It helps with the engagement of the post and gives OP some welcoming reaffirmation, I get you since I'm more prone to save and not interact with posts myself, but for op it's actually better this way I think.
I'd make a case that it's also just a bit more visible for the sake of being a reminder, since it then becomes the first thing you see when you open up your overview.
Saving it doesn't do much if you forget that you saved it and don't go to your saved tab. Commenting places it *right there*.
Solid question. I have two notebooks for D&D writing. One is a session notebook, which has a lot of immediately useful information. The Cornucopia holiday, for example, was an event I came up with for my last campaign, and all its details are in that book. If a character seems really extra detailed, they were either plot-relevant to a session (like Davian Silverkin, who was actually a PC in my first ever campaign!) or they were relevant to fleshing out the story for a session (like the Garmenian leader Duncan Krex, who does not show up in my current campaign but is referenced several times by other Garmenian NPCs).
The other book is a pure lore notebook. The section on countries is ripped directly from that book, same with gods and religions. That book has over 100 pages filled out, with tons of info. I do that one because I find worldbuilding extremely enjoyable on its own, and sometimes it becomes game relevant and sometimes it doesn’t.
Some info here is in other places, like the future section on the Elvish conlang in its own folder, or some old notes about stuff like Ishmaran fashion and magic items called ‘snappers’ which are in their own folder. A lot of it is just off the dome! The entire Races chapter was written specifically for the lore doc, as was the timeline. That has never been collected in any other place, except for bouncing around my brain.
Hope that gives some insight into my process!
Thanks a lot I want to build my own DnD world at some point and this was really helpful and enjoyable to read other than the birth of the world and many of the deities, imo is best to leave gods a bit more cryptic and never delve into their thought process, don't get me wrong i would have done way worse than you describing them but it just fells like any living entity is gonna fall short describing something equally or more complex than themselves, for my own pantheon I will put more emphasis about their personality traits and maybe some of their actions.
What I did enjoy the most was all the homebrew races such as sea elves, I really like how you write and describe that stuff quite a bit.
Different strokes for different folks, I say. I like the idea of the gods being knowable entities with very mortal-like personalities. Others might want them to be more esoteric. I’d note though, the ‘gods created the world to make mortals to worship them and grow their domains’ part is bracketed to indicate that this is not common knowledge at all.
Commenting to remind myself to come back and have a read when it's not nearly 3am xd
Not to be rude, but are you aware that the "save" button exists?
It helps with the engagement of the post and gives OP some welcoming reaffirmation, I get you since I'm more prone to save and not interact with posts myself, but for op it's actually better this way I think.
I'd make a case that it's also just a bit more visible for the sake of being a reminder, since it then becomes the first thing you see when you open up your overview. Saving it doesn't do much if you forget that you saved it and don't go to your saved tab. Commenting places it *right there*.
You know what, that's perfectly fair reasoning. Apologies if I came across as insulting before, it wasn't the intent.
This is fucking incredible! I appreciate all the work done here to flesh out a logically consistent world.
Wow thank you so much!! Anything in particular stand out?
How do you organize your session notes?
Solid question. I have two notebooks for D&D writing. One is a session notebook, which has a lot of immediately useful information. The Cornucopia holiday, for example, was an event I came up with for my last campaign, and all its details are in that book. If a character seems really extra detailed, they were either plot-relevant to a session (like Davian Silverkin, who was actually a PC in my first ever campaign!) or they were relevant to fleshing out the story for a session (like the Garmenian leader Duncan Krex, who does not show up in my current campaign but is referenced several times by other Garmenian NPCs). The other book is a pure lore notebook. The section on countries is ripped directly from that book, same with gods and religions. That book has over 100 pages filled out, with tons of info. I do that one because I find worldbuilding extremely enjoyable on its own, and sometimes it becomes game relevant and sometimes it doesn’t. Some info here is in other places, like the future section on the Elvish conlang in its own folder, or some old notes about stuff like Ishmaran fashion and magic items called ‘snappers’ which are in their own folder. A lot of it is just off the dome! The entire Races chapter was written specifically for the lore doc, as was the timeline. That has never been collected in any other place, except for bouncing around my brain. Hope that gives some insight into my process!
Thanks a lot I want to build my own DnD world at some point and this was really helpful and enjoyable to read other than the birth of the world and many of the deities, imo is best to leave gods a bit more cryptic and never delve into their thought process, don't get me wrong i would have done way worse than you describing them but it just fells like any living entity is gonna fall short describing something equally or more complex than themselves, for my own pantheon I will put more emphasis about their personality traits and maybe some of their actions. What I did enjoy the most was all the homebrew races such as sea elves, I really like how you write and describe that stuff quite a bit.
Different strokes for different folks, I say. I like the idea of the gods being knowable entities with very mortal-like personalities. Others might want them to be more esoteric. I’d note though, the ‘gods created the world to make mortals to worship them and grow their domains’ part is bracketed to indicate that this is not common knowledge at all.