Anything BUT whatever dumb ass 💩 WotC has recently done or is currently doing, literally ANYTHING

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You know what i love? I love knowing my heritage. Not like ancestry.com percentages, I mean knowing about the relatives who came before me. I don't know if I have Lithuanian blood because I took a test, I know I have Lithuanian blood because my great-grandpa immigrated from there back in 1897. It feels real and amazing to know the story behind my ancestry.

 
I’m part Lithuanian too. Mostly Italian, Slavic, & Irish, but part Lithuanian on my mother’s side.

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…I don't think I've ever mentioned my pronouns before, but what do y'all think they are. yes, I realize i said yall, Im from the south.

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I'mma guess He/him

 
Me too.

I know very little about my family history. It's never been that interesting to me -- I don't even know if it's a mystery or what.

I'm assuming AMLoDND uses he/him because Lord is traditionally a title for men and men traditionally use he/him.

I'm not really too keen on revealing IRL details about myself. It should suffice to say that for holocausty reasons, my family's history can't be traced back very far.

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You know what i love? I love knowing my heritage. Not like ancestry.com percentages, I mean knowing about the relatives who came before me. I don't know if I have Lithuanian blood because I took a test, I know I have Lithuanian blood because my great-grandpa immigrated from there back in 1897. It feels real and amazing to know the story behind my ancestry.

 Yeah, knowing where your family is from is really cool.

 I'm German as hell, German, English, and Dutch for the most part, I'm the whitest you could be.

 Yeah Me too, I'm just many flavors of white like Lithuanian, dutch, Lots of Scottish and Irish, and German. More interestingly, I am a sizeable chunk native american. (Quite a bit because I have a card that recognises me as part of the tribe) I still look very white though.

*the specific tribe Is Kaw (or Kansa. Many names for the same tribe)

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I know very little about my family history. It's never been that interesting to me -- I don't even know if it's a mystery or what.

Agree entirely. I don't mind learning about family history, but I've always been less focused on where I come from than where I am and where I'm going. All I know is I'm a little bit Jewish and a little bit Italian.

I’m a bit Irish, Scottish, English and stuff like that. Don’t know all of them.

I’m mostly English with a little Irish, Italian, Dutch and Polish thrown in. A real American lol.

I'm mostly American. I never met my grandfather, but he was a Jewish immigrant from Latvia though.

But yeah, I really don't know that much about my family history and wanna learn more.

Actually a fun fact about my family: my last name exists only in the U.S. and only among a very small group of people (mostly my extended family). I ran this by a professor who deals with genealogy, and he suggested than the most likely theory is that my surname was twisted by the folks at Ellis Island when my family arrived in the U.S. Incidentally, this makes it hard for me to hide on the internet.

One of my last names is Old French and the other one is German. No idea what my actual family history is, though. I remember Irish and German being two big ones.

yeah, I have used he/him pronouns for pretty much my whole life but recently, Idk

to be honest, I don't know much about my heritage, besides that I'm anglo saxon. i think? Idk, I haven't really looked into this, Im just... white.

Guess this pride flag!

Only open this after you have guessed

* i had no clue, so i opened it and i've studied it on class before so i should have known*

Heheheheh

You can also try to guess this pride flag

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Getting there. 4 left.

Settling on a ring of six cities around the big one, making it a holy land. This will give a mix of "civilized" lands and then a broad ring of "uncivilized lands". Will still have all the "normal" biomes.

Sacred Numbers are 6, 7, and 8.

1. The Sea of Sand - a vast desert area of dunes and mysteries!
2. The Dark Forest - A forest that is scary and rumored to be dangerous.
3. The Frozen Wastes - A really cold place where it's always snowing. Suited for crags.
4. The Shadow Marsh - A swamp where everything wants to kill you.
5. The Volar Islands - An island that floats. On the sky, specifically.
6. A Volcanic Mountain - Wreathed in fiery smoke, hiding a deep secret
7. A Grand Old City -- Filled with monumental architecture, and ancient and holy place that the six Kingdoms war over.
8. A Mighty Maze -- A many branched mystery of magnificence.
9. A Legendary Labyrinth -- The terrifying complex of paths and patterns.
10. Meandering Caverns — a tunnel complex.
11. The White Necropolis - A city or tomb filled with undead or other spooky monsters like giant bugs
12. The Mystical Mountains -- treacherous and high
13. The Spine of the World -- a long chain of mountains
14. The Highland Bog -- a highland marsh known to be the abode of spirits.
15. The Highlands -- A great plateau, cold and rugged steppe lands
16. The Celestial Mare -- a massive ancient ship, ghostly and terrifying.
17. The Well of Souls - A large and powerful arcane thingy that makes magic in the surrounding area more powerful, and perhaps more chaotic.
18. The Badlands - An area so ravaged by war (mortal or otherwise) that no hint of the previous terrain can be made out.
19. The Thinny Wilds - An area surrounding an uncontrolled gate to another plane, warped to match the portal's destination.
20. Brilliant Woods -- A magical forest filled with fantastical beasts and abundant in magic
21. Brilliant Brambles -- a massive hedge of thorny fruiting and flowering plants that surrounds the Brilliant Woods.
22. The Isles of Myst -- Misty islands holding many secrets. Among them...
23. Cymraeg -- an island that's actually a turtle.
24. The Sea of Tears -- A shipwreck graveyard, either the lair of a monster , between the Sea of Storms and the Sea of Despair
25. The Empty Quarter -- A dry, barren desert where even sand is said to flee
26. Thalassica -- the underwater ruins of an ancient city.
27. The Maelstrom - A giant, constantly swirling whirlpool usually between two landmasses.
28. The Salt Mines -- deep underground mines for a precious commodity
29. Ancient Mines -- From They Who Came before, occasionally re-discovered.
30. The Great Jungle -- A mighty, near impenetrable jungle said to harbor fearsome and fearful foes
31. The Whispering Rainforest -- To the south a jungle of near constant rain
32. The Forgotten Island: An island where time seems to have stopped, as the island is dominated by dinosaurs of all kinds
33. The Emerald Forest: Dense jungles full of ancient cities buried deep beneath the jungle's roots, where ancient temples with hints of human sacrifice peek above it's dense, green tops; populated by the most venomous of spiders and snakes
34. Caverns of Despair: What exactly happened to the people that once called the depths of these caves "home" has been "forgotten" - and most say, the people purposely forgot it and refuse to speak of it. Whatever happened, the dread and despair that emanates even at the entrance of the cave feels like an overwhelm mist that clings to the flesh, seeps into the pores and devours your hope. The drops of water echoing in the caves, each sound like children, who cry out for their parents, long gone...
35. The Blood Swamps: A swamp that was the scene of a great, and horrific battle, that lasted for so long, that the very soil itself became red and swamp like. The battle was so ruthless that there was no time to recover the dead, and those bodies sank into the red soil... and now, this dreaded land, where this battle once took place, has turned into a swamp of crimson fluid, whose dead reach out to pull those foolish enough to try and cross it...
36. The Hollow Moon --Dyson Ring 
37. The Endless Sea -- The great Ocean around the whole of the the lands
38. The Surient Saltu -- Carnivorous Jungle --
39. Carcassia --The Interior of a Kaiju
40. The Daughter's Egg -- The Mother Ship, an egg shaped form in the heavens, always near the The hollow Moon. It is said the Thinny Wilds lead to it.
41. Stones of Power - Five, tall, grey stones rise out from the world's surface. The mystery of the stones has long been debated.  Efforts to unearth the five stones have been wrought with ill fortune for those who try to do so, from mysterious, uncurable illnesses, to fatal accidents that are freaky in nature. During certain celestial moments - the five stones glow with incredible power.
42. The Great Scar -  A cut, over 277 miles long, upon the world. Cliffs of red stone tower over a river that runs along the Great Scar, during the torrential rains that sometimes wash over the land, cause the red stone to wash into the river, turning the waters red like blood.
43. The In-Between - An environment that doesn't follow the rules, where nothing belongs, strangely barren, empty as if nothing has ever existed here. 
44. Ground Zero - Akin to a giant crater, where the rules of the world break down; emits a strange energy that causes things that enter it to glow with a strange greenish light, can cause physical mutation, sometimes madness or crushing melancholy.  Perhaps people will awaken latent psychic powers, which may or may not still manifest after leaving the site.
45. Godrood -- Towering well over 500 feet tall and 50 feet width, the largest tree known rises above its children, varying in height from a young and stout 50 feet to 300 feet tall. It is so vast, and its branches so great grew unique branches that other trees and seeds have settled and grown upon it, and by itself became a great forest within a great forest. The canopy of the massive tree is so large that it provides and has created it's own ecosystem beneath it.
46. Mare Ignis, The Sea of Fire -- a massive, molten lake of fire and lava, roughly 350 miles in length and 160 miles wide. The air around it is poisonous, but plants thrive.
47. The Voes River -- a river said to be magical and spectacular, where spirits dwell.
48. The Whirlwind: A massive, perpetual tornado that flings around several small islands that people somehow still live on, maybe it has to do with the fact that time (& therefore the flinging) is slowed down

 

 
How many more do you need for this?
I feel like I've added a bit, so I always try to step back - because if you ask for something creative - especially around world building - I will spew out ideas all day long.

It's been a few pages since I saw an update for this - so I am curious if you got what you need - and if you did - when we gonna see what you do with all of this?

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Quote from AEDorsay >>

Getting there. 4 left.

Settling on a ring of six cities around the big one, making it a holy land. This will give a mix of "civilized" lands and then a broad ring of "uncivilized lands". Will still have all the "normal" biomes.

Sacred Numbers are 6, 7, and 8.

1. The Sea of Sand - a vast desert area of dunes and mysteries!
2. The Dark Forest - A forest that is scary and rumored to be dangerous.
3. The Frozen Wastes - A really cold place where it's always snowing. Suited for crags.
4. The Shadow Marsh - A swamp where everything wants to kill you.
5. The Volar Islands - An island that floats. On the sky, specifically.
6. A Volcanic Mountain - Wreathed in fiery smoke, hiding a deep secret
7. A Grand Old City -- Filled with monumental architecture, and ancient and holy place that the six Kingdoms war over.
8. A Mighty Maze -- A many branched mystery of magnificence.
9. A Legendary Labyrinth -- The terrifying complex of paths and patterns.
10. Meandering Caverns — a tunnel complex.
11. The White Necropolis - A city or tomb filled with undead or other spooky monsters like giant bugs
12. The Mystical Mountains -- treacherous and high
13. The Spine of the World -- a long chain of mountains
14. The Highland Bog -- a highland marsh known to be the abode of spirits.
15. The Highlands -- A great plateau, cold and rugged steppe lands
16. The Celestial Mare -- a massive ancient ship, ghostly and terrifying.
17. The Well of Souls - A large and powerful arcane thingy that makes magic in the surrounding area more powerful, and perhaps more chaotic.
18. The Badlands - An area so ravaged by war (mortal or otherwise) that no hint of the previous terrain can be made out.
19. The Thinny Wilds - An area surrounding an uncontrolled gate to another plane, warped to match the portal's destination.
20. Brilliant Woods -- A magical forest filled with fantastical beasts and abundant in magic
21. Brilliant Brambles -- a massive hedge of thorny fruiting and flowering plants that surrounds the Brilliant Woods.
22. The Isles of Myst -- Misty islands holding many secrets. Among them...
23. Cymraeg -- an island that's actually a turtle.
24. The Sea of Tears -- A shipwreck graveyard, either the lair of a monster , between the Sea of Storms and the Sea of Despair
25. The Empty Quarter -- A dry, barren desert where even sand is said to flee
26. Thalassica -- the underwater ruins of an ancient city.
27. The Maelstrom - A giant, constantly swirling whirlpool usually between two landmasses.
28. The Salt Mines -- deep underground mines for a precious commodity
29. Ancient Mines -- From They Who Came before, occasionally re-discovered.
30. The Great Jungle -- A mighty, near impenetrable jungle said to harbor fearsome and fearful foes
31. The Whispering Rainforest -- To the south a jungle of near constant rain
32. The Forgotten Island: An island where time seems to have stopped, as the island is dominated by dinosaurs of all kinds
33. The Emerald Forest: Dense jungles full of ancient cities buried deep beneath the jungle's roots, where ancient temples with hints of human sacrifice peek above it's dense, green tops; populated by the most venomous of spiders and snakes
34. Caverns of Despair: What exactly happened to the people that once called the depths of these caves "home" has been "forgotten" - and most say, the people purposely forgot it and refuse to speak of it. Whatever happened, the dread and despair that emanates even at the entrance of the cave feels like an overwhelm mist that clings to the flesh, seeps into the pores and devours your hope. The drops of water echoing in the caves, each sound like children, who cry out for their parents, long gone...
35. The Blood Swamps: A swamp that was the scene of a great, and horrific battle, that lasted for so long, that the very soil itself became red and swamp like. The battle was so ruthless that there was no time to recover the dead, and those bodies sank into the red soil... and now, this dreaded land, where this battle once took place, has turned into a swamp of crimson fluid, whose dead reach out to pull those foolish enough to try and cross it...
36. The Hollow Moon --Dyson Ring 
37. The Endless Sea -- The great Ocean around the whole of the the lands
38. The Surient Saltu -- Carnivorous Jungle --
39. Carcassia --The Interior of a Kaiju
40. The Daughter's Egg -- The Mother Ship, an egg shaped form in the heavens, always near the The hollow Moon. It is said the Thinny Wilds lead to it.
41. Stones of Power - Five, tall, grey stones rise out from the world's surface. The mystery of the stones has long been debated.  Efforts to unearth the five stones have been wrought with ill fortune for those who try to do so, from mysterious, uncurable illnesses, to fatal accidents that are freaky in nature. During certain celestial moments - the five stones glow with incredible power.
42. The Great Scar -  A cut, over 277 miles long, upon the world. Cliffs of red stone tower over a river that runs along the Great Scar, during the torrential rains that sometimes wash over the land, cause the red stone to wash into the river, turning the waters red like blood.
43. The In-Between - An environment that doesn't follow the rules, where nothing belongs, strangely barren, empty as if nothing has ever existed here. 
44. Ground Zero - Akin to a giant crater, where the rules of the world break down; emits a strange energy that causes things that enter it to glow with a strange greenish light, can cause physical mutation, sometimes madness or crushing melancholy.  Perhaps people will awaken latent psychic powers, which may or may not still manifest after leaving the site.
45. Godrood -- Towering well over 500 feet tall and 50 feet width, the largest tree known rises above its children, varying in height from a young and stout 50 feet to 300 feet tall. It is so vast, and its branches so great grew unique branches that other trees and seeds have settled and grown upon it, and by itself became a great forest within a great forest. The canopy of the massive tree is so large that it provides and has created it's own ecosystem beneath it.
46. Mare Ignis, The Sea of Fire -- a massive, molten lake of fire and lava, roughly 350 miles in length and 160 miles wide. The air around it is poisonous, but plants thrive.
47. The Voes River -- a river said to be magical and spectacular, where spirits dwell.
48. The Whirlwind: A massive, perpetual tornado that flings around several small islands that people somehow still live on, maybe it has to do with the fact that time (& therefore the flinging) is slowed down

 

 
How many more do you need for this?
I feel like I've added a bit, so I always try to step back - because if you ask for something creative - especially around world building - I will spew out ideas all day long.

It's been a few pages since I saw an update for this - so I am curious if you got what you need - and if you did - when we gonna see what you do with all of this?

 
I still need a couple, but I've been working on the map and muttering about "impossible people", and softly asking "why do I ask people for ideas and commit myself to things like this", and groaning about "I cannot locate that feature there, as it requires a more temperate climate assuming the standard axial tilt, so maybe I would have to drop it on its side -- but then if I do that I have to move this, that, and those"; and then of course there's the "why doesn't this just autosave every 250 changes for me"?

When is going to be longer than I expected, because I've been fiddling with the basis for the map for three days, lol. I finally settled on a kind of layout, though, and so am sketching in the features now. Probably see it late next weekend.

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Actually a fun fact about my family: my last name exists only in the U.S. and only among a very small group of people (mostly my extended family). I ran this by a professor who deals with genealogy, and he suggested than the most likely theory is that my surname was twisted by the folks at Ellis Island when my family arrived in the U.S. Incidentally, this makes it hard for me to hide on the internet.

 
I feel ya. I’m one of the last dozenish people on the planet with my last name. We’ll be extinct once I’m gone.

That's like, one of the "I'm attracted to [personality type]" ones. I'm gonna guess it's the one where you're attracted to really smart people.

Edit: lol