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Creating a new D&D world, part 4

I recently purchased The Ultimate RPG Game Master's Worldbuilding Guide: Prompts and Activities to Create and Customize Your Own Game World by James D'Amato and it, and going whale watching, inspired me to create a new D&D world. So here we go! I'm going to use prompts from the book to begin crafting this world, but not all posts will be from there. These questions will pertain to the small island on which the adventure begins.

You can read part 1 of my planning here, read part 2 of my planning here, and read part 3 of my planning here.

These are the gods of the world, modified from the list on page 57. I will try and describe all that I selected in another post (for now, just basics planned). Note though that I organized them into categories myself.

  • The Sky=main deity=Speir, nonbinary (all under nonbinary as well)=parent of all below
    • Winter=secondary deity=Sneachta
    • Mathematics/Science=secondary deity=Eolai
    • Storms=secondary deity=Scamall
    • Freedom=secondary deity=Saoirse
  • The Land=main deity=Talamh, female (all under female as well)=mother or grandmother of all below (fathers were human)
    • Spring=secondary deity=Ur
      • Plants=tertiary deity=Glasra
    • Fertility=secondary deity=Leanbh
    • Dreams/Imagination=secondary deity=Aisling
  • The Sea=main deity=Uisce, female (all under female as well)=mother or grandmother of all below (fathers were human)
    • Fall=secondary deity=Fomhar
    • Destiny=secondary deity=Bothar
      • Death=tertiary deity=Bas
      • Memory/Wisdom=tertiary deity=Eagna
      • Fortune=tertiary deity=Airgead
    • Travel/Distance=secondary deity=Fada
    • The fae sea=forgotten secondary deity=Sioga
  • The Fire Beneath=main deity=Tine, male (all under male as well)=father of all below (mothers were human)
    • Summer=secondary deity=Achar
    • Strategy/War=secondary deity=Cath
    • The feast=secondary deity=Bia
    • Rulers=secondary deity=Ri

(Prompt from The Ultimate RPG Game Master's Worldbuilding Guide: Prompts and Activities to Create and Customize Your Own Game World by James D'Amato)

"Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)" by V.L.


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