Random Conworld idea thread

[LinguoFranco]

Been toying with creating a sword and planet setting. Idk the details yet, but aside from some lost technology, the societies on this planet will be at least pre-industrial if not medieval. I want the natives of the planet to be close enough to human that a human from earth could understand and speak their language, even if it might still have a few odd features from the perspective of us humans.

[Creyeditor]

What is sword and planet?

[WeepingElf]

What is sword and planet?

A science fiction or fantasy subgenre, now out of fashion, about adventures on an alien planet with a low-tech society, such as the Barsoom novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

[lurker]

What is sword and planet?

A science fiction or fantasy subgenre, now out of fashion, about adventures on an alien planet with a low-tech society, such as the Barsoom novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

I think I've heard it called "planetary romance" or at least that's what TV Tropes calls it. There's a bit of inspiration in the LG from CS Lewis's Space Trilogy, which is a planetary romance, at least for the first two books. Sweetwater's raft islands are inspired by a similar feature on Venus in the second book.

[Khemehekis]

Been toying with creating a sword and planet setting. Idk the details yet, but aside from some lost technology, the societies on this planet will be at least pre-industrial if not medieval. I want the natives of the planet to be close enough to human that a human from earth could understand and speak their language, even if it might still have a few odd features from the perspective of us humans.

Question: Will there be Terran humans visiting this planet?

[WeepingElf]

What is sword and planet?

A science fiction or fantasy subgenre, now out of fashion, about adventures on an alien planet with a low-tech society, such as the Barsoom novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

I think I've heard it called "planetary romance" or at least that's what TV Tropes calls it. There's a bit of inspiration in the LG from CS Lewis's Space Trilogy, which is a planetary romance, at least for the first two books. Sweetwater's raft islands are inspired by a similar feature on Venus in the second book.

Yes; I think "sword and planet" and "planetary romance" refer more or less to the same genre, and "planetary romance" is more common.

[TBPO]

What is sword and planet?

A science fiction or fantasy subgenre, now out of fashion, about adventures on an alien planet with a low-tech society, such as the Barsoom novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

I think I've heard it called "planetary romance" or at least that's what TV Tropes calls it. There's a bit of inspiration in the LG from CS Lewis's Space Trilogy, which is a planetary romance, at least for the first two books. Sweetwater's raft islands are inspired by a similar feature on Venus in the second book.

Yes; I think "sword and planet" and "planetary romance" refer more or less to the same genre, and "planetary romance" is more common.

Do you heard of The Lord of The Ice Garden?

[LinguoFranco]

Been toying with creating a sword and planet setting. Idk the details yet, but aside from some lost technology, the societies on this planet will be at least pre-industrial if not medieval. I want the natives of the planet to be close enough to human that a human from earth could understand and speak their language, even if it might still have a few odd features from the perspective of us humans.

Question: Will there be Terran humans visiting this planet?

There will be at least one. Idk, if Terrans are aware of the planet's existence, but I plan for the MC to crahsland there

[WeepingElf]

What is sword and planet?

A science fiction or fantasy subgenre, now out of fashion, about adventures on an alien planet with a low-tech society, such as the Barsoom novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

I think I've heard it called "planetary romance" or at least that's what TV Tropes calls it. There's a bit of inspiration in the LG from CS Lewis's Space Trilogy, which is a planetary romance, at least for the first two books. Sweetwater's raft islands are inspired by a similar feature on Venus in the second book.

Yes; I think "sword and planet" and "planetary romance" refer more or less to the same genre, and "planetary romance" is more common.

Do you heard of The Lord of The Ice Garden?

No, never.

[HolyHandGrenade!]

I had an idea for a cool twist on the dragon rider trope where the dragons are secretly intelligent and planning a rebellion.

[lurker]

Two sapient races one predator and one prey, are able peacefully coexist. The prey species allows their dead to be eaten by the predators, and in exchange the predators protect the timid prey species from other threats. In order to complete the circle of life, the predators give their own dead to the prey who use the remains to fertilize their crops.

The prey species appears rabbit-like, and are culturally similar to hobbits. The predators are either gnolls or lizard folk.

[Creyeditor]

Gnolls are underrated. Also, nice idea. Kind of has a Star Trek/Dr. Who feel to it.

[lurker]

Gnolls are underrated. Also, nice idea. Kind of has a Star Trek/Dr. Who feel to it.

I don't know much about gnolls other than they're based on hyenas and are typically evil-aligned.

I also like to envision stories or scenarios when thinking of conworld ideas. For this one, I'm thinking of a pair of adventurers. The "robbit" is a morally flexible rogue while the gnoll/lizardman is an archetypical paladin.

[Creyeditor]

I only knew the discworld variety of gnolls: https://wiki.lspace.org/Gnolls
Seems they differ a lot

[HolyHandGrenade!]

Two sapient races one predator and one prey, are able peacefully coexist. The prey species allows their dead to be eaten by the predators, and in exchange the predators protect the timid prey species from other threats. In order to complete the circle of life, the predators give their own dead to the prey who use the remains to fertilize their crops.

The prey species appears rabbit-like, and are culturally similar to hobbits. The predators are either gnolls or lizard folk.

This would make an incredible short story

[lurker]

This would make an incredible short story

I need to gain more confidence in writing. Honestly I'd much prefer depicting my ideas through art but that ain't gonna happen.

[Glenn]

I only knew the discworld variety of gnolls: https://wiki.lspace.org/Gnolls
Seems they differ a lot

I first encountered gnolls through Dungeons & Dragons, which is where the humanoid hyena version appears to have originated; I may have encountered Pratchett's version as well, but I'm not sure. (Looking backward in time, I have also read Lord Dunsany's 1912 story "How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles," although the Gnoles in that story are not actually described.)

The author Ursula Vernon, a.k.a. T. Kingfisher, has a species called "gnoles" in some of her fantasy novels, who are different yet again; they resemble humanoid badgers.

[lurker]

The tech to upload brains is being developed. Human brains prove too complex to simulate, but animal brains can be uploaded just fine. A scientist starts uploading the brains of his beloved dogs before they die. He continues doing this until a gestalt intelligence emerges from all the simulated doggo noggins working in concert.

This new entity is dubbed DCI (Distributed Canine Intelligence). It is very alien in many ways, but it still loves its master and humans generally.