#worldbuilding dump

I wanna talk about Creepers I wanna talk about Creepers!!!

I like making these lil fuckers very diverse. their the overworlds little love. originally made as protectors of ancient temples of the original builders, but left forgotten only for the world around to give them back love and life. let them adapt to their environments and all that, let their bones of sandstone become covered in mosses or crystals, let them become something that can survive.

Love the lil guys.

Alright but the creepers themselves? they always look a lot different then most of the Creeper moblins you'd find right? always feel a lot more aggressive or more willing to attack players? what makes these Wild creepers so different from their moblin counterparts?

ITS CAUSE THEY ARE JUST BABYS let them be! they just are trying to survive and haven't learned of life yet. Kinda like how most mandred baby's need a few years before they actually form memory's and all that, it takes a bit before some moblins form the proper code to become players. So for a while these little creeper pups will wander the wild near half blind as all of their scenes still develop. Their eyes as babys see only one colour and in high contrast, not the most optimal for surviual (more or less what you see when you spectate as a creeper in game you know?) So a lot of their instincts are keyed up so they actually survive. They are just lil guys with no arms, so they just kinda explode as a defense. Creeper pups that are born within actual packs are a lot less aggressive, cause they don't need to live the start of life fighting for survival. Not to say wild creeper pups wont be able to survive outside of packs,, its just rare, even rarer for them to become players.

So the main thing that makes creeper mobs different from moblins is mainly age. And that's also why, while most creepers are relatively only kinda 3-4 feet ish, creeper moblins are just, Huge.

But the moblins are just very diverse! lot of variation to be expected, want a centaur? got em, many arms? all for hugs. horns, long tails, short tails, big floppy ears, no visible outer ear, pig shaped, cat shaped, you want em they are there. lot like dogs they are.

They are a type that will completely adapt to their environment, part as a way of camouflage when they were pups, so you'll find as many creepers as there are biomes sometimes. Its more common to see a typical mossy green creeper, but its to be expected when so many biomes are just, green plants. depending on seasons there are creepers that are more orange/yellow// general autumnal colours. In the desert its common to creepers who look like cactuses due to how flat deserts will tend to be, easiest form of camouflage when in plain sight. There are still creepers who look more like sandstone in the desert too, as well as creepers who look more like stone itself when one goes far enough into caves. it's just more common to find creepers that match closer to plant life. So sometimes one will see stonelike creepers covered in mushroom's in place of the flowers what grow on most aboveground creepers.

then nether creepers! a lot more fire resistant and way less likely to explode. They will puff smoke a lot more in place of the exploding. territorial things they are, but that's to be expected with most nether moblins. Some match with the warped and crimson forest, with all the mushrooms and vines that grow on them, but Its rare to find crimson creepers due to that being the Piglins main territory. So most creepers live within in the wastes, very similar to netherrack and will glow much like magma blocks as means of warding off threats, or when they are about to explode! But its generally not super common to see nether creepers as is, due to them having lesser defenses and living in higher danger then the overworld.

Does any of this make sense? maybe not! I just like the idea of Creepers being creatures that were original created similar to that of iron golem sentinel types, made to protect temples made by the ancient builders, The ancient builders tried to make em look like pigs, because they themselves looked like pigs, but much like actual Creeper lore, they fucked up a lil But they eventual got reclaimed by nature kinda idea.

Okay, hi, nice to meet you 🥺 I was gonna make this an ASK but you don't have your Asks open so here we are. We met on your "urge to write a separate book about your worldbuilding" post and you said I could tell you about my worldbuilding so now I'm doingnit. I hope I don't seem like a TOTAL weirdo lol I'm already waaaay overexplaining this cuz I'm nervous but HERE WE GOOO

My current WIP is a fantasy political drama about a burned assassin lady who must find new purpose after the war ends. It's set in this non-Tolkienesque antasy 1850s world with magical thermodynamics at the heart of its magic system.

Eventually, I want to turn all this into what I'm calling Untitled Yssaia Game -- where there's this big main story in visual novel form but also, there's all these lore books and lore-based puzzles and such.

So I've started working on this photobook as a replacement for my website/wiki...

As well as art for all the characters...

But the #1 thing I won't shut up about is fantasy food. I LOVE trying to figure what people would eat, especially in strange circumstances. Likeeee if they were partly underground and had minimal sunlight, what would change in the environment? And what would people eat because of that? I have art but I'm still working on the final, in-book page for that!

This was super rambly and unorganized ahhhhh sorry lol I'm writing this while in line for a ride at an amusement park so I give up lol

-Sincerely, Me

It depends on the player!

[keep in mind my ideas with Elytra’s are very loose, haven’t really put proper thoughts behind them]

But much like armour, players can modify their elytra’s as something that fit they’re aesthetics more. Be it modification to the one’s found, or crafting their own (think how e2 Scott made his elytra. Or the ornithopter's in the create series.) ultimately at the end of the day, most elytra’s are very much just air gliders, and its the rockets/a good kick that actually propel the player. Most times players just like to paint the found elytra's for the easiest modifications. But ultimately no one should fully trust the elytra's that are just found in some old ship, those things are old and sometimes falling apart. Players also need to properly balance their chosen elytra's in order to properly support their weight and, you know, keep them in the air.

There are winged players who will use elytra’s as a layer of protection, like armour, if they do desire. Or even some will use them as aids to actually fly! Just because a player will have wings, it doesn’t ultimately mean they can fly, be it their wings are too small/weak, or their wings are built for gliding rather then actual flight. Can also think of elytra’s as a mobility aid of sorts (Ideas based off this headcanon). Like an extra crutch or aid when it’s too tiresome to constantly fly. Or when the wings themselves are damaged.

Bonus headcanons/ ideas for the hermits themselves

Also, would you be ok with people using Moblins and some of your other headcanons in fics and stuff?

I’ll be honest in saying the base concept of mobs that are more, human? In a sense, that base idea isn’t unique to me, and I’m pretty sure I got the word itself from an old Emerald Duo fic too.

BUT! If you want to use moblins and mandreds I’m how I write them, do know I will kill for you /pos. I always love when people incorporate my ideas into their works, and i want to see all of it so tag me when you do please. I’ll love whatever you create.

All my work gains inspiration from all the other artists and writers of the community, it’s only fair y’all can use me as inspiration too! [This goes for any of my ideas and designs, Just credit or tag me and I'll absolutely love you for it!]

But now on with the idea dump, it’ll be more of the base ideas of how things work. Will these ideas change in the future? Most likely! But it’s to be expected.

Alright so start off with the base vocabulary and ideas,

Moblins- more sentient mobs, includes both passive and hostile mobs. Be they very animal like, or the more “monster” type creatures one would find in the World.

Mandreds- most non mob like creatures, be it more human like, elven, fae, whichever else. Like testificates//villager/pillager types are counted here.

There is bound to be overlap of what is counted as a Moblin vs Mandred, the words are used more as umbrella terms then binary rules. Demonic like players may count themselves in either category if they see fit. It just depends how the player sees themselves sometimes.

Hybrids- self explanatory, a player who has multiple mob like, or Mandred like traits, can really be any mix and isn’t always just “X mob and human!”. Irl hybrids are a lot more compiled, and can rarely reproduce, but I ignore that science because fuck you this is fantasy and there’s a dragon, let me have fun

Shifters- players with the ability to shapeshift. There are some moblin shifters who can only go from their more Mandred like appearance to more of a moblin, as well as shapeshifters who can change to whatever form they can feasibly control.

Player- umbrella term that identifies all entities regardless of traits.

So what makes mobs so different from moblins then? Overall it’s just a higher form of sentience and being further along the line in evolution depending on the mob. Think humans vs monkeys vs fish I guess. It’s mainly that having the higher sentience leads to the world giving these creatures a proper player code so they can, exist, live life and create and love, and importantly, respawn.

And sometimes the definition of what higher sentience counts as, is weird, and it’s better not to question it too hard because it’ll make one’s head hurt. Brings up questions of “why can there be literally entity’s of void and gases that walk around” where the only answer is just “because this void learned there is love, and it was loved back”. The universe is very kind, and it will grant true life to those that know of the love it feels, it is just unfortunate the world is cruel.

That’s why the universe gives the sentinels and robots created by ancient builders as much love as they do. These are entity’s made for the sake of protection, and many of them were made with so much love, they themselves understood it. They were forgotten in time by those who originally built them, but the universe remembered and allowed them to breath. I count sentinels as Iron/snow golems, blazes, creepers, guardians, and though very aggressive, withers and the warden. Just all the Lil dudes who were originally made to protect.

There’s a question of how many animal moblins came to evolve, but that’s just evolution sometimes man, one day you just figure out how to walk on two legs and the body adapts. And in all fairness the ancient builders were way closer to what piglins are, so the more important question is how the hell humans came to be /j.

[//this section I’m kinda talking about death and corpses, quick warning if you need] But the undead moblins are a fun topic, because the idea of what happens to the player after respawn is fun to explore. Many of the undead mobs that wander the wild and attack players, are very much the result of players who died and respawned, but the body didn't disappear. They are just the left behind husks of body’s that move on pure instinct, they just don’t have any code or soul behind them anymore. The knowledge of Why sometimes a body may disappear after respawn and sometimes not, has never been figured out, just another weird code of the universe. Still’s always a little unsettling to be in a cave and see a zombie that looks just like your friend, just all rotted away and two seconds from attacking you. Worse when it’s yourself.

Then what about the undead moblins themselves? that is what happens when the body is supposed to die, but the player refuses to. The body may start to rot away sure, they may become just bone and soul, but the player is still alive and kicking and the universe learns to accept that eventually. It happens most commonly when the player was meant to experience permadeath. Like times when the player succumbs to the infection and the world lets them die a final time, or the player continues on.

[ok we good!]

Due to their roots of humans and aliens merging together, Starlings have an incredibly high mortality rate, as alien or even human infant disease show up more often. It is not uncommon for Starling children to be stillborn or be born with fatal genetic features.

Should any coupole turn out with two or more children, the eldest is instilled with the role of protecting their youngest siblings, especially if they are born on a ship and pirates or raiders attack. Older siblings are generally taught how to use basic weapons, and some may be taught how to take over their parent’s jobs and release the lifeship in case of emergency. 

While many raiders and pirates, and even other races, sneer and jeer at the practice, this helps boost the population of the Starlings and instills life-long bonds between family. However, this also means that after adulthood passes, many Starling children feel a sense of loss. Twins or Triplets are considered a blessing as a whole to the Starling race. Because they are so rare (One may not be born in even a lifetime), they are protected more than any other. The Starling which came out first is marked the oldest, and wears a red ribbon tied around the wrist. Later in life that same ribbon will be attached to a string and tied to the neck. They have the same responsibilities as any other elder Starborn. Twins or Triplets are generally identified by color, with the eldest always being red. They are raised in such a way that sometimes it is emotionally painful for them to be separated, and it is always the Eldest that makes the decisions. After adulthood, it is common practice to enlist Triplets or Twins into the Navigational sector, as their combined teamwork makes things just a bit more efficient. —-

Magic is a force that keeps almost all life alive. It flows around and through everyone and everything. It is always present. It operates on a different frequency/plane of existence as most other things, called the <magical plane> but is tied to the physical world.  Magic operates as a sort of river or current flowing in all directions in this separate plane. All living things have something called a <life ring> that serves as their connection to the <magical plane>. Magic flows through them constantly, commonly depicted as a torus or ring shape with magic flowing through and around it. This has lead to a common misconception among less educated groups that this is how magic flows. This description is rather simplified; in reality, magic flows in and out of the <life ring> at all angles, with no one “in” direction or “out” direction. If the <life ring> is somehow blocked or magic is somehow unable to flow through it freely, it will begin to collapse and the living being connected to it will begin to die. Complete deprivation of <magical flow> will cause death within minutes, but a partial blockage may cause weeks of exhaustion and confusion, followed by passing out and dying. Living beings have different capacities and requirements for the amount of <magic flow> required to survive. This capacity is linked both to genetics and to whether or not the being spends a lot of time around magic use. It is assumed that humans have the highest capacity for magic out of most other animals, due to the fact that only humans have been observed casting with magic. Magical blockage is most commonly caused by an inexperienced or malicious shade overfeeding on its host, though depriving areas of magical flow has been used as a weapon of mass destruction in the past. If someone has a very narrow <life ring> that only allows a small amount of magic through, this means they do not require much <magic flow> to survive, and thus can survive for longer in low-<magic flow> conditions. They, however, have little capacity to use their <life ring> for spellwork. Conversely, someone has a wide <life ring> , they will need more <magic flow> on average to survive, but they are much more able to cast spells, and are generally more sensitive to changes in the <magic plane>

            Mages are people who are in-tune with their <life ring> and can, by manipulating the shape and amount of their flow, use magic to affect the physical world. Anyone can become a mage with enough training and practice, but those with a wide <life ring> will have an easier time getting started, since they are naturally more in-tune with the <magic plane>. Casting spells requires flexing ones <life ring> , as well as a certain amount of will or belief. A person can have perfect technique, but still be unable to cast simply because they severely doubt their ability or believe outright that they cannot do it. This is often what holds back many potential mages from non-magical towns or cities from actually becoming mages, even if they want to. If a caster is not powerful enough for a spell (their <life ring> is not wide enough to give the spell as much <magic flow> as it needs) they run the risk of tearing their <life ring> if they stretch too much to accommodate the spell. A torn <life ring> can be deadly if it is torn too much, but if the tear is small enough, it can be healed by time and by not casting too much for a while. Mages have developed a sort of language to use when communicating spells through speech or writing called <language>, but it is not a natural language like English or Spanish. It communicates <life ring> positions and shapes rather than words or ideas, functioning as a sort of cross between a programming language and an origami diagram, but for magic. A written spell can be as simple, with only two or three sigil, or it can be incredibly complex, with several hundred sigils where a single sigil difference would have drastically different results. There are often multiple ways to complete the same task, each with varying complexities and <magic flow> requirements. While there are usually no objects required for casting (no wands or staves), it is possible for a mage to bind a specific spell to an inanimate object, giving that object a temporary artificial <life ring> built for casting a set number of spells. Most often, these objects’ spells are triggered by a particular magical command from the wielder, but it is also sometimes the case that the spells are triggered by some physical stimulus, such as physical contact or some sort of hand motion.