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RESOURCE NO. NINE
< fantasy world development template >
universe
Name:
worlds / realms:
diferences between worlds / realms:
relations and dealings between the worlds / realms:
forms of communication and travelling between worlds / realms:
Ratio of ocean to land:
General life expectancy:
level I : basic information
Name:
General life expectancy:
umber of astronomical objects surrounding the world [the suns, the moons]:
characteristics of the world's shape [eg. globe or any other shape]:
real length of days and years:
number and name of continents:
percentage share of the land and waters:
level of land's dispersion:
physical anomalies [differenses in gravity, atmosphere etc.]:
number and names of countries/nations in the world:
dominating differences between societies of the countries/nations:
relations between the strongest countries/nations:
level ii : contry, nation, etc
name and location on the world map:
neighbouring countries/nations:
position and comparison of country/nation's strength with other countries/nations:
history of the country/nation's rising:
characteristics of landform:
characteristics of landtype [eg. desert, grassland]:
level of land's variety [single rocks, lakes, hills]:
climate and its harshness [seasons, rainfall's frequency, possible cataclysms]:
fauna and flora [most common and characteristic species of plants and animals]:
natural resources and minerals's occurrence:
level of natural environment's degradation:
number of biggest cities and their characteristics [eg. city walls's presence, characteristic districts]:
city centres's arrangement [as government centre or meeting place for people]:
characteristics of the economy and trade forms:
forms of inner communication and abroad traveling [forms of transportation and infrastructure]:
aspects of popularity or pride of the country/nation:
other curiosities:
Level iii : single settlement unit
name and location [at the sea, at the lake or river, in the mountains etc.]:
population [population density, existing races, level of races's settlement dispersion]:
level of urbanizaton:
history and reasons for settlement:
forms of maintenance:
characteristics of dominating architecture style [most common building materials, climate's influence, charakteristic forms and shapes, buildings's sizes, decorations etc.]:
level iv : faith and religion
number of gods and their traits:
believes about the world's creation:
forms of religious rituals and holy symbols:
important rituals [weddings, funerals etc.]:
characteristics of the ecclesiastics:
celebrated feasts:
religious restrictions [posts and prohibitions]:
level of god(s)'s presence in actual reality and his/their influence on the society:
society and individual races's attitude towards religion and faith:
level v: law and authority
level of authority's dependence on the religion:
form and kind of performed authority:
government's influence on the development and traits of the economy:
foreign policy and relations with other countries/nations: - politics's stability:
society's structure and hierarchy:
military, defence and order structures and their equipment:
level of society's respect for the government:
non-governmental organizations:
most important orders and prohibitions:
forms of punishments for breaking the law and norms:
society's attitude towards the law:
level vi: cultural and social aspects
characteristics of the current times/age:
relations between races:
language, gestures and other forms of communication:
calendar and time measurement meathods:
system of educacion and it's level in the society:
level of medicine's development and meathods of treatment:
hierarchic structures in families and forms of creating them:
structure of employment [agriculture, industry and services]:
level of society's wealth:
access to weapons and other forms of self-defence:
clothes and fashion [common materials, climate and religion's influence]:
forms of information flowing:
art and definitions of beauty:
attitude towards history and its heroes [building monuments etc.]:
cultivated customs [eg. birthdays]:
popular and respected jobs and types of work:
popular entertainments and forms of spending free time [dances, theatre, music, individual or team games]:
food [used cutlery, popular dishes etc.]:
level vii: magic and tecnology
society's attitude towards innovations:
factors responsible for technology's development [eg. steam engines, robots]:
meathods of generating energy:
level of technology's development, mechanization and robotics:
application of technology in everyday's life and its universality:
important inventions and their characteristics [eg. spaceships's engines]:
other information:
magic extraction and source:
role and influence on the world:
society's attitude towards magic and people with supernatural powers:
rules of functioning and existence of magic/powers:
influence on the proprietor and limits of using magic/powers:
magic/powers's branches and specializations [eg. healing magic, destruction magic, alchemy]:
magic/powers's presence in items and weapons: - other information:
LEVEL VIII: RACES AND SPECIES
Name:
Appearance:
Physical characteristics (extra legs, overly long arms or no eyebrows for example.):
Religion:
Found (habitat):
Societal Oddities (As in, they touch their toes together to greet each other or that it is perfectly acceptable to walk around stark .):
Personality Oddities (like, having no fear gene, or smiling when they're sad):
Life expectancy:
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