Fictional Reality

25/06/2025

21/06/2025

While traveling with your party, you tend to hum a song. What does it mean to you? Write the lyrics to it here. “You’re always humming that same damn tune,” Reiz grumbled. “It helps me concentrate,” I replied, sliding the second pick into the lock and twisting. A rewarding click later and the door swung open. “Now let’s grab the relic and get out of here.”...

While traveling with your party, you tend to hum a song. What does it mean to you? Write the lyrics to it here. “You’re always humming that same damn tune,” Reiz grumbled. “It helps me concentrate,…

12/06/2025

Reading Between The Lines

You have made a pact with a secret society that no one, not even your closest friends, knows about. What is the goal of that society, and who else is in it? Two secret societies claim to run neighb…

09/06/2025

You carry around a toy from your childhood. What is that toy, and why do you continue to carry it around so many years later? My Morningstar clattered to the ground as I lifted my smarting hand to my mouth. The mercenary has taken the flat of his blade to my knuckles in a moment of distraction. I drew my last, but favourite, weapon....

You carry around a toy from your childhood. What is that toy, and why do you continue to carry it around so many years later? My Morningstar clattered to the ground as I lifted my smarting hand to …

25/05/2025

Your path takes you through a steaming swamp, treacherous cliffs, or a seemingly clear valley. Which path do you choose and why? I looked down at the map and back up to the paths ahead in confusion. The clear valley was obviously a trap or illusion, the swamp seemed an unpleasant choice, and the cliff looked intimidating but manageable; however, the map clearly indicated the valley was the way to go, so, with hesitation, I stepped forward and braced myself....

Your path takes you through a steaming swamp, treacherous cliffs, or a seemingly clear valley. Which path do you choose and why? I looked down at the map and back up to the paths ahead in confusion…

22/05/2025

When buying some mundane equipment in Baldur's Gate, a coastal city within the Forgotten Realms, you find a valuable gem secreted away among your purchases. Powerful groups are interested in the gem, and they are coming after you to steal it. What powers does this gem have? How can you evade capture? Returning to the inn after a successful day of shopping, I empty the pouch of holding onto the table and begin dividing up the spoils amongst the party....

When buying some mundane equipment in Baldur’s Gate, a coastal city within the Forgotten Realms, you find a valuable gem secreted away among your purchases. Powerful groups are interested in …

13/05/2025

Please choose a number between 1 and 365 inclusive and either ⬅️or ➡️.
Every unique number that includes an indicator will have an entry of The World Builder's Journal dedicated to them.

of Legendary Adventures

13/05/2025

As a youngster you were lost in the Towering Wood , and your family mourned you as if you'd died. When you returned home exactly one year later, you were found to have not aged a day. What happened to you in those woods? The Tortoise and Hare Nebulae danced overhead as I watched. One proudly gleaming the birth of new stars, the other stoically shining the passing of the 'Old Guard' into oblivion....

As a youngster you were lost in the Towering Wood , and your family mourned you as if you’d died. When you returned home exactly one year later, you were found to have not aged a day. What ha…

11/05/2025

In 1989 I was fortunate enough to travel across the world to visit the homeland of my mother. The United States of America beckoned, especially the north-west coast. I was seven when I left home, with some extended family to accompany me, and these are the memories I scrawled along the way. I don't remember which of my grandparents I coerced into scribing for me, but the rest of the journal is in their pen....

In 1989 I was fortunate enough to travel across the world to visit the homeland of my mother. The United States of America beckoned, especially the north-west coast. I was seven when I left home, w…

06/05/2025

On the day your character was born, something monumental happened. What was that event, and what role does it play in your adventuring? It was that time of year, and while the rest of the village busied themselves preparing for the festival, my mother paced around the Healer's Birthing Room. She had converted her spare bedroom after her kids moved out, and now it was often occupied by pregnant women in the last few days before birthing....

On the day your character was born, something monumental happened. What was that event, and what role does it play in your adventuring? It was that time of year, and while the rest of the village b…

27/04/2025

(No, not that one) People are convinced you are possessed by an evil spirit even though you aren't. Why do people think that? Of course it started when my hair coloured. In my first few years I had a mop of blonde hair. The shape was like my father's, the colour mirrored my mother's. My father's hair was scruffy chestnut brown....

(No, not that one) People are convinced you are possessed by an evil spirit even though you aren’t. Why do people think that? Of course it started when my hair coloured. In my first few years…

21/04/2025

Since you left your home to adventure, your childhood nemesis has been plotting to take you down. Write the monologue they've been preparing for when they finally face you. "At last, we meet again. It's been many years since you publicly humiliated me, and I have spent them raising an army and learning every technique to decimate your dignity and have my revenge....

Since you left your home to adventure, your childhood nemesis has been plotting to take you down. Write the monologue they’ve been preparing for when they finally face you. “At last, we…