Culture 101

Workshops, Writing
Today's exercise is designed to help you give the culture you're working on depth and realism. There are many different levels of culture building, things like language, religion, history, law, and social custom. Today's post is divided into sections: reading recommendations, religion, and law. Reading Recommendations Before you start this exercise, if you have a spare half hour, check out these rants by limyaael: ~Language Rant 1 ~Religion Rant 1 ~Medieval Societies Religion You probably already have a vague idea or two of your kingdom's religion(s), but today we're going to make up a fact sheet and establish some basic information about it. If there are multiple very separate religions, create a fact sheet for each. If there are sects, don't bother; we'll deal with sects on a later day.…
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