Welcome to World Building Library: Items of Folklore?Tibet! Folktales are some of the most revealing and immersive ways to experience a culture. Passed down orally from generation to generation, folktales take on new meaning with each telling while continuing to bear the traditions, values, and history of a chosen people.
Tibetan folktales are deeply rooted in the harsh living conditions in the... [click here for more]
Welcome to World Building Library: Items of Folklore?Tibet 2! Folktales are some of the most revealing and immersive ways to experience a culture. Passed down orally from generation to generation, folktales take on new meaning with each telling while continuing to bear the traditions, values, and history of a chosen people.
Tibetan folktales are deeply rooted in the harsh living conditions in t... [click here for more]
Welcome to World Building Library: Tibetan Deities. The following article is about how Tibetans view their gods and goddess, the metaphysical beings that affect their day to day reality. Although Tibet is predominately Buddhist, their variety of Buddhism is distinct from the form practiced in other parts of Asia. Tibetan Buddhism has roots in tantric traditions, utilizing magical or mystical eleme... [click here for more]
Tibet is situated in the midst of mountains and sky, southwest of arid Western China and in the stark rain shadow of the Himalayas. In general, Tibet is arid, cold, and high altitude. There are agricultural societies in the southern portion of Tibet at lower altitudes, while herders (some with light farming due to irrigation) live in the higher altitudes. Their clothing must combat these environme... [click here for more]
In the traditional 3rd Edition fantasy environment, demons are real?material beings that can touch you and that you can slice with your sword. While playing in such an environment has its appeal, sometimes what is not seen but only sensed is far more troublesome and disturbing. World Building Library: Tibetan Exorcisms deals with the concept of demons within the Tibetan cosmology and how to rid on... [click here for more]
Subsistence patterns are a keystone to understanding the nature of a society or community. This work considers nomadic pastoralists whose staple is the yak. Using Tibetan nomadic pastoralists of the highlands, the parts and parcels of their society form a framework from which world builders can create similar communities in their campaigns.
While some generalizations translate easily to created... [click here for more]
This excerpt from A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe is the winner of 2 ENnies awards! "Best Electronic Product" and "Best Free Product". Since the release of A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe, we at Expeditious Retreat Press have fielded more questions concerning cities than other questions combined. Because of this tremendous interest in city creation and ... [click here for more]
This second edition adds an entirely new chapter about magical medieval warfare and expands upon two other chapters. A total of 22 new pages of material are contained in the 2nd edition. The below quote was said about the 1st Edition of A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe.
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