Worldbuilding context in bold print:

In this world, there are the ureguines and shadow sins. Shadow sins have their own language and allow their shadow masters to have more power; the stronger the bond they have with each other. However, shadow sins often get treated as a power source rather than a companion. And therefore they get routinely exploited, and since Shadow Sins can understand English but not write or speak it, they're seen as lesser by the broader public even though Shadow Sins are usually well-versed in their own language. The main character has grown up believing Shadow Sins are being treated 'as they should' but learns over time that what they're going through is wrong. A classic tale of racism against those who do not understand the language you speak. This series takes heavy inspiration from Pokémon, Hazbin Hotel, and Dante's Inferno if that gives you a clue to the kind of story this will be.

Different Shadow Sins are found in different places. Wrath sins are found in Burden. Pride sins are located in Pride Tower. You can find Gluttony Sins hanging out on the beaches and shallow waters of the Bottomless Swamp. Sloth Sins love to hide in the canopy of the Sleepy Jungle. You can find the Lust sins all across the questionable stores in Lustrous. Deep in the Copy Caverns, Envy Sins lurk in the overgrowth. Beware of the Richman's Blood, for it's rumored that the place runs on the blood and sweat of other exploited sins and people alike, run by wild, untamed greed sins.

As you explore, you'll come across the Portal to Limbo, which has been sealed away for centuries on our side. No one really knows what's on the other side, only that it must be dangerous with how it's locked up for so long. Lastly, the beast lands. Wild, dangerous land. Rumored to be filled with hell beasts and monsters, not a city or building for hundreds of miles, except Calamity's Castle. Said to be the home of the greatest Shadow sin tamer and tracker to ever live. Many have gone seeking their guidance, most never made it home, and those that did claimed Calamity turned them away.

I am a fairly experienced writer with hard magic systems, but actually coming up with individual spells/unique powers is sometimes very difficult.

Without going into TOO MUCH detail, mostly because idk for sure if I'll even make this series in the future. I'm in the pre-writing/brainstorming phase of writing a series that takes place in a different world. With ureguines (a placeholder race I made up) that tame little gremalin creatures called Shadow Sins, and solve conflicts Pokémon-style by battling. Only, instead of the creatures fighting, the owners (also called Shadow Masters) connect with their shadow sin and use the powers granted to fight in combat. Here are a few rules for the magic system because I like hard magic systems with a lot of rules:

Shadow Sins must be near their Shadow Masters, or their Shadow Masters cannot cast spells

1. People who own a Shadow Sin are called Shadow Masters.
2. Shadow sins represent the seven deadly sins: lust, pride, wrath, envy, greed, gluttony, and sloth
3. Each Shadow sin individual would have its own look, but each one would look similar to the basic character bases
4. Shadow Sins are cute gremlin creatures that become more powerful the stronger the bond with their owner, but one problem.
5. Each shadow sin has a magical ability based on what sin they are.
   1. Each individual Shadow Sin can have between 1 and 3 abilities, while each Shadow Sin type has seven potential powers they can have: Lust is offensive, Pride is close-up/Melee Attacks, Wrath is brutal & violent attacks, Envy are attacks that mimic or copy others' capabilities or powers, Greed are attacks that only benefit the shadow master uses them (while not benefiting or even harming the shadow master's team or allies), Gluttony is most defensive attacks, and sloth is rest and healing spells.
      1. there are no other powers. That's what makes the Shadow Sins so valuable to the ureguines; without the Shadow Sins, the ureguines are powerless. It's also why the more shadow sins a ureguine has, the more power they are, since those are the only source of magic in this world.
6. I'm sorry, just realized I didn't quite make it clear. The reason shadow sins are so easily enslaved is simply the fact that their powers aren't really usable on their own; they need an external conduit, and the shadow sins are tiny and physically much weaker than the ureguines. I

Here are some of the powers I already came up with:

Lust:

1. Temptation's Whisper: Allows the Shadow Master to make themselves so attractive in the eyes of their opponent that their opponent can’t think straight or view anything else.
2. Desire's Wrath: Allows the user to convert their lustful energy into powerful blasts of energy that manifest as fiery projectiles that explode upon impact, causing emotional and physical harm by forcing the target to confront their deepest desires and fears in a sudden, chaotic attack
3. Ensnaring Embrace: The Shadow master can summon dark pink, almost blood red colored, whip-like tentacles that snag and stab opponents, depending on the Shadow Master’s skill/control over the Shadow Sin and intended position
4. Seductive Mirage: allows the Shadow master to create clones of themselves. The clones are temporary and will disappear if touched, but they put out an aura that drives people’s attention away from the real Shadow Master. This applies to everyone in range of the spell, and can become a liability when working in a team.
5. Lustful Whispers: Allows the user to whisper in the target’s ear seductively from anywhere in range, and it can be heard clearly. This can be used to speak with faraway teammates or to catch enemies off guard
6. Frenzied Obsession: The Shadow master can release a massive burst of energy that causes everyone in the area to obsess over a specific target. Again, this applies to everyone in range, so best not to use this as a team
7. Carnal Command: By locking eyes with the target, the Shadow Master can command their target to do whatever they please. This ability is a 1:1 ratio. Basically, after locking eyes, the Shadow Master gets to give only ONE command before having to make eye contact again. However, after eye contact is made, if a command is not said at all, the Shadow master can keep control of the target for as long as their stamina and training allow.

Gluttony:

1. Devouring Shield: The shadow master can summon a force field around themselves that can absorb incoming attacks, but the shield has a limit. Too many attacks and the shield bursts. The Shadow master must balance using the shield because the blast from the overloaded shield can cause harm to the Shadow master through the blast.
2. Adaptive plating: Allows the Shadow master to change the physical state of their body by turning their body fat into other materials. They cannot make themselves into liquid or air, but they can change into other solids. Rubber for bouncing, metal for protection, or glass for a frag grenade-style attack, etc. Note: this plating only surrounds the body and can be removed and manipulated as the shadow master sees fit.
3. Kinetic Chipped: Allows the shadow master to save up hits from an opponent over a set amount of time and, in one punch, hit with all that power at once

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Pulled the following files from a breach in archived O.M.E.N. email records and internal servers a few months ago. Most of the attached documents originate from something called the Vampiric Evaluation Division.

CLASS: VAMPIRES

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UrOosleaR-gipCu8A7qC-n4Bc3d63YSZVHpe68UBOVg/edit?usp=drivesdk

DESIGNATION: VAMP-02

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eM5ZGdxTooqPy0LLLeYf9E76gVQXcxZCYlNtFsxvwQY/edit?usp=drivesdk

DESIGNATION: VAMP-03

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1euT37jw188FrK-pCj3C6q1fsTE4-ffhL7OTpJRIqqIM/edit?usp=drivesdk

DESIGNATION: VAMP-05

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mQN9GpyHWHO_gZ-ELp60cLo0K7pINMuXjZV-CoY7Y5Y/edit?usp=drivesdk

DESIGNATION: VAMP-06

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DgSXsbMjgQTg13guWwa04DRYEfpIZ9RoxAF6CZYUeto/edit?usp=drivesdk

DESIGNATION: VAMP-08

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ewnMKZE60xyoFQTWv8KLf7LInjrc16FrdVCTagjdMag/edit?usp=drivesdk

DESIGNATION: VAMP-00

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f08HvDMnhJMtuml92dNbW5QVkfYNlGJ6EuHtXAl_afs/edit?usp=drivesdk

Hi there r/goodworldbuilding,

There are a lot of words in the English dictionary, but sometimes, using all of them can be a bit frustrating to read. Let's make this a challenge!

Describe your world using only the 1000 most common words in English!

Rules:

• For the sake of uniformity, use this checker for words to avoid. It highlights them in red so you know what to break down into simpler terms.
• Proper nouns, such as the names of things, locations, and characters can be used even if they are outside the 1000, but they need to be defined in terms of the 1000 most common words.
• You can use numbers, but please keep them as digits.
• Make your comment as long or as short as you wish, but keep to the 1000 words in your toolbox.
• You can describe the world as a whole, a location, a character, or a single thing, but try to make it an interesting one.
• People put a lot of effort into their worlds, and conversation is always appreciated. Please read through others' submissions as well, and if you find something interesting, please reply to it.
• Replies to submissions need not use just the 1000 most common words, as, by then, such limitation would detract from the conversation.

For future iterations of this challenge, feel free to suggest better word-checkers.

"I...NOT...A-NI-MAL!"

^(The first recorded words spoken by lesser dragons, during an instance of attempted extermination of one such individual in northern Iyos.)

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Lesser dragons (Eudraco sapiens) is a species of Karyic non-avian dinosaur, whose genus is descended from an animal analogous to Earth's Scansoriopteryx. They are the smallest species of "true" dragons on Karya, with a maximum wingspan of typically no more than 10 meters, and a full body length, excluding tail feathers, of about 2.5 meters. Fully mature specimens possess short (appx. 0.3 meter) horns on top of their skulls, above the eye sockets; large eye spots on their wings from birth generally grow darker with age, and are possessed by both males and females of the species, functioning as a part of intraspecific communications. While unable to produce the anomalous oral projections by other Eudraco species - what are otherwise referred to as "breath attacks" - some individual E. sapiens are capable of not just mimicking speech, but understanding simple syntax; more recent research has revealed that they have rather high levels of cognition, not quite to the degree of modern sophonts but on par with some "demi-sophont" species such as kobolds.

This hasn't prevented them from being just as historically hunted as the non-vocal species in their genus, and although lesser dragons are currently the most populous species of Eudraco, it is still considered critically endangered.

So I've been working on this new world for my DND campaign and i don't know what questions need to be answered. So I ask if all of you to ask me any question about this world so that I can come up with the smaller details.

The world was originally made by Saridor and then tiamat and bahamut later showed up and the three used the magical ruby ocean to create the original progenitors of dragon species. Now the world itself is made from the bodies of the gem dragon gods. The races of this world are humans, shardmind, dragonborn, elves, dwarves, gnomes, algoids, dinofolk, shifters, orcs, kobolds, psiforged, and sahuagin.

An Epic Sifi Dark Fantasy RPG

Created by Jason Kaos

System Lords Rpg Beta Test

The full city map: https://www.reddit.com/r/sake_rpg/comments/1sx8roo/the_city_of_ehnaiton_full_map_is_only_readable_on/

The Acropolis is the oldest district in the city, its origins supposedly dating back to the time of the elves – a claim supported by the elven ruins and the so-called Undercity beneath the more modern Asteanic city.

The district is filled with relatively small houses along narrow streets. Most are very old, some dating back nearly a thousand years to when the Asteans took over the site. The architecture is in the Marall style, though generally darker in tone.

Today, the district serves primarily as the religious centre of the city, housing the famous Model of Maat in the Rock Temple of Maat, the Temple of the Divine Ocean, and the Temple of Mirage.

The Acropolis is also home to two of the three most important educational institutions in the entire Atanate: the Detranic University of Sorcery and Science and the Seminar for the Doctrine of Eternal Waters. As a result, it is also the most vibrant party district, driven largely by the universities. The sons and daughters of nobles studying there tend to buy or rent apartments (or reside in family-owned houses) in the Acropolis. This concentration of students – along with professors, sorcerers, and itinerant priests – creates a constant atmosphere of revelry. The narrow streets are filled with bars, inns, taverns, bordellos, and other establishments of entertainment. This, in turn, draws not only young nobles but also the heirs of wealthy syndicate masters.

They party through the night, as leaving the upper city is typically impossible after dark – the gates between Hightown and Steeldrop are usually closed and will not be opened at the request of drunken youths.

However, there is also a darker side. During the Great Troubles, many higher and lesser nobles lost their lands and, as a result, ended up buying or renting houses in what was once the most prestigious district of the capital. Now, after many decades (or in some cases centuries) without recovering their estates, these people form a sizeable class of mostly impoverished and unemployed ex-nobles within the district. Many seek work as ronin, while others drift into outright criminality, some preying on intoxicated students.

The city of Ehnaiton and the adventures around it will be detailed in a future book.

The blue sands of the sapphire desert are a perilous enough to tread against in the best conditions. But mysterious winds blow and change the rules. These sandstorms are sentient winds that take on different colors and unleash things that cannot be easily undone.

Yellow is precise and moves objects and settlements from place to place. Often this leads to death through dehydration or hunger.

Red is vindictive and brings forth images of places or creatures that do not exist. These illusions are disorienting and often cause one to get lost.

Blue is playful and forms strange shapes from itself for unknown reasons. These can be dangerous spikes or rolling wheels but are rarely complex shapes.

Mixed colors are unusual in this world but have been known to occur.

Purple is more dangerous than most. The strange creatures and fates in the sandstorm are given physical form in the sand. Making monsters and environments that don't exist.

Green is unusual. It disorients the shape and positioning of the objects it swallows. Very rare, but it can be severely dangerous as well.

Orange causes the utter and complete disappearance and replacement of things that are swallowed. These replicas often act irregularly. Giving away that they should not exist in this world.

White sandstorms are some mix of the aforementioned. Leaving behind physical creations, such as entire environments that didn't exist before somehow intertwined with cities pulled from other parts of the desert.

Black sandstorms are actually just like regular sandstorms. They can be disorienting, but not inherently dangerous.