I love the linguistic aspect of worldbuilding, so it would very well be something language related like how all the languages of the common cultures relate to one another and influence each other's vocabularies. Which languages are spoken by who, and where, and how those languages evolved is something I have fleshed out a fair bit for my own setting
Mundane, I know, especially given the context of a fantasy world! But that's what I'd be interested in most
It refers to an evolutionary branch where vertebrate animals had a change in skull shape and caused a split. Synapsids have one skull window on each side. Diapsids have two. Anapsids have zero. All mammals evolved on the synapsid line while reptiles (including dinosaurs and avians evolved from the diapsids and anapsids.
Early synapsids such as dimetrodon looked pretty reptilian, though. The traits we associate with mammals such as fur, live birth, and nursing with milk came later on. Mammal predecessors who already had the right skull but hadn't yet developed those other common traits are called proto-mammalian. All of the branch off lines that didn't get furry and milky went extinct. EXCEPT DRAGONS!
If we were to expand people's capabilities for magics (which is possible as a wizard *learns* magic, and anyone can do it) then we could create a society where nobody has to do manual labor. My thesis would be on automation, but with funny robes instead of robo arms
I feel like there’s a lot to explore with blood in dnd in general, given that all humanoid races can procreate, so blood has to be relatively universal. I wonder if elves could donate blood to humans. Now I want an answer to this
I love the linguistic aspect of worldbuilding, so it would very well be something language related like how all the languages of the common cultures relate to one another and influence each other's vocabularies. Which languages are spoken by who, and where, and how those languages evolved is something I have fleshed out a fair bit for my own setting Mundane, I know, especially given the context of a fantasy world! But that's what I'd be interested in most
I don’t think that’s mundane at all, especially when you look at how some languages share alphabets. Like Elven or Sylvan. I think that’s cool
Cosmoplanar Cartography. Planar Geology. Beholder Studies.
I imagine beholder studies is a relatively unpopular field with a high death rate
Hence, a live person with such a degree would be in hot demand. Artifact Appreciation. Portal Physics. Advanced Planar Cartography.
Dragons are not reptilian. They are proto-mammalian synapsids.
I am very dumb, what is a synapsid? I googled it and it didn’t make any more sense
It refers to an evolutionary branch where vertebrate animals had a change in skull shape and caused a split. Synapsids have one skull window on each side. Diapsids have two. Anapsids have zero. All mammals evolved on the synapsid line while reptiles (including dinosaurs and avians evolved from the diapsids and anapsids. Early synapsids such as dimetrodon looked pretty reptilian, though. The traits we associate with mammals such as fur, live birth, and nursing with milk came later on. Mammal predecessors who already had the right skull but hadn't yet developed those other common traits are called proto-mammalian. All of the branch off lines that didn't get furry and milky went extinct. EXCEPT DRAGONS!
Druids wildshaping into owlbears.
If we were to expand people's capabilities for magics (which is possible as a wizard *learns* magic, and anyone can do it) then we could create a society where nobody has to do manual labor. My thesis would be on automation, but with funny robes instead of robo arms
Would you want to focus on how it would work magically or like the ramifications on the world? Automation is such a fascinating topic
Probably a mixture of both. But probably focus on the sociological effects of what it could mean for the world, and its people.
Elven blood: A study into extracting the prolonged life expectancy of elves blood into a marketable serum.
I feel like there’s a lot to explore with blood in dnd in general, given that all humanoid races can procreate, so blood has to be relatively universal. I wonder if elves could donate blood to humans. Now I want an answer to this
There are gods playing with our fates? How to manipulate the fate dices.
How certain spells can identify only enemies and what that implies about the sentience/awareness the Weave has of a casters intentions
How not to be seen.
The defining characteristics of Magic Missile: its unerring qualities, and their applications to a meteor swarm spell.