Learn to pull great ideas from your own mind, creating something uniquely you.

Playing in existing fiction is fantastic, but a lot of us, at one point or another, get that itch to create a world of our own. So what makes them great? Not a formula, but the collection of ideas that makes up your mind. That's why this is not a step by step guide to creating your own wonderful world, but rather a collection of ideas to visit along your way, and ways to explore combining things you already love into something new. Matt Sernett, someone with extensive knowledge and experience with what makes a fictional world mean something, guides us through.

In the Strategy Stateroom, we explore the different concepts that can be a major part of your worldbuilding process. Matt takes us through Cosmology, Genre, Culture, Politics, Era, Magic/Technology, and Theme. See if any of these spark your next great idea, and get into the details of what that means for your world. How do they interact? What about them gets you super excited? Once you've begun this process, it can be hard to stop, because you just might strike upon something great that's been lurking in your mind this whole time.

Then we head to Griffon Street Market, where we talk about a new tool that makes your life as a DM much easier! Do you have more campaign ideas than prep time? Of course you do! Does your party have a peculiar knack for going that one place you’d least expect? Of course they do! Want over 1400 box texts, from places, monsters, items and spells to drop into your games? dScryb has seasoned writers creating this for your table. One of our favorite bits is that dScryb is a proud community partner of Safer Spaces, a 2S-LGBTQ+ Workplace Training & Inclusion organization. Safer Spaces played a foundational role in forming dScryb’s writing policy.

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