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Burr · 09-25-2002, 05:36 PM

For idea generation, you might start by combining other ideas. For instance, combine an under-the-mountain city/fortress with an polar wilderness zone to get, say, a city carved out of an iceberg.

Or combine a tree-top city with an underground city and a village to get a village built under tree roots that arch high above ground.

Combine a camp with a fire and brimstone city to get a band of nomadic blacksmiths who hire themselves out like mercenaries...or something.

Also, you might take one of the base concepts and change one of its important qualities. Um...take a canyon and instead of having it cut by a river or the wind, have it cut by a type of moss-like plant that eats up the dirt for nutrients and then floats away in the breeze, spreading its seeds over the canyon but taking the rest of its mass to form the topsoil of a nearby zone.

Or if you'd like to do something with more thinking involved, you might try the refugee approach. If a group of homeless xxxxxx discovered or conquered a yyyyyy, how would they change it to make it suit them? (This, of course, depends on the place being adaptable to their needs, or their being adaptable to what it provides.)

09-25-2002, 05:36 PM	#2
Burr Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 123	For idea generation, you might start by combining other ideas. For instance, combine an under-the-mountain city/fortress with an polar wilderness zone to get, say, a city carved out of an iceberg. Or combine a tree-top city with an underground city and a village to get a village built under tree roots that arch high above ground. Combine a camp with a fire and brimstone city to get a band of nomadic blacksmiths who hire themselves out like mercenaries...or something. Also, you might take one of the base concepts and change one of its important qualities. Um...take a canyon and instead of having it cut by a river or the wind, have it cut by a type of moss-like plant that eats up the dirt for nutrients and then floats away in the breeze, spreading its seeds over the canyon but taking the rest of its mass to form the topsoil of a nearby zone. Or if you'd like to do something with more thinking involved, you might try the refugee approach. If a group of homeless xxxxxx discovered or conquered a yyyyyy, how would they change it to make it suit them? (This, of course, depends on the place being adaptable to their needs, or their being adaptable to what it provides.)