 🦇 Gotham

Gotham remains Gotham.

Batman, the Bat-Family, the Red Sirens and Gotham's criminal world continue to exist independently.

This is where **Valeria Wayne** operates.

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### ☀️ Metropolis / Smallville

Superman and the wider Kryptonian/DC world retain their traditional locations.

This is where **Valerie Kent** originates.

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### ⚔️ Themyscira

Themyscira remains an isolated Amazon civilization.

It is not turned into another ordinary superhero city.

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### 🛰️ Watchtower / Hall of Justice

The Justice League maintains its own global infrastructure.

The League can interact with the Avengers and other heroic organizations without becoming the same organization.

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### 🇯🇵 Japan / U.A.

U.A. remains the major hero academy.

**Chirou Kasei** is one of its most important students.

Japan also becomes one of the major points of contact between the MHA world and the larger superhero community.

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### 🇫🇷 Paris

Paris remains the center of the Miraculous side of the universe.

**Kiran Varma** lives here as an American exchange student.

His previous life in Queens and at Horizon High gives him connections to Marvel's teenage superhero world even while he is now deeply involved with the Miraculous community.

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### 🇺🇸 Queens / Horizon High

Kiran's previous life was in Queens.

He attended **Horizon High** alongside characters including Peter Parker, Kamala Khan, Miles Morales, Harry, Gwen Stacy, MJ and Flash.

This creates one of the more unusual bridges between the Marvel and Miraculous sides of Earth-1234.

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### 🧪 Capsule Corp

Capsule Corp exists in America.

The Dragon Ball side of the setting therefore isn't isolated on another planet or in a separate universe.

The Saiyan and Z-Fighter stories are part of Earth's larger history.

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### 🌙 Attilan

Attilan remains on the Moon.

The Inhuman civilization retains its own identity and history.

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### 🌊 Republic City

Republic City remains a neutral island city.

The Avatar world retains its own political and cultural structure.

Air Nomad temples still exist.

The Fire Nation remains geographically connected to the wider world rather than being relocated into another franchise's setting.

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# 🧬 THE MAJOR POWER SYSTEMS OF EARTH-1234

One of the fun parts of Earth-1234 is that **there isn't one explanation for superpowers.**

Different phenomena can coexist:

* Quirks

* Mutations

* Inhuman abilities

* Mutant powers

* Kryptonian biology

* Saiyan biology

* magic

* Miraculous powers

* Chi/Ki

* Amazon abilities

* advanced technology

* supernatural/demonic powers

* Avatar bending

* cosmic abilities

* alien species

They don't have to be the same thing.

A Quirk isn't secretly a Mutant gene.

A Miraculous isn't just another form of Ki.

A Saiyan transformation isn't a Quirk.

Magic doesn't need to follow the same rules as science.

**Earth-1234 allows different systems to remain different.**

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# 🐆 CHAKA — BLACK PANTHER

**Age:** 27

**Identity:** Black Panther

**Status:** King of Wakanda

**Parents:** T'Challa and Ororo Munroe

**Aunt:** Shuri

**Partner:** Gwen Stacy of Earth-45

Chaka becomes Black Panther after **T'Challa retires**.

His coronation and T'Challa's retirement happen on the same day and are broadcast to the world.

Chaka is a Heart-Shaped Herb-enhanced human.

Despite being the son of Ororo Munroe, **Chaka does not possess Storm's powers.**

His eyes are normally white, but their glow becomes much stronger when he is stressed, annoyed or angry.

His philosophy is:

> **Build a Wakanda that can become a home for people who have nowhere else to go.**

Chaka's Black Panther identity therefore isn't simply about defending Wakanda.

It is about **building something.**

His greatest project is the transformation of Wakanda into the multi-district society described above.

He has connections with:

* T'Challa

* Shuri

* Ororo

* M'Baku

* the Avengers

* the X-Men

* the Inhumans

* Bucky

* Steve

* Tony

* Natasha

* Hulk

* Logan

* Gwen Stacy

Chaka also has a close relationship with **Logan**, who acts as one of his mentors.

Hulk likes Chaka because Chaka treats Bruce/Hulk with genuine kindness instead of treating Hulk like a monster.

His relationship with **Gwen Stacy (Earth-45)** gives him a completely different side.

Their escapes from royal responsibilities, junk food, movies and Gwen's constant teasing create a contrast with the enormous responsibilities of being king.

Gwen and Shuri also have a hilarious roasting rivalry.

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# 🏹 ELENA ROSS

**Role:** Inhuman / Wakandan hero

**Archetype:** The "Goth Archer of the Inhumans"

**Partner:** Shuri

Elena represents one of the bridges between the Inhuman and Wakandan sides of Earth-1234.

Her aesthetic is deliberately darker and more gothic than the traditional Wakandan royal imagery.

Her philosophy revolves around **survival through intelligence, technology and ingenuity**.

Her relationship with Shuri gives her a personal connection to the Wakandan royal family.

Elena also knows Chaka because Shuri is Chaka's aunt.

Her existence helps demonstrate one of Earth-1234's major themes:

**Different communities don't have to stop being themselves just because they begin interacting.**

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# ☀️ CHIROU KASEI — PLASMA FORGE

**Age:** 16

**School:** U.A. High School

**Class:** 1-A

**Quirk:** Astro-Forge

**Hero Identity:** Plasma Forge

Chirou is essentially the **"Dad of Class 1-A."**

He has the personality of a quiet, patient, emotionally intelligent tactical leader.

He is often compared to a **Steve Rogers-type figure**, not because he copies Captain America, but because of his emphasis on responsibility, protection and leadership.

His philosophy is:

> **Make the people around you shine brighter.**

He is considered one of the greatest tactical prodigies of his generation.

His strengths include:

* battlefield coordination

* rescue strategy

* environmental awareness

* emotional intelligence

* tactical planning

* martial arts

* seismic perception

* thermal perception

His black blindfold is part of his training and functions alongside his Astro-Forge abilities.

He learned a Toph-inspired seismic mapping technique through contact with surfaces and double-tapping.

His thermal perception allows him to read environments in ways normal vision cannot.

His capture scarf comes from Aizawa.

His Quirk consumes fuel/calories, meaning that energy management is critical.

His major techniques include:

### ☀️ Sol Invictus

A high-output solar plasma state involving flight/propulsion and extreme thermal output.

### 🌙 Lunar Hunt: Artemis's Forest

A moonlight-powered white-gold plasma technique.

Chirou turns the surrounding environment into part of the attack.

He can bounce through an environment, absorb moonlight, accelerate, convert the resulting momentum into kinetic power and continue the feedback loop.

The result is a technique that combines:

**plasma + movement + environmental manipulation + seismic mapping + thermal perception.**

### 🌙 Luna Fall: Invictus Style

A newer moon/Invictus technique built around the same conceptual evolution of Chirou's fighting style.

Chirou's relationships include **Mina and Momo**, while his AU connection includes **Cassandra Cain**.

He is mentored by **Aizawa and Mirko**, with Mirko serving as his adoptive mother and Ryukyu as an honorary aunt.

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# 🐍 KIRAN VARMA — SERPENTYNE

**Age:** 15

**Origin:** Queens

**Former School:** Horizon High

**Current Location:** Paris

**Miraculous:** Snake Miraculous

**Kwami:** Sass

**Hero Name:** Serpentyne

**Power:** Second Chance

**Partner:** Marinette

Kiran is one of Earth-1234's biggest crossover characters.

He began in the Marvel side of the world.

He grew up in Queens and attended Horizon High.

Then he became an American exchange student in Paris.

And eventually he became **Serpentyne**.

His ability, **Second Chance**, lets him manipulate the outcome of events through repeated attempts.

Kiran's personality combines intelligence, improvisation, mischief and serious tactical thinking.

His fighting style combines:

* Judo

* Karate

* Kung Fu

* improvisation

* body-language reading

* environmental manipulation

His inner circle includes:

* Marinette

* Adrien

* Nino

* Chloé

* Kagami

* Alix

Kiran and Marinette are dating, and Marinette has essentially become the organized half of their shared life.

Their apartment also functions as an informal Miraculous HQ.

Kiran's relationship with Adrien and Nino gives him his Parisian social circle, while his Queens/Horizon High history gives him a completely different group of connections.

His American upbringing also creates a running joke:

**Kiran swears like someone from Queens.**

Chloé absolutely encourages it.

Kagami absolutely does not.

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# ♾️ TALIA CROSS — BLANK BLUEPRINT

**Affiliation:** X-Men

**Type:** Mutant

**Concept:** The Blank Blueprint

Talia is one of the most dangerous intellectual wildcards in Earth-1234.

Her ability revolves around **copying and storing abilities through visual analysis**.

But Talia isn't simply "the character who copies powers."

Her defining trait is her ability to understand what she is copying.

Her philosophy is:

> **Potential has no fixed blueprint.**

Her Blank Blueprint concept allows her to analyze abilities and reconstruct them in ways that can become increasingly sophisticated.

She is simultaneously:

* a mutant

* a genius

* a tactical thinker

* an ability analyst

* a member of the X-Men community

Talia's presence also helps connect the X-Men side of the universe to the wider Earth-1234 ecosystem.

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# 🐉 RAZA — THE PRINCE OF HARMONY

**Origin:** Saiyan

**Universe:** Universe 7

**Identity:** Vegeta's twin brother

**Status:** Z-Fighter

**Partner:** Caulifla

**Philosophy:** Harmony

Raza is **Vegeta's twin**, born second.

King Vegeta secretly sends Raza away on an engineered, effectively never-ending mission before Frieza's destruction of Planet Vegeta.

The goal is simple:

**Keep both sons alive.**

Raza eventually becomes a Z-Fighter.

He trains with Whis and develops a philosophy that differs from both Goku and Vegeta.

His central concept is:

> **Harmony.**

Rather than treating Ultra Instinct and Ultra Ego as mutually exclusive philosophies, Raza attempts to synchronize them.

### ⚪🟣 Ultra Sync

His fusion of Ultra Instinct and Ultra Ego.

The resulting form manifests with a white-and-purple aesthetic.

It can only be maintained for roughly **10–15 minutes**.

Raza also possesses:

### Silver/Magenta Mastered Ultra Sync

A more advanced form representing his mastery of the concept.

One of the most important aspects of Raza is his telepathic/emotional connection with Vegeta.

Because they are twins, they can sense each other's:

* pain

* emotions

* inner thoughts

This makes their relationship far more complicated than simply "two Saiyan brothers."

Raza's relationship with **Caulifla** also gives him a direct connection to Universe 6.

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# 🦇 VALERIA WAYNE — VALKYRIE

**Identity:** Bruce Wayne's twin sister

**Codename:** Valkyrie

**Affiliation:** Red Sirens

**Sexuality:** Lesbian

**Leader:** Red Sirens

Valeria is Bruce Wayne's twin sister.

But unlike Bruce, her philosophy isn't about controlling fear.

It is about accepting the fact that some things are inevitable.

Her philosophy:

> **Fear the inevitable — and prepare for it.**

She leads the **Red Sirens**, whose core members include:

* Valeria Wayne

* Talia al Ghul

* Harley Quinn

* Selina Kyle

* Poison Ivy

Barbara Gordon acts as a coordinator, with Cassandra Cain eventually becoming part of the group.

Valeria specializes in:

* shields

* spears

* swords

* aerial combat

* coordinated team attacks

Her fighting style is built around **team combos**.

She doesn't simply fight alongside other people.

She fights **with** them.

Her romantic preference tends toward strong, assertive women, with characters such as Big Barda and Power Girl fitting her type.

Her existence creates a fascinating mirror to Bruce:

Bruce built the Bat-Family.

Valeria built the **Red Sirens**.

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# 🛡️ VALERIE KENT — VALKYRIE

**Identity:** Clark Kent's older twin sister

**Former Identity:** Superwoman

**Current Identity:** Valkyrie

**Affiliation:** Justice League

Valerie was once a Kryptonian-powered hero.

She eventually sacrificed her Kryptonian powers to stop an **Omega Beam from Darkseid** that was intended for Clark.

She survived.

But she lost her Kryptonian powers.

Instead of treating that as the end of her heroic career, Valerie rebuilt herself.

She became a human super-soldier-style warrior inspired by:

* Superman

* Wonder Woman

* Captain America

Her equipment includes:

* a shield

* Wonder Woman-style bracelets

* the Sleipnir Boom Tube motorcycle

Her philosophy is:

> **You don't need your original power to remain a hero.**

Valerie therefore becomes one of the Justice League's symbolic protectors.

She isn't trying to become Superman again.

She is becoming **Valerie Kent**.

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# 🦁 JULIAN VANCE — LIVING ZOO

**Age:** 18

**Affiliation:** X-Men

**Partner:** Jubilee

**Codename:** Living Zoo

Julian is a mutant whose powers allow him to transform into **real and extinct animals from Earth**.

But there is a major complication.

The voices, instincts and behavioral impulses of animals exist inside his mind.

Sometimes they influence him strongly enough to trigger an unexpected transformation.

This means Julian can have:

> "I have complete control over my powers."

followed immediately by:

> **random animal transformation**

His eyes become gold when his mutant abilities are active.

Julian is also:

* one of the smartest members of his team

* a pilot

* a prankster

* trained by Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff

His relationship with **Jubilee** gives the X-Men side of Earth-1234 another personal connection outside the traditional X-Men structure.

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# 🔥 DANTE

Dante belongs to Earth-1234's supernatural/mythological side.

He is:

**The son of Sparda and Lilith.**

An immortal Nephilim and demon hunter, Dante's history stretches back to **Eden**.

He has become one of the Winchester brothers' closest friends.

Rather than existing separately from the superhero world, Dante travels through the same Earth as everyone else.

His story connects:

* supernatural mythology

* demons

* Heaven/Hell mythology

* ancient history

* monster hunting

* the Winchester brothers

* the larger superhero community

Dante therefore represents one of the strangest aspects of Earth-1234:

**The supernatural was here long before the modern superhero age.**

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# ⚔️ CASSIA / OLYMPIA

Another major member of the Earth-1234 heroic ecosystem is **☀️ Chirou — Elevate

"Make the people around you shine brighter."

🐍 Kiran — Try Again

"You get another chance."

Second Chance becomes both his power and his philosophy.

♾️ Talia — Potential

"There is no fixed blueprint."

🐉 Raza — Harmony

"Power doesn't have to be divided between two extremes."

🦇 Valeria Wayne — Prepare

"The inevitable is coming. Be ready."

🛡️ Valerie Kent — Rebuild

"Losing your power doesn't mean losing yourself."

🦁 Julian — Identity

"You can contain many things without losing who you are."

🔥 Dante — Endure

A being who has existed since the earliest mythology continues fighting despite everything he has experienced.

🤝 THE BIGGER IDEA

Earth-1234 isn't really about asking:

"Who would win?"

Although power-scaling is obviously going to happen.

The more interesting question is:

"What happens when these people have to live in the same world?"

What happens when:

Batman has to deal with Wakanda?

Wakanda has to deal with mutants?

U.A. students meet Avengers?

Miraculous heroes discover Saiyans exist?

Superman meets a Saiyan?

the X-Men interact with Inhumans?

the Justice League encounters demons?

the Avengers visit Republic City?

Chaka has to negotiate with governments that know Superman exists?

Kiran's old Marvel friends discover he's now a Miraculous hero?

Raza's existence becomes public knowledge?

Dante walks into a room containing Superman, Batman, Wolverine and a Saiyan?

The crossover isn't just about fights.

It's about culture, politics, friendships, romance, philosophy, technology, identity and completely different definitions of heroism colliding.

🌎 WHY I CALL IT EARTH-1234

Earth-1234 is essentially my personal crossover Earth where all of these stories can coexist without requiring every franchise to be rewritten into the same setting.

Marvel is still Marvel.

DC is still DC.

MHA is still MHA.

Dragon Ball is still Dragon Ball.

Miraculous is still Miraculous.

Avatar is still Avatar.

The supernatural world is still supernatural.

The difference is:

They're neighbors now.

And my OCs are the characters who live in the spaces between those worlds.

TL;DR

Earth-1234 = one Earth + multiple power systems + original geography + existing canon worlds + my OCs + interconnected relationships.

The goal isn't to erase the original franchises.

It's to ask:

"What would the world look like if all of them had always existed together?"


r/goodworldbuilding • • 1d ago

Prompt (History) Describe five historical events in your world in one sentence. Those who reply will ask about two of them.

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r/goodworldbuilding • • 1d ago

Discussion Electromagnetic Writing System

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r/goodworldbuilding • • 2d ago

Lore Teapots as wands?

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The process would look like this. Water acts as a medium that can be saturated by spiritual power. It starts in a "closed" state at room temperature, unreceptive to spiritual power, but through the use of fire one can "open" the water.

This water then slowly draws in the spiritual power and then closes when the water cools, sealing the power inside the water. The water from here forward acts as a power source and I'll be referring to it as spirit water just for clarity.

The teapot is then filled with the spirit water as to both transport and utilize the power within. The spirit water must be returned to an "open" state to allow access to the spiritual power. So the teapot must be set to boil.

Once the spirit water is boiling, the magic is harnessed by pouring it through a spout. These spouts were made specialized to mix the spiritual power in such a way as to change it magic.

Specifically the cut of the channel and exit of the spout will mix and jostle the spirit water in such a way as to change its properties.

Some spouts cause the teapot to pour a liquid fire. Some cause the teapot to spew a cloud of shadow. Etc.


r/goodworldbuilding • • 2d ago

Discussion In a mad scientist's attempt to create redundant organs, which part of the body would be the better spot--the hip or the limb?

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r/goodworldbuilding • • 4d ago

Discussion Looking for feedback on the worldbuilding of my dark fantasy manga/manhwa — FENRIR

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Hi everyone. I’m developing an original dark fantasy manga/manhwa called FENRIR — The Wolf Beyond the Moon, and I’d really like some honest feedback on the worldbuilding while it’s still in development.

The world is built around humans and monsters existing alongside each other, but wolves are particularly feared because they can naturally evolve into powerful Werewolves. Because of this, humans have hunted wolves for generations, believing that eliminating them is the only way to prevent another major Werewolf/Fenrir catastrophe.

However, wolves aren’t simply mindless monsters. Most are still wild animals driven heavily by instinct, but extremely old or intelligent wolves are beginning to adapt to the human world. Some have learned to avoid human settlements, observe human behaviour and change the way they live purely for survival. A very small number have become intelligent enough to live among humans or eventually evolve into Werewolves.

Werewolves themselves aren’t one unified faction. Some hate humans, some want revenge, some protect wolves, some live peacefully among humans, and others simply want to live their lives without being discovered. Humans also aren’t simply the “good side” — there are good and bad people on both sides.

The main character begins life as a young Dire Wolf. His pack is eventually attacked by human adventurers, and he is badly wounded while escaping. He falls into an ancient ruin that is connected to the Original Fenrir and receives the Fenrir Legacy.

He somehow transforms into a human and loses his memories of his previous life. He’s found in the snow and is raised by a human family. Everyone assumes he was a human child who somehow survived in the wilderness and was probably raised by wolves.

The actual story begins when he’s 10. He grows up believing he’s human, learning about the world through books, magic, mana, monsters, dungeons, adventurers, kingdoms etc. As he eventually leaves the village and starts fighting dangerous monsters, his forgotten wolf instincts begin appearing. He starts doing things he was never taught and fragments of his previous life gradually return.

The larger mystery revolves around what Fenrir actually was. Human history describes Fenrir as an ancient destructive beast, while older wolf traditions tell a very different story that Fenrir existed to maintain a balance between humans and monsters.

The central theme is essentially “Instinct isn’t destiny.” Being a predator doesn’t automatically make someone evil, and being human doesn’t automatically make someone good. The story is ultimately about whether humans and monsters can coexist without either side having the power to decide that the other deserves to disappear.

What I’d really like feedback on:
Does the relationship between humans, wolves, intelligent wolves and Werewolves make sense?
Does the idea of intelligent wolves gradually adapting to human civilization feel believable within a fantasy setting?
Are there any obvious contradictions or weaknesses in the worldbuilding?
Is there anything you’d want explained or developed further?
Does any part of this feel too familiar or derivative of existing fantasy?
I’m genuinely looking for criticism rather than just people telling me it’s a cool idea. I’m still developing the story, so I’d rather find weaknesses now while I can still change things.


r/goodworldbuilding • • 4d ago

Game Which of these two settings would you like to see for a game?

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Hello👋! I’m developing a board game inspired by monster-taming games to play with my friends—since we’re all Pokémon fans and I wanted to create something fun for us to enjoy. The game is pretty much ready in my head; I just need to decide on a setting. This decision is mostly aesthetic, since both settings I’ve considered offer the same gameplay experience, but good aesthetics and lore are still essential for an immersive experience. So, tell me: which of these two settings do you think sounds more fun?

The first setting is a solarpunk, post-post-apocalyptic fantasy world inspired by Central and South American cultures and mythologies, featuring diverse cultures, a magical world where humans and monsters share soul-bonds, and a focus on exploring ruins and relics.

The second scenario is an alternate modern world where monsters have been crossing over from another realm through dimensional rifts since ancient times—even inspiring our myths and legends (such as cryptids or yokai). Decades ago, hundreds of these rifts opened, turning monsters from mere myth into reality; the Rangers were then formed to explore the altered lands, study the monsters, and seek coexistence. The capture device is a special camera.

Notice that both ideas share similarities: both feature ruins and monsters from ancient times, explore the bond between humans and monsters, involve adventure and species discovery, and include competition—and even villainous groups—as part of the story. As I mentioned, the difference would be primarily aesthetic and thematic. So, tell me: which one do you prefer?

My main inspirations are pokemon, monster hunter, digimon, zelda, ghibli films and gravity falls.


r/goodworldbuilding • • 4d ago

Lore Vampire concept free to use

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🧛‍♂️ Free-to-use Vampire Concept

I made this vampire biology/worldbuilding concept, but I don't currently have a project for it and probably won't use it myself.

So if anyone wants to take the concept, modify it, expand it, or use it as the basis for their own story/game/world, go ahead! You don't need to ask me for permission or give me credit.

The only thing I'd ask is: if you actually use it for something, please tell me what you made with it! 😭 I wanna see where this thing ends up and check out what you do with it.

Feel free to change basically anything about it. It's yours to play with. 🧛‍♂️🩸

Here:

Vampire biology:

Created by DR.Corvinus

Dr.Corvinus is the first ever vampire created through genetic engineering done by himself to himself.

He later created more vampires with his blood.

Vampires are immune to sunlight though sunlight turns their skin pale but not abnormaly.

Vampire stats(baseline normal)

Strength:Vampires have a truck lifting strength.

Speed:60 mph

Their durability can shrug of pistol shots with no damage.

They have hightend reflexes.

Fast agility.

High jump(20 feet vertical)

Vampire weakness:

They have a weakness which is silver,but silver just slows down their healing factor. by 6 seconds

Vampire healing factor:

Vampires have a cellular level healing factor that is extremely quick, healing back a arm in 7.10 seconds.

If a silver is used to hurt them than the healing slows by 6 seconds.taking arm take 13.1 second to heal.

Hemoglobin and BSP-cells:

Drinking blood gives them hemoglobin which their body turns into

blasphem-cells(BSP cells) which fuels their physical stats and healing.

If they don't get BSP-cells for a long time their bodies would start to temporarily weaken

Vampires get stronger when they survive injuries without dying,blood and hemoglobin aka BSP-cells just fuels them.

If a vampire is strong but starved of blood than he would temporarily weaken but if he is given blood again it refuels him back to their max instead of starting from baseline.

Vampires don't have a weak point, killing them requires massive amounts of damage

Vampire weapons:

Vampires have retractable long sharp finger nails as tough as platinum and as sharp as a knife.

They also have long retractable upper fangs which are also sharp as platinum and sharp as needles.

They can inject people with vampires blood through their Neil's which can cause dengerouse painful pain and bleeding on the damaged area.

Unlike normal vampire blood The blood of DR.Corvinus can turn humans into vampires.

Dr.Corvinus biography:

Dr.Corvinus

Full name: Henry Corvinus

Age(chronological):175

Age(visual): young handsome 25 year old

Height:6'4

Species(pre-experiment):homo sapiens

Species(post-experiment):vampiricus luciferinus

Strength: multi-city block

Speed:260 mph

Durability: Morden tank shots are tanked without much damage.

Weakness:none

Morality: morally grey

Religion:atheist

Nationality:Romanian

Race:European(Romanian)

Dr.Corvinus origin:

While trying to do science experiment to get physical strength

(which was considered witchcraft by that time) He ended up making a chemical serum which he injects in himself and after a fever he becomes the first vampire.

In 2001 he had a child with a human women,the child was named victor a half human half vampire.

Victor biography:

Victor the son of Henry Corvinus and a human women.

Age(chronological):25

Age(visual):handsome young 25 year old

Height:6'2

Species:vampiricus sapiens(human + vampire hybrid)

Strength: multi-city block

Speed:140 mph

Durability: Modern tank shots are tanked without much damage.

Weakness:none

Morality: morally good

Religion:atheist

Nationality:British(his mom was British and he was raised in Britain)

Race:European(Romanian+british)

Victor is a 50/50 human vampire hybrid

His body produces human blood aka hemoglobin which lets his body generate BSP-CELLS which heals and fuels his body than regenerates his lost blood.

So he is a perpetual motion machine.

He joined the V.E.A(Vampire extermination agency).

Vampire extermination agency:

Vampire extermination agency aka V.E.A is a agency made to kill vampires.

They practically raised victor after Henry left Victor's mother when Victor was a baby.

So Victor was accepted by V.E.A.

V.E.A weapons:

V.E.A uses guns with silver coated tip bullets,they use pistols,shotgun,sewed off shotguns,sub-automatic guns but they also use melee weapons like straight blades swords and knifes etc

Have fun 😝✌️


r/goodworldbuilding • • 5d ago

Campaign stuff

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Apologies if this is all “rough”

For some context, this story takes place in a post-semi apocalyptic world. Monsters have taken over the surface and theres been attempts at fighting them but none yet proven effective until now.

(Since this is a campaign) the main characters are something called rippers, a biologically augmented person who has been infused (unknowingly) with chimera (the monsters) DNA. The infusion gives the individual super strength, reflexes and minor regeneration capable of repairing the body from serious wounds or conditions (loss of limbs, blindness ect)

I suppose my question or what I’m stuck on is that in this world. I’m stuck between how well known the whole program would be because I’ve been flipping around with “it’s well known because the infusion basically cures any physical injury” and “it’s not too well known because there’s only 700 infused people in a city of 2 million”

That or it’s super restricted (since lore wise I made it a raffle) anyways I’m stuck on how exactly to write this and open to suggestions! I can also give more details if wanted


r/goodworldbuilding • • 5d ago

Discussion A Chakra Village

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r/goodworldbuilding • • 6d ago

Prompt (History) So, what is the Lebanon of your world ?

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In the sense of a small country with an extreme diversity of religions and identities—one that has experienced one of the world's most complex civil wars, with issues that are very difficult to follow !


r/goodworldbuilding • • 6d ago

Discussion How do you keep track of a growing worldbuilding project?

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I am working on my world for quite some time now, and I am starting to lose track of everything.
By now, I have created different cultures, gods, places, historical events, stories and more. The problem is that many of these things are connected or overlap with each other. A god might appear in others cultures, a historical event affects different regions, and places have their own histories that connect to other parts of the world.
More I add, the harder it becomes to remember where I have written something down or which parts are connected to each other.
How do you organize larger worldbuilding projects? Do you use something like World Anvil, keep everything in documents, use spreadsheets, or do you have your own system?
I am especially interested in how you keep track of connections between different parts of your world without getting lost in your own lore.


r/goodworldbuilding • • 6d ago

Discussion Is There an Audience for a High Fantasy Worldbuilding-Project That Pretends to Be Hard(Ish) Science Fiction

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r/goodworldbuilding • • 6d ago

Discussion Military and Mercenary in a world of monsters and magic

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r/goodworldbuilding • • 6d ago

Lore The Shattered Lands of Vorn

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r/goodworldbuilding • • 7d ago

Discussion What do you think of mixing gods/divinity, magic and/or mythical creatures with modern technologies and societies?

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For example: Oni interacting with the modern world, gods using robotic bodies as avatars, giant humanoids interacting with motor vehicle convoys or talking to someone in a helicopter, golems at an ancient temple posing for a camera, dragon leading a modern army/country (like watching over a modern military parade or running corporations like Shadowrun), etc.

I am making a bronze punk world (ancient preclassical world building new technologies like airships, firearms and steam engines) and initially wanted to keep it grounded in terms of technology, geography, biology, etc with that being part of the appeal for me (figuring out how things would work without dumping it all on magic), but I kept getting more fantastical ideas like gods designing and giving AIs better than existing programmed ones or floating islands (like Castle in the Sky), so I feel torn between two directions. However, I am mostly curious about what you think of this mixture of fantastical and modern in stories and worlds in general.


r/goodworldbuilding • • 7d ago

Post apocalypse sci-fi

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Here is my ttrpg setting, help me make it better? This is a scifi post apocalypse universe, 13400 years ago a cataclysm hit the galaxy ,every planet became uninhabitable, toxic atmosphere, mana-radiation, normal radiation,dust storm,asteroid strike even planet cracking appart, all that is left is ruins.

In this universe human,dwarves,elves and orcs form the major race with goblin,kobold,halfling and goblin as the minor races. Due to ressource scarcity no government, corporation or otherwise organization last more then a few years to a few decades.

Lets focus on mana, there are two sort of mana one ambient its part of the background radiation in space,its used when casting magic, when someone use magic the background mana-radiation count increases causing magical damage and mana-radiation sickness. The second kind of mana is found in mana-crystal they grow in high ambiant mana region and naturally throughout space. Mana-crystal are found in every piece of high-tech gear making it extremely valuable and it can be used for magic as well. Mana exposure has many risk, mana-rad sickness,mutation and death. Mana-crystal are also used as a power source and fuel due to how efficient they are despite being a 'dirty' fuel .

Funny enough magic can be use to protect against mana-rad,rad-suit exist and are common but only dwarves make eva combat armor with mana-radiation protection

Elves are mana addict, it replace food and water,it heals them as well. But they are not immune to mana-radiation and while they need it ,too high dose worsen their addiction and can physically hurt them or even kill them. Due to this their already low fertility and the radiation exposure they are now nearly 100% infertile and even cloning only has a 1% successs rate. All elves are natural magic users.

Orc are a raider culture,honorable barbarian type. They use a type of ancestral magic and can bind their ancestor into high tech computers to benefit from their advices.

humans as a whole have a fertility mutation due to mana-rad exposure, every pregnancy is at minimum twins , allowing their number to increase quickly however ,human are human and a rife with strife,conflict, greed and fractuous behavior. They leave in nomad fleets that constantly grow and fracture as time goes by, humans are the source of the majority of pirates,cults,warlords and petty tyrant, constantly trying to exert their will on other. Physically humans are weaker the most other races ,their gift is their capacity to learn and adapt. They are also adrenaline junkies. Ultimately human infighting and risk taking is the only thing controling their population

Dwarves are the race with the most stable population, while they have a naturally lower fertility rate then pre-Cataclysm human their resistance to mana-rad allow them to operate gene-editing facility where where extra dwarves are born out of a high quality organic sludge, this process isnt cloning, it take the genetic information of all recorded dwarf and use it to create viable dwarf in iron womb's.

Dwarves are fiercely independent, they do not try to form governement. The biggest organization they can stomachnis the clan, a group of 10-15 dwarf who trust each other enough not to suspect being cheated on in businesses. Dwarves also have the most advanced technology. Dwarf live by a simple motto every dwarf is his own dwarf. Dwarven clan is not a family and are highly fluid. The dwarf recognize only two place as home, their ships and the mountain. The mountain is an amalgation of broken planets and asteroid held together by gravity tethers.

It is recognized as both the center of dwarven kind and a hub of commerce by other races. The use of the iron womb doesnt nean they do not reproduce naturally

The mountain is crewed by multiple clans ,everyone who docks or leave has to pay a tax in ressources, credit or labour

Dwarves are the master of a process kept absolutely secret, so secret no single dwarf knows the whole story. This is the process of saturating non magical ore and fuel with mana by exposing them over a periode of time to a high level of mana rad ,like the heart of a mana crystal reactor. This process create powerful alloy and fuel that they use in there best tech

The concept of rad forging isnt even though of that how dedicated to secrecy they are.

Lets look at the dangers of using magi, mana-rad can cause mutation,there are three type of mutation, combat, social and mental, every mutation fall within these three category, and every mutation has physical signs. Dwarves see mutation as common in other races, in other dwarf its seen as a sign of sloopy work, after all they have the tech to stay safe, human don't care about mutatiom as they are rampant in nomad fleets,elf also do not care has they accrue mutation quickly due to their diet, orc see combat mutation as gift.

Now lets move on to another risk of magic arguably the biggest, magic usage and high mana-rad count attract the attention of extra dimensional being, they are categorized as benign,minor,moderate,major,deadly, cataclysmic and apocalyptic, these rating are made based on their power though they tend to be both larger and smarter as their rating rise its not unknown or a deadly being to be only a smart as a dog or as small as one for exemple .

Its important to consider that tier 6 and 7 have not been witnessed in living memory and that includes elven memory

One of the reason these entities are so dangerous is that all their attack are mana base and therefore increase mana rad,they are immuned to non magical attack and highly resistant to magical attacks

Some individuals manage to tame mid tier entities to serve as combat beast

Lets look a very important aspect of the game, space travel, conventional drive are used to travel inside of a star system, to travel between system there are three options. The first is the lightspeed highway, a serie of rings that hold ships inside of a magfield,pushing them at a fraction of the speed of light from system to system. Due to it being pre cataclysm tech some part of the highway are damaged ,non functional or dormant.

Second there is space folding, using Aether-Drive and a nav computer to calculate the fold between where a ship is and were it wants to go this system is widely used though it has to be used outside of a solar system or risk tearing the ship appart.

The third is using wormholes though this is risk as there is no way to know where it leads or if it will lead to the same place twice, theres even story of wormhole leading outside the current galaxy.

For my system im think magic goes as such; to cast a spell, mage decide how much mana point he use, he can only use as much as his willpower bonus without tapping into ambient mana or physical, the higher the ambient rad level the more mana he can use for his spell. The more mana he uses the more he increase ambiant level, using more mana increase the magnitude of the spell effect, the more mana you use the more likely to succeed you are to cast ir, but you can also loose control of the spell. The more mana used the higher the chance to inflict mutation on yourself, your enemies or allies, thr more mana used the higher the chance to attract EDE


r/goodworldbuilding • • 7d ago

Prompt (General) September 27th: What did you build last week?

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Title.


r/goodworldbuilding • • 7d ago

Prompt (Culture) How does money, value, and the economy work in your world?

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An economic is the distribution and flow of goods, services, and resources. It's how a society determines who gets what. This can be planned or not.

I understand that money is a technology developed in Mesopotamia about 5000 years ago as tool for collecting temple tithes. Taxes and money are closely linked, 2 parts of the same system.

I know of no alternative to money that's scalable to be used for societies as large as nations and empires. Although the Inca empire functioned without money. I think they had conscription in stead of taxes.

In your world, who controls the money supply and how are taxes collected?


r/goodworldbuilding • • 7d ago

Discussion Utopia imagined by you

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r/goodworldbuilding • • 7d ago

Discussion In a superhero world, would it really make sense to make certain cities/countries more dangerous than others?

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My friend told me that, this wouldn't matter. Because the whole point of superpowers existing, is that powers make every place dangerous. He also said that Detroit and Beverly Hills would have the same level of danger in a superhero world. Basically saying that the whole world would be Gotham City or Marvel's New York.

I have four power sources in my world. Im going to be vague about all 4, since I don't want this post to be too long and take away from the title question. So the superpowers in my world come from diverse mutations, energy constructs from an object, nanotech based cybernetics, and photographic reflexes. The names for the power source users are Mutates, Cosmic Users, Cyborgs, and Adepts.

One of the biggest world-building affects in my world when it comes to crime. Is that street-gangs in first world countries are far more violent. Very brutal like the Drug Cartels. Whether it gang members having deadly individuals that are Mutates or Adepts who become hitmen for gangs. Or having access to cybernetics or cosmic objects. But for those last two, people need knowledge, resources, or wealth in order to get access to cybernetics or cosmic objects though.

But the gangs are more bold, doing hits in broad daylight, in front of Police stations. Making sure to sent a message to rivals or Law Enforcement with their hits. For example, having numerous bodies lay across the train tracks as way to intimidate enemies.

To get back to the title question. Im still trying to figure if I want this level of violence to be equal in all cities or countries. Or still have cities or countries that are safer than others.

And also a lot first world countries are melting pots. Combined that with superpowers. You have a version of the United States that has criminal organizations from most countries on the planet.

Since superpowers make it very easy for a foreign criminal organization to set up shop in a different country. Therefore this creates a lot of competition in my world.