Tag: worldbuilding
Heveans
Heveans are a mysterious sect of individuals who gather around a common interest: an intense love of garments and coverings crafted from natural rubber. Their name comes from the scientific name for the rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, which is venerated as the figure Hevea, often portrayed as a "mother goddess." Vulcan is often portrayed as her counterpart or consort, depending on the particular group, as a reference to the process of vulcanizing rubber to make it more durable.
The Prestidigitation Stirling Engine: Ten Horsepower from a Basement, Two Cantrips an Hour
Glorp Slimecoil — snelk Path of Wild Magic barbarian and apprentice artificer — builds a ~7 kW cantrip-powered power plant that runs itself 59 minutes per hour, from a zero-slot cantrip, a Stirling engine, and Prestidigitation's three-active-effects cap. With full schematic, animated simulator, and a bill of materials.
The First Spell
A couple of days back, I found myself thinking about names in fiction—how much weight they carry, how much they whisper before a character ever acts.