New Posts For Thread: Building Worldshttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29795011/Building_WorldsHow do you do it?I'm designing a world for my group which consists of four nations, mostly peaceful, with barbarian hordes to the north and "ogre kingdoms" smack-bang in the middle. Restricted almost totally to the four races in the playtest packet.IThat is actually incredibly helpful, hirou. Thank you for linking that!http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29795011/Building_Worlds?post_id=529653693#529653693That is actually incredibly helpful, hirou. Thank you for linking that!Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:01:28 -0600I would recommend a series of articles 'building a fantasy sandbox' batintheattic.blogspot.ru/2009/08/how-to... It's not a simple guide but rather a step-by-step manual to occupy your free time for a month or twohttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29795011/Building_Worlds?post_id=529633625#529633625I would recommend a series of articles 'building a fantasy sandbox' batintheattic.blogspot.ru/2009/08/how-to... It's not a simple guide but rather a step-by-step manual to occupy your free time for a month or twoThu, 07 Mar 2013 23:16:26 -0600As someone mentioned earlier, always look for opportunities to improvise, as well.Fairly early into one of my campaigns, while I was still fleshing out the details of the world, an exchange between the PC's and an NPC led to me narrating (completelyhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29795011/Building_Worlds?post_id=529611245#529611245As someone mentioned earlier, always look for opportunities to improvise, as well.Fairly early into one of my campaigns, while I was still fleshing out the details of the world, an exchange between the PC's and an NPC led to me narrating (completelyThu, 07 Mar 2013 08:57:55 -0600There are people who can start big and work down, but for the majority of us it's usually better to start small and work up. It allows you to concentrate more on the details you want in an area rather than having to worry about the details of the nathttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29795011/Building_Worlds?post_id=529598363#529598363There are people who can start big and work down, but for the majority of us it's usually better to start small and work up. It allows you to concentrate more on the details you want in an area rather than having to worry about the details of the natWed, 06 Mar 2013 17:20:33 -0600Yes start locally always and build from there through play. Steal outragiusly from player musings about the world as well.I like as a personal style to write the history/relations completely obvioudly biased from the first nations point of view. I fihttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29795011/Building_Worlds?post_id=529529391#529529391Yes start locally always and build from there through play. Steal outragiusly from player musings about the world as well.I like as a personal style to write the history/relations completely obvioudly biased from the first nations point of view. I fiMon, 04 Mar 2013 08:22:02 -0600