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Is the Tavern trope bad?
I know more about Mainly English travel. Japan and Arabic versions are being looked into
Surplus or Religion leads to Traveling for all peoples in the middle ages
Until Trains and massive ships changed it all again
Before long-distance travel was for the rich and their parties
- Caravans if stuck on land, ships being preferred
Walking, Eating, Sleeping for the lower classes
- Walking and maybe hitchhiking
- - 10 miles a day up to 40 for courier
  - Up to 6o miles by horse
- Eating Travel food stews and porridge not 9 days old
- - Inn if in a larger town or at locals house (bed and breakfast)
  - Hunting and fishing might have local laws
  - - Dog or Ferret
  - Camping or lodging
  - - Inn if you could, private homes, barns, or empty stables
    - Under the thicket
  - How could this be affected in a fantasy setting
  - - Good
    - Bad

WBT

Think about your setting how far do people have to travel to work, How far can they go for fun

RW Task

Walk to work for a month

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Season 4 Episode 4 Finding your Worldbuilding People Dec 19, 2021

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Today's Topic – Part 2 on Worldbuilding culture nouns

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The parts of Culture
- Characters served up last season
- Religion (In 2 episodes)
- People Starting in a minute give or take a Michael
People Questions
- Who are they?
- What makes them different
- Where do they live?
- When are they?
- How do they live
- Why do they exist?

WBT

Bring your people home

RW Task

Widen The Window

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Season 4 Episode 3 The Threefold Path of People (Virtue not included) Dec 12, 2021

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Today's Topic – Cultural Worldbuilding Nouns starter kit

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Not the Buddha's training on virtue, mind, and wisdom
Not with Wasteland of the Aeil
My neither holy or unholy trinity of ideas that merge into an culture
The Collective, Beliefs, and Characters of a group of common people
- The Collective is how I look at fantasy races or ethnicities
- The Beliefs which can be religious or other important ideas
- The Characters… see season 3
The Three parts working together create the cookie dough of culture.

WBT

Look at your main race, culture wargame changing major changes see the variations. Even character changes could be massive think of Greek culture with no alexander.

RW Task

Level up some virtue, mind, or wisdom into your life Joy with the sitcom letterkenny

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Season 4 Episode 2 Culture as a Spoon Dec 05, 2021

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Today's Topic – It's the circle… the Circle of Culture

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Choose your cultural pill Red or Blue
The Red Truth – What is a Culture?
The Blue Truth – There is no Spoon… Culture only exist from the outside because it is believed to exist from within
A Culture Exist through argument between its parts
- … To Be a real Member you must"
- … We must be better by"
- … We must remember"
- …We must forget"
Culture is a Circle
- There is not beginning or Ending
- The idea culture is an illusion caused by the nature of it changing and consensus
- No Beginning or End (Hopefully)
- Rapid Changes are possible
- Names Can Change new tribes can form
How to make it work
- Treat cultures like Characters
- Some or Static and Some are dynamic
- Realize you can never finish them

WBT

If you have an epic story how would your main culture change

RW Task

Little Changes for big problems

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Season 4 Episode 1 The Worldbuilder's Culture Guide Nov 28, 2021

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Today's Topic –Steps to awakening your inner worldbuilder

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What is culture not
- A state, nation, or tribe… but
- Achievements of human another races achievement….
- A batch of bacteria
What is culture?
- the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
- A building block for another culture
- A group of 2 or more people that share believes and ideas working together towards a collective goal.
- A Venn diagram mosaic of smaller culture groups
Is Culture the Chicken or the Egg?
- Games and Stories (at a VERY basic level)
- A set of nouns we use to do something
How is it
7 prongs of Worldbuilding Cultural Ladder
Social groups (RPG Game group)
Local group (City, village)
Region groups
Status Groups
Culture Ethnicity
Common Language Ethnicities
World Group

WBT

What is your main setting's cultural ladder?

RW Task

Look at the artifacts in your life that have lead to your current believes

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Season 3 Episode 12 The Character's Full Monty Nov 21, 2021

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Today's Topic – Clothing is not optional

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You need to know them
Stories or list or both
+1/-1 from norm

Meta and Extended
Where are they?

Now
Are They from here

Who Are they?

Name
Attributes
Personality
Quirks
What is their voice

What do they do?

Class
Skills (Physical, Mental, Social, and Vocational)
What is character goal?

Do they achieve it?

When do they do it?

When do they exist compared to the setting date

How do they get it done?

What is need to learn to reach the goal?
How are they connected to the world?

Allies and Enemies?
How do they fit into the settings society?
Is the setting society theirs?
What is their status

Why are they doing it?

The Motivation
Why are they doing what they are doing?
Do they think their reason is the actual reason?

WBT

Find your Favorite characters in life and use it

RW Task

Live in the present

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Season 3 Episode 11 Beyond Metadome Nov 14, 2021

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Today's Topic – The making of a good feather duster… err character

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Beyond the Meta
We have lots of create episodes on character going back to at least episode 48 and 49
We have talked, Traits and flaws, stories, backgrounds, create great detail and motivation.
Talking characters one dimensional or complex and sometimes even flat

Before we take a break on three we need to cover one more very important character concept, voice
Voice is the finishing salt to a great character this leads from