my personal "canonical example" of a name slowly changing over time is Joan of Arc. that is not her name, she wasn't ever really even called the name that "Joan of arc" derives from at the time. she was just "Joan" often called the "Maid De Orleans" (possibly mis-spelled here). but her father was called "Jacque Darc" so books of history would call her Joan Darc, and someone assumed it was a shorthand sort of spelling of Joan De Arc. and so her name became Joan of Arc. of arc? where or what the hell is arc? nothing! it's a misunderstanding.
That is great. Thanks for that. Upon looking it up I find it doubly funny that the Wikipedia page which explains why this was never actually her name is also using that name to refer to her repeatedly. While it was not her name, it is the name given to her by history and thus has become her name after all.
Sooo glad these are uploaded here. I live on UA-cam but only visit Twitch for livestreams, and these is so much design gold in these Worldbuilding Streams
I for one loved the way you presented it in Strongholds & Followers, with the thought process on display and alternative given. But then I have been playing d&d and dming for 23 of my 32 years and with probably more than half of your vids i watch and I go “oh yeah, I guess that’s kind of what I do too, but I never heard it explained before” :) keep up the good work Matt, love your stuff and looking forward to more
Also: The Sahara Desert (Desert Desert), Chai Tea (Tea Tea), Naan Bread (Bread Bread). This is a super widespread naming thing that happens the way Matt described. Foreigner goes "what's that?", local says "chai he (it's tea)", foreigner says "Oh, chai! That must be the name for this specific type of spiced tea". And so, the general word for a thing in one language becomes the word for "the version of that thing from/in that place" in another language.
that's his point. that irl naming is indeed silly and it's not unrealisitc for a capital city to be called capitol, despite what the person in chat was saying
Hill-hill-hill hill, or top-of-the-hill-hill hill River river (twice) Ancient-ancient-monster (wait, that's Digimon, same idea though) I love this stuff😄
While they stopped being specialist colleges because teaching facility is shared across the colleges, you still have some colleges being pre disposed to different subjects or having a larger percentage of the intake.
I wonder if this is an appropriate place to ask about Ajax? I have heard Matt mention that Ajax wants to see the world covered in blood, but I don't understand what that is about. Sauron, for example, wanted to cover the world in blood, but only as an antecedent to his primary aim (at least, as he saw it) of trying to bring everyone under enlightened control. Is Ajax in that vein, or does he literally want destruction and blood for its own sake?
Oi, Colville you beautiful beast! I want to build a palace dungeon set in the court of all flesh from strongholds and followers. Have you got any encounter ideas for those guys?
The "something big and major" I changed to make it clear that it was MY version of the Forgotten Realms was the date. It was 500 years later and everyone had electrical power, nuclear weapons and automatic firearms.
The city is basically round and on the coast. Each of the colors represents one of the Families that hold power in the city and where in the city they hold power. The light blue represents water. The white and other colors represent land. Think of the boroughs of New York City with each borough being controlled by one Family or another. Notice he refers to them as House (insert Family name here).
The map was grabbed from the game Diplomacy. The shapes don't really matter all that much and aren't meant to be geographic. What matters is what districts are touching what other districts, what districts contain power centres and where the water and city limits are. In short it's not the kind of map you would use to plan a route, it's the kind of map you'd use to keep track of who's in charge.
Sorry. I respectfully must disagree that Anna is doing or going to do a lot of role playing. She has chosen a Lawful Evil character and does nothing to act within the definitions of that alignment. At best she plays neutrally.
Even if it's not playing the alignment on the sheet that's still role playing though? Personally I don't think people should restrict themselves as being defined by their alignment. Plenty of people of play their character different than what they thought the character would be, it's part of the discovery proceess in rp.
Now that Judge is commander though, she is much more Lawful (commanding, authoritative) and much more Evil (power-seeking). I think her seeming neutrality derived from the fact that she was a follower/soldier under King’s command. In her lawful perspective/attitude, it would not be her place to question King’s orders - that is not what a good soldier does. And King is neutral good, so Judge probably seemed more neutral in light of that. Of course, it’s all sort of arbitrary. They are human after all and may not be ‘perfect’ role players (characters actions always align with characters motivations). I’ll return to my initial point though - now that Judge has usurped command, Anna, and therefore Judge is really playing up that Lawful Evil alignment.
"I think these world-building videos are only going to be about an hour long." Video is over three hours. Classic Matt!
The "River River", must be common, in Australia we have the Yarra River which also means the same thing.
World building starts about 29:00
Bless you, Christopher McKee
You are a god.
Beverage break ends at 1:56:58.
Thank you!
my personal "canonical example" of a name slowly changing over time is Joan of Arc. that is not her name, she wasn't ever really even called the name that "Joan of arc" derives from at the time. she was just "Joan" often called the "Maid De Orleans" (possibly mis-spelled here). but her father was called "Jacque Darc" so books of history would call her Joan Darc, and someone assumed it was a shorthand sort of spelling of Joan De Arc. and so her name became Joan of Arc. of arc? where or what the hell is arc? nothing! it's a misunderstanding.
That is great. Thanks for that. Upon looking it up I find it doubly funny that the Wikipedia page which explains why this was never actually her name is also using that name to refer to her repeatedly. While it was not her name, it is the name given to her by history and thus has become her name after all.
I'm never going to schedule time to watch your streams on Twitch, but I am always happy to see it on UA-cam.
Sooo glad these are uploaded here. I live on UA-cam but only visit Twitch for livestreams, and these is so much design gold in these Worldbuilding Streams
Matt Colville sitting in his time machine.
Don't forget Nyanza Lac in Burundi, which is a city named Lake-Lake
I for one loved the way you presented it in Strongholds & Followers, with the thought process on display and alternative given.
But then I have been playing d&d and dming for 23 of my 32 years and with probably more than half of your vids i watch and I go “oh yeah, I guess that’s kind of what I do too, but I never heard it explained before” :) keep up the good work Matt, love your stuff and looking forward to more
Stumbled on this in my recommended and completely forgot I caught this live til I heard my name. Lmao
If the hair is part of the brand i want an MCDM tshirt with a silhouette of your hair lol
Just saying, There is an actuall river in England called 'River Avon'. So yes someone did actually name a river "river river"
Also: The Sahara Desert (Desert Desert), Chai Tea (Tea Tea), Naan Bread (Bread Bread). This is a super widespread naming thing that happens the way Matt described. Foreigner goes "what's that?", local says "chai he (it's tea)", foreigner says "Oh, chai! That must be the name for this specific type of spiced tea". And so, the general word for a thing in one language becomes the word for "the version of that thing from/in that place" in another language.
Terry Pratchett sent this up in The Light Fantastic, one of the Discworld novels… there’s a forest called Your Finger You Fool.
that's his point. that irl naming is indeed silly and it's not unrealisitc for a capital city to be called capitol, despite what the person in chat was saying
Hill-hill-hill hill, or top-of-the-hill-hill hill
River river (twice)
Ancient-ancient-monster (wait, that's Digimon, same idea though)
I love this stuff😄
Cosimo College being almost a thing made me go "Gasp! Grandfather is a MAGE!"
The talk about police violence and unequal dealing of laws to different groups sure hits different in June 2020...
Love how the character of Duke Prospero is shaping up
While they stopped being specialist colleges because teaching facility is shared across the colleges, you still have some colleges being pre disposed to different subjects or having a larger percentage of the intake.
You have a session before the first session by zero-indexing your sessions. ;-)
Thanks for everything, Matt! : )
Callin my head a cognition bucket from now on
2:39:00 la Sfera Italian for the orb/globe to bad i didn't discover this soon enough.
I am italian man, I feel so useless watching this stream now
I wonder if this is an appropriate place to ask about Ajax? I have heard Matt mention that Ajax wants to see the world covered in blood, but I don't understand what that is about. Sauron, for example, wanted to cover the world in blood, but only as an antecedent to his primary aim (at least, as he saw it) of trying to bring everyone under enlightened control. Is Ajax in that vein, or does he literally want destruction and blood for its own sake?
"Fuck emperors, Senators!"
I missed this for an entire week, somehow! How dare you UA-cam!
Fun fact Torpenhow Hill is actually a ghost word.
I guess i'll watch this again
:)
Oi, Colville you beautiful beast! I want to build a palace dungeon set in the court of all flesh from strongholds and followers. Have you got any encounter ideas for those guys?
A different trouser of time 😂 1:00:32
Is that Lady Violante of the pact?
The "something big and major" I changed to make it clear that it was MY version of the Forgotten Realms was the date. It was 500 years later and everyone had electrical power, nuclear weapons and automatic firearms.
Can someone explain the city layout, very confusing. Whats up with the colors and circles? How is that a city?
The city is basically round and on the coast. Each of the colors represents one of the Families that hold power in the city and where in the city they hold power. The light blue represents water. The white and other colors represent land. Think of the boroughs of New York City with each borough being controlled by one Family or another. Notice he refers to them as House (insert Family name here).
The map was grabbed from the game Diplomacy. The shapes don't really matter all that much and aren't meant to be geographic. What matters is what districts are touching what other districts, what districts contain power centres and where the water and city limits are.
In short it's not the kind of map you would use to plan a route, it's the kind of map you'd use to keep track of who's in charge.
coastal city. districts abstracted into polar rectangles and coloured by faction control. circles in the district mark important districts
So i guess if we didn't catch the steam live we don't get to see the links he mentions.....
2:46:02
M-Fr... HarpyHumper
Sahara desert 🤣
30 minutes in and ten plus ads.. am I the only one?
Sorry.
I respectfully must disagree that Anna is doing or going to do a lot of role playing.
She has chosen a Lawful Evil character and does nothing to act within the definitions of that alignment.
At best she plays neutrally.
I have to say I made the same observation myself...
Even if it's not playing the alignment on the sheet that's still role playing though? Personally I don't think people should restrict themselves as being defined by their alignment. Plenty of people of play their character different than what they thought the character would be, it's part of the discovery proceess in rp.
Now that Judge is commander though, she is much more Lawful (commanding, authoritative) and much more Evil (power-seeking). I think her seeming neutrality derived from the fact that she was a follower/soldier under King’s command. In her lawful perspective/attitude, it would not be her place to question King’s orders - that is not what a good soldier does. And King is neutral good, so Judge probably seemed more neutral in light of that.
Of course, it’s all sort of arbitrary. They are human after all and may not be ‘perfect’ role players (characters actions always align with characters motivations). I’ll return to my initial point though - now that Judge has usurped command, Anna, and therefore Judge is really playing up that Lawful Evil alignment.
Don't you just love multifaceted characters with flaws.