Posts with this tag contain content on worldbuilding in tabletop games and examine the foundation of thoughts, assumptions, and lore that we build upon.
First, let’s have a definition so we’re all on the same page. Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. For example, chromesthesia (sound to color). From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia Hello. It’s me. I can do that. It’s nifty. Simple… Read more Narrative Concept: Synesthesia
When it comes to the concept of alignment in D&D, there’s quite a bit of contention. Specifically about whether the system is good or useful for describing characters in the world. Let’s have a wee bit of review of what that chart generally looks like: This grid was created with the intent of describing the… Read more Of Laws & Morals
So one day I wrote: As a follow-up to: Because: A Word on Archetype Dungeons and Dragons is fantasy in a medieval time period as a default setting. There are others, but this is the general world this is set in. This same setting would also have included the times that things like the crusades… Read more Of Faith & Deity
My musings on the lore of tabletop games have led me to yet another tweet and related discourse when it comes to kobolds. According to the lore of Dungeons and Dragons, kobolds are… well, let’s have a look… I’ll start here: racial monoliths are trash. I’ve mentioned this before and I will continue to as… Read more Good Kobold Bois
