zompist bboard

If anyone peeked into that thread in C&C Quickies talking about facial hair, then you might already know that I'm working on creating a culture out of paste and old newspaper clippings. While I am nowhere close to having a presentable form, I find it easier to revise as I go whenever possible. For t...

Just gonna chime in and say that I never actually suggested that magic was the only way to go insane. It's obviously more plausible (and more interesting) if insanity can be caused by other things as well. In my magic system, there would only be a handful of mages in the general populace of any give...

If a fantasy world is inclined to use magic and treat it as a sort of tool (much like Harry Potter or most video games I can think of), then it would probably make more sense to put some sort of limitations on what can be done with magic and how magic ultimately affects the user and the world around...