It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve posted, which means I owe people an apology and an explanation. These past … more…
creating magic systems
Creating Shildaria – Hierarchy of Social Estates
I did an entire post dealing with the Hierarchy of Social Estates and then another showing what that looked like … more…
Creating Shildaria – Magic
Like most of the countries in my world, Shildaria was drastically changed by the Druid Wars. Prior to the wars, … more…
Creating Shildaria – Scholastics
The passing on of knowledge and skills is one of the most important aspects in any society. How that is … more…
Creating Shildaria – The Arts
Shildaria has been in a constant state of war for two generations. As such, survival and feeding the war machine … more…
Creating Shildaria – Religion
For most of its history, Pantheism has been the dominant religion in the country, as it has been for the … more…
Writing Update – March 2019
It’s been a pretty productive month for me on the writing front. The funny thing is that I’m actually really … more…
End of the Year Update
It’s the end of the year and the end of the quarter, so let’s see how I did with my … more…
Magic and the Humanities
There is a hypothesis that the defining traits of humans is our ability to apply what we learn to create … more…
How Magic Affects Religion
In Dungeon and Dragons, Pathfinder, and many other roleplaying games, divine magic is as common as arcane magic. It comes … more…