/wbg/ - Worldbuilding General

/wbg/ discord:
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On designing cultures:
frathwiki.com/Dr._Zahir's_Ethnographical_Questionnaire

Random generators:
donjon.bin.sh/

Mapmaking tutorials:
cartographersguild.com/forumdisplay.php?f=48

Free mapmaking toolset:
www.inkarnate.com

Random Magic Resources/Possible Inspiration:
darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/magic/antiscience.html
buddhas-online.com/mudras.html
sacred-texts.com/index.htm

Conlanging:
zompist.com/resources/

Random (but useful) Links:
futurewarstories.blogspot.ca/
projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/
military-sf.com/
fantasynamegenerators.com/
donjon.bin.sh/
eyewitnesstohistory.com/index.html
kennethjorgensen.com/worldbuilding/resources
reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/books/europe#wiki_middle_ages

previous questions soon

Other urls found in this thread:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departments_of_France
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Guiana
mathemagician.net/Town.html
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Taken from Dr. Zahir's questionnaire

>How is the clergy organized, if there is one?

>What do people believe happens to them after death? How, if at all, can they influence this?

>What happens to those who disagree with the majority on questions of religion?

>What do people want from the god or gods? How do they try and get it?

>Are there monastic groups? What do they do and how are they organized? How do you join one?

>How are those who follow different faiths treated?

>What relationship do religious and political leaders have?

>What superstitions are common? What kinds of supernatural events/beings do people fear?

Picking one minor religion
>How is the clergy organized, if there is one?
None, interpretations on their holy book (a set of laws) are made by the Riark (constitutional monarch) and his electing council.

>What do people believe happens to them after death? How, if at all, can they influence this?
Joy and suffering are bound only to the material plane, and heaven and hell are experienced within life. At the death of the physical body, the non-material soul leaves Earth and then reincarnates or puts itself to rest. The unholy reincarnate into worms and fish, while the holy reincarnate into humans and great animals.

>What happens to those who disagree with the majority on questions of religion?
The freedom of speech is mandated by the book of law, but obscenity is banned and punished. If someone believes the book contradicts itself or the government is interpreting it incorrectly, they must present their case before the council. This becomes a particularly important issue at the focus era of the setting, as the first law written is that your actions should be to the benefit of as many people as possible, and some argue that the later laws can stand in the way of this. If someone downright defies the laws with no intention of making a reasonable revision, they are exiled or punished harshly depending on what laws they have broken.

>What do people want from the god or gods? How do they try and get it?
Their God views humanity as a collective, and punishes the whole or individuals for the actions of other individuals, demanding that humanity takes action against its wickedness. When an innocent person is murdered, it is a punishment on humanity for allowing that murderer to exist. So, the desire is to correct humanity to make it presentable to their god.

Starting a city map. It should be a recently located city, thriving mostly on river trade

Would a cold war be a good catalyst for reviving traditional stuff?
>look at how much prettier our gothic church is than their temple

They're good for ideologies, and if ideologies incorporate national identity (which is most likely the case), then yes

Sick.
>The height of cold war 2.0, the opposing nations ideologies were heavy on national identity as one of their core values
>this lead to the revival of traditional senses of dress and architecture, made feasible by the tech boom of the 2020s, in the west art deco rose back to poularity as well as variations of early 20th century aesthetics
So advanced/modern-ish technology, but a mix of styles.
Pic related.
i still need a set of opponents, who would be good for Britain to face off against? preferably somewhere not in europe

the 'clergy' is mostly druids and jap-style monks. Nobody really cares about nonbelievers, mostly because every village believes something slightly different.
Most agree that the sun is a window to the heavens, and thus the afterlife. Because of this, most festivals and revelry happen at night

>How is the clergy organized, if there is one?

There are Fanes, Temples, and Priories. Fanes and Temples will have a high priest (or priestess), Priories will have a brother or sister that is view as the head, normally the most senior one that is still healthy.

Each temple and so on will have there own organization. Also each temple provides "wanderers" who travel to do priestly duties away from the temples. Sometimes they end serving a area for many years, and sometimes they go on adventures...


>What do people believe happens to them after death? How, if at all, can they influence this?

Elves believe that they go to the high heavens. Most humans believe that if they follow their general religious duties the gods will make them into a type of angel. Great people are made into saints.

Dwarves think they return to the unity of their god, unless they are great, then there soul fragment will be returned to be resurrected.


>What happens to those who disagree with the majority on questions of religion?

About 5% in human/elves do no share the majority view on faith. It depends on what faith they choose. there are "Sects" which are odd faiths that do not agree with the current framework. They are thought of as misguided souls, but mostly harmless unless that sect starts to recruit powerful people.

"Cults" have a specific term to followers of "
Haraindiko" (Demons), These cults are secretive, as people assume that people get sacrificed and all sorts of evil stuff.


>What do people want from the god or gods? How do they try and get it?

What anyone wants, a healthy kids, good crops, a good spouse, to a deeper understanding on the universe