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Designing a Magic System: Graphomancy, Part 1
Carl Sagan once said “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” He was trying to express how even something as seemingly simple as a pie can only be created through the interplay of matter, energy, and the laws of nature, all of which arise from the…
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Dogen, a Fantasy Table Game
If I had a nickel for every fictional table game played in a fantasy or sci-fi setting, I’d have a lot of nickels—Star Wars’ Dejarik and Sabacc, Game of Thrones’ Cyvasse, and most famously, The Witcher’s Gwent, to name just a few. The world of OROBORO has its own as well—Dogen, a chess-like game with…
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Physiomancy in OROBORO
This is part of a series of posts exploring the worldbuilding of my dark fantasy setting, OROBORO. Physiomancy, also known as flesh-stitching or sculpting, is widespread within the setting of OROBORO, both as a means to enhance the workings of the body and as a form of fashion. Although it overlaps with medicine, the art…
