Interesting world design is more than just making a map and throwing some Orcs on it. You need to start from the ground up. Or sometimes, even deeper than that!
While sticking with some variation of our world's physics is useful and makes storytelling easier, you can add in some magic and really make your world unique! The above picture is from Jake Parker's Skyheart series, a comic series set in a world with strata layers (like an Ogre... or an onion)., which is fantastically evocative, and really inspires some fun design. The series has magic, winged people, flying whales, and airships, and on seeing this picture, I was immediately struck by the idea and wanted to explore it- the different layers, the different flying continents, and the different peoples that inhabit it. If you can find an idea that makes your players sit up and cock their heads at it when they see it, trying to figure it out and find out what's inside, you're doing great. So test it out with a friend- show them your idea and see what they think. If you can sell one person on the idea, you've got a start! And if they've got some feedback, take it onboard. You've got a bunch of time right now, what are you waiting for? Also posted on Game Masters Stash on 26 March 2020. Comments are closed.
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