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Heinz Schomann: Kulturhistorischer Wanderführer Bayern - Nördlich der Donau (1971, Pawlak)

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I have a tendency to hoard obscure travel guides I find in public bookshelves ("Little Free Libraries" and the like) - not only because I am interested in the regions in question, but also because I want to use them as inspiration for #ttrpg #worldbuilding .

Of course, this would require that I actually read them instead of just hoarding them...

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maps!

I adore maps & make my own, plus diagrams & floor plans.

My city & regional maps are hand-drawn for my reference. There’s about a score of those.

The more formal maps fall into two categories. First are those for publication, which are simplified & in black & white. Their counterparts are the colorful attention getters. I create both on my computer. The application I’m currently using is Affinity Photo.

Hand drawn map of the Lost Hills (upper left) and the lands to the east of them. This is mostly to show rivers and lakes, but some ruins are noted. This map has a brief, but major part in Book 5, but isn't shown. Good thing, since there's an error, though I could fix it easy enough.
The seer college of Vistus as it was designed. In the present, it's ruins. It's a square campus along the River Tars with various buildings related to learning, along with a village and other support structures.
The simplified and publishable version of my Carrdia map that doesn't look too drastically different than the one I drew by hand twenty years ago. The country is heart-shaped, rivers all running to join the Key River in the south. At center is Lake Radiance, the Baris Plains above them. Ruins are noted with an X. The capital, Transgamete, is at center. The Kovenlore series opens in Coving, with is to the northwest of there.
The continent of Tremjar, color version. A roughly oval landmass from southwest to northeast with numerous islands and peninsulas extending off of it. The west is mountains and forests. The east is mostly grasslands. The south is mostly desert. Carrdia is at center. Forstava, the ora'ean homeland, is in the west, Mythwyll below it. Draskrith and the islands of Pannulus are in the northeast. Emprensa is in the east.

I've learned that in RPG if you give a thing a surface presentation people feel they can pigeonhole, you can be _playful_ with the layers.

Example: A fantasy nation is, on the surface, a French thing. Language, etc.

But the history is a carefully knitted mashup between Ethiopia and the state of Connecticut.

And the culture is the Islamic parts of medieval Iberia with a touch of 80s punk.

The audience will only see France. ☺️
Except one or two people. _Befriend them!_

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I'm wondering if anyone knows any resources for a story dealing with ? I'm creating a fanfiction loosely based off of Little Witch Academia, which has a magic system that's very open towards introducing different spells and creatures and whatnot.

I haven't written a proper multi-chapter fanfiction before, so I would like to do my best and research a core part of it.