GRC Clan - Lore and World building Tips

This is a set of questions and hints written by VagueShapes and myself to help members of the grounded challenge, but they're free for anyone to use.

The grounded challenge is a creativity based clan that aims to help members develop their story writing skills, lore of their individual universes, and also provide a set of rules to put a different spin on how the game is played.

Find out more about the Grounded Challenge here.

World Building

1.       Do you have an established history for your world or are you going to use in game events as the basis for your lore? Will it be a blend of both?

2.       How modern is your wolf’s society? Are you incorporating any fantasy elements?

3.       How do your fantasy elements or pseudo sciences work? What are the drawbacks/rules?

4.       Think about etiquette for your wolves, do they rely on canine body language or do they have a different set of rules or phrases that are considered polite/rude?

5.       Do they have a concept of military, currency, royalty, science, religion at all?

6.       How closely does your world line up to Wolvden features?

Pack Questions

1.       Where do they live? Why?

2.       Have they always lived there?

3.       Are any roles considered more or less important in your pack?

4.       Are your wolves monogamous?

5.       How do they interact with/treat other animals and humans?

6.       Do they have any special way of naming themselves or the world around them?

7.       Do they have any spiritual beliefs or life philosophies?

8.       Do they have any myths or stories passed down through the generations?

9.       Are they considered unusual in the universe you’ve built? Why?

Lead Wolf

1.       How involved are they with making decisions for the pack?

2.       Do your other wolves respect them? Do they look up to them or fear them?

3.       What does your lead wolf think of your pack members? Are they family or underlings?

4.       Do they ask their pack members for advice?

5.       Do they spend a lot of time with the pack or do they prefer to keep their distance?

6.       Do they have a karma alignment?

7.       What is their favourite part of exploring? Do they prefer gathering items, fighting or helping/hindering other animals?

Pack Members

1.       Pick three words to describe the way they generally interact with others.

2.       Were they born into the pack, or are they an outsider?

3.       Do they enjoy living with the pack?

4.       Who are their friends? Who do they dislike? Who are they related to?

5.       Are they happy in their role/place in society? Are they able to change their role/social standing?

6.       How often do they start fights or do they avoid conflict?

7.       What are their skills and talents?

8.       Did they have to work hard to get where they are? I.e., if born outside the pack, did it take a while for others to trust them?

9.       Do they have any object/activity they really like or dislike?