Name:

What do these people call themselves? What do others call them? What meaning do these
names hold?

Overview:
Quickly give a brief overview of these people.

Physical Attributes:

General Description:
What do these people physically look like on average? What is the range of appearances?

Unique Abilities:
What unique abilities do these people posses? Are these things magical or physical in nature?
How common are these abilities?

Geography:

Location:
Where are these people found?

Climate:
What is the climate of these people’s native region?

Terrain:
Are there mountains, plains, forests, ext. In these people’s home
region?

Hazards:
What kind of hazards are found in these people’s home region? Are they seasonal, constant, or
random? Are they environmental or political?
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Economy:

Agriculture:
What sort of farming do these people practice? What kind of crops are planted?

Domestic Animals/Herding:
What sort of animals have these people domesticated? Do they herd animals?

Hunting/Gathering:
Do these people practice hunting or gathering? Is this their main source of food or is it done
seasonally or secondary?

Industries:
What kind of industries exist among these people? Are they created for home or foreign
markets?

Natural Resources:
What other natural resources do these people harvest and use? How important are these? Are
they harvested to be traded or for personal use?

Trade:
What goods do these people trade? Internal trade? External trade? How important is this to
the country's economy? Is there a type of merchant class?

Currency:
What is used as currency among these people? How available is this currency?

Political Structure:

General Description:
What sort of political structures do these people use? How entrenched are these structures in
the everyday lives of common people? Who controls these structures?

Political History:
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Political Leadership:
Who runs the governments of these people? Priests, warlords, landowners, bureaucrats,
elected officials? How are these people chosen for leadership? How do these leaders justify
their continue rule?

Political Power:
How powerful and centralized are these people's governments? Through what means do these
governments exist and impact the lives of everyday people?

Political Structures:
What kind of structures exist in these governments? Does power lay at the top of a hierarchy
or do those on the ground wield the real power?

Religion in Politics:
What role does religion play in the governments of these people? Do priests hold more power
than secular entities? Do they hold speciale responsibilities or positions?

Magic in Politics:
What role does magic play in the governments of these people? Do mages play a different role
in government than non-mages?

Views on other Cultures:

Subcultures:
What kind of sub or non mainstream cultures exist among these people? How are they seen by
the mainstream culture? What kind of interactions are allowed with this subculture?

Minorities:
What kind of minorities exist within these people’s society? How are they preserved? Are they
treated as equals or as second class citizens? What kind of interactions are allowed with these
people?

Foreign Cultures:
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How are foreign cultures seen by these people? In what way do these people interact with
foreigners? What kind of relationships are acceptable with foreigners?

Cultural Appearance:

Adornment:
What adornments do these people wear? Are they for special events or casual wear?

Tattoos/Scarification:
Do these people permanently alter their skin in any way? Do they get tattoos? Do they scare or
brand themselves? Do these hold ritual significance? Do these marks hold certain meanings?

Makeup:
What Kind of makeup do these people use?

Clothing:
What sort of clothing do these people wear?

Hair:
What do these people’s hair look like naturally? How do they style it? What is done with
facial hair? What is different for men and women? Children, adults, and elders?

Attraction:
What is considered beautiful by these people? What are the standards for men and women?

What is considered ugly? What is the difference between cute/handsome and hot/sexy?

Cultural Creations:

Architecture:
What styles of architecture is common among these people? What difference is there between
informal commoner buildings and more large scale projects? Are these built to last or not?

Art:

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What sort of art do these people create?

Artifacts:
What sort of physical artifacts do these people create? What kind of items are decorate and
which one’s are left plane?

Symbolism:
What sort of symbols hold significance to these people?

Literature/stories:
What sort of writing do these people create? Do they follow standard genres or archetypes?

Music:
What sort of music do these people make? What kind of instruments?

Food:
What sort of food do these people create?

Calendar/Time Keeping:
How do these people record the passage of time?

Life History:

Family:
What do family structures look like among these people? How long do they last? At what point
in their life do they form? Who are allowed to create a family?

Marriage/Courtship:
What sort of marriage and courtships do these people practice? Who initiates? What steps are
taken in order to get married? At what point in their lives do they get married? Who is allowed
to marry whom?

Blood Mixing:

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To what extent do these people intermingle with other cultures or races? What about different
classes or castes?

Pregnancy:
How is pregnancy seen by these people? What is biologically different/unique? What things
must pregnant women do differently? What are they not allowed to do?

Birth:
How is birth seen? Who is involved in the process? What is seen as having an influence on
birth?

Guardians:
Are their non-parental figures who guard over children? Are they a blood relative?
What obligations does the guardian have to the child? Visa versa?

Children:
What role do children play in society? Who raises them? What is expected of
them?

Adulthood:
When is a child considered an adult? Is it a specific ritual or event? Does it require the taking
of responsibility? Can a ‘child’ be considered an adult under unique circumstances?

Elders:
How are elders treated by these people? What roles do they fill? What is expected of them?

Death and Burial Practices:

How are the dead treated by these people? Are they buried? Cremated? How are they prepared
for these rights?

Technology:

Advancement and Proliferation:

Generally speaking, how ‘advanced’ are these people technologically compared to the rest of
the world? What are some major developments that have been made recently? How prolific is
technology throughout their society?
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Household:
What kind of technology do common people make use of on a regular basis? What about the
Upper Class?

Magic Tech:
Is magic used in conjunction with technology? How do they play off of eachother? What is the
source/fuel?

Agriculture:
What kind of farming technology do these people have access to? How important and
widespread is it among farming communities?

Manufacturing:
What techniques and tools do these people's industries make use of? How automated are
they?

Resource Extraction:
What tools do these people make use of for mining, logging, and other form of resource
extraction?

Terraforming:
How do these people transform the land around
them?

Transportation:
What kind of roads, ships, carts, and so on do these people use?

Architecture:
How advanced are these people's buildings? How large are they able to build? What kind of
defences do they have against natural disasters

Societal Structure:

Naming System:
What is the structure of a person's names? When and by whom are these given?
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Common Names:
What names are common among these people? Are they meant for women (f), men (m), or is it
neutral (n)? What family names are common?

Education:
What forms of education exist for these people? What groups receive what kind of education?

Inheritance:
How is inheritance handled when someone dies? How does different classes handle
inheritance?

Class/Caste:
Are these people separated by class or caste? Are these separations hard or soft? How do
these different groups interact, if at all?

Destitutes:
Who are the destitute and down trout within this society? How are they seen? Are they helped
or left on their own?

Charity:
Who do the down trout in this society turn to in times of need? Does support remain within
a community? What kind of help is available? How much?

Gender Structures/Roles:
What sort of gender specific roles exist among these people? What is expected of men that is
not expected of women? Vice versa?

Sexual Identity:
What kind of sexual identity exists among these people? Is heterosexual relationships the only
acceptable type of sexuality? What non traditional types of sexuality are allowed? How are non
straight people viewed?

Personal Identity:
What aspects of a person are most important to their personal identity? Is it their family,
clan, state, profession, religion, ext?
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Courtesy/Manners:
What is considered courteous or proper by these people? How does one treat a stranger?
Family? Friend?

Modesty:
What is considered modest by these people? How important is modesty? What is modest for
different classes and genders?

Taboo:
What is considered taboo for these people? Is the Taboo the same for Do they apply this only
to themselves or do they judge other cultures?

Laws/Legal Code:
What sort of laws and social rules exist among these people? Are these formal or informal?
Enforced by a central authority or a traditional social order?

Punishment:
What kind of punishments do these people believe in? What punishments are given in
response to what crimes?

Drugs:
What kind of drug use is acceptable or encouraged by these people? Under what
circumstances are these drugs acceptable to use? Which drugs are not allowed?

Language:
What do these people’s language sound like? What relation does it have to other languages?

Cultural Beliefs:

Ancestry:
How are these people’s ancestors seen? Are they remembered or honored? What is it that they
provide for those who live now?

Paragons/Heroes:
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Are there hero’s within the mythology of this society? How are they seen? How flawed are
they? What makes them heroes?

Health/Medicine:
How do these people view health and disease? What can individuals do to improve their
health?

Mental Health:
How do these people view mental health? How are people who suffer from it seen? What are
the causes? Are there any treatments?

Day/Night/Season:
How are the various seasons seen? Different times of day?

Astronomy:
What importance do the stars, moons, and sun play in these people’s worldview? What do they
call the various astrological bodies? What do they represent?

Cosmology:
What is the nature of the world? What is its future and how will it
end?

History:
How do these people see the past? What is important and what is left out? What does a
common person know about history? An educated person?

The Natural World:

How is the natural world seen? What about wild or uninhabited
places?

The Artificial World:

How is the artificial world, the one created by people, seen? What about villages and cities?

Occultism:
How is the Occult, the secret and nontraditional world,
seen?

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them?How real are they?

Monstrosities:
What monsters exist in these societies view? How much of a problem are they? How do
people combat them?

Magic:
How is magic seen by these people? Are all kinds viewed similarly or are distinctions made?

Cultural Events:

Sports/Recreation:
What sort of sports or other recreations do these people do? Is there a difference between
professional and casual sports? Who plays what sports?

Festivals/Celebrations:
What sort of celebrations and festivals do these people have? Are they centered around the
time of year? Certain events?

Rites of Passage:
What rituals and ceremonies do people go through as parts of their lives? A passage to
adulthood? Absolution for past actions? Marriage?

Demographics:

Towns/Villages/Cities:
What kind of villages, towns, and cities do these people have? How large are they? Who
controls these population centers?

Urban vs Rural:
How urban or rural is this society? What are the cultural and economic differences between the
two? Where does the society’s power truly lie?

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Migration/Population Movement:
How, and for what reasons, do these people move around? Are these short range or over long
distances? Do they return to a set ‘home’ or is home always moving? Do the young move or
does everyone? Do most people die where they are born or elsewhere?

The Frontier:
What does the fringes of these people’s territory look like? Where is it? Who lives there?
How do people see it? How strong is the government's influence?

Exploration:
Do these people explore new territory? How do they view exploration? What tools do they
have at their disposal?

Colonization:
How do these people colonize new territories? How connected are these colonies to their
homeland? What happens to the natives of these colonies?

Conflict:

Military:
What sort of military do these people have? Is it made of professionals or irregulars? How is
gender or class important within these people’s military?

Weaponry/Armor:
What kind of weapons and armor do these people use? Are they of the people’s own design or
taken from another people? What level of quality are these weapons? Do they export or import
weapons/armor?

Champions:
What unique and somewhat independent warriors can be found among these people? Where
do most of them come from? What do they specialize in? How does the society see them?

Magic in Warfare:
How is magic used as a component of the military? Do mages serve specific roles or are they
treated like normal soldiers? What kinds of magic are used by these people in war?
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War/Conquest:
Do these people wage war? How do they view war? How are conquered people treated? How
expansionary are they?

Resistance/Dissent:
What kind of dissent and resistance do these people practice? What groups are these targeted
at?

Raiding:
Do these people raid? Is it acceptable to do so? Who is doing the raiding and who is being
raided?

Slavery:
Is slavery allowed by these people? Who can be enslaved? Are children of slaves born free?
What rights do slaves have? How can slaves be made free?

Abandonment:
When do these people abandon their home? When everything they have is destroyed do they
rebuild or move on?

Natural Disasters:
What kind of natural disasters do these people deal with? How do they respond? From where
do they believe these disasters come from?

Diseases:
What kind of disease do these people deal with? What is seen as the source? How do they
deal with them?

Magic:

General Description:
Provide a general description of these people’s magical system.

Connection to Magic:
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What kind of connection do these people have with magic? How does it influence them? How
much control over it do they have?

Styles of Magic:
How do these people use magic? Are there distinct styles or methods of using magic? What
schools of thought exist around magic?

Role of Mages:
What is the role of magic users in society? What professions do they fill? Where can they be
found?

The Mundane:
How do mages see the mundane? How staunch of a line is drawn between them?

Religion (RELIGION NAME):

Name:
What is the name of this religion? What meaning does it
have?

General Overview:
Give a general overview of this religion. What are its major tenets? How does it exist in the
daily lives of everyday people? What religious leaders exist?
Religious History:

How has this religion changed over the years? How long has it been around? What major
events shaped it?

Religious Structure:
How are the formal institutions of this religion constructed? What levels of leadership
positions exist? How do these leaders interact with everyday believers? What informal
institutions exist?

Place of Worship:
Do these people have a place of worship or other structure of religious significance? Who is
responsible for maintaining or running these temples? What does it look like?

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Symbolism:
What symbols hold significance to this religion?

Deities/Mythic Figures:
Who, if any, are the gods of this religion? What characters exist in their myths? What
powers do they hold?

Sacred Lore:
What books or collections of tales does this religion teach? Are they equally important? Who
tells these stories?

Creation Myth:
How do these people believe the world and its people came into existence? How recent was
creation?

Death:
How is death view in this religion? What happens to a person after they
die?

Followers:
How do followers experience this religion in their everyday lives? How important is it to
them?Are all followers created equal?

Sacred Sites:
What sites or cities are considered sacred by this religion? How long have they been seen this
way? Why?

Religious Orders:
What kind of religious orders exist within this religion? Are they militarily focused? Isolated
or open to the public? Who is allowed to join these orders? What services do they provide?

Heretical Groups:
What heretic groups exist within this religion? How are they treated by members of
the mainstream religion?

Magic:
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Does magic play a part in this religion? Do mages play a different part in the religion than
non-mages?

History:

Historical Period or Era:

General overview of these people’s history in the named region.

Schools of Thought:

Name of Schools of Thought:

Text for this school of thought, either a brief description or a full write
up.

Legends/Stories/Myths:
Name of Legend/Story/Myth:
Text of this legend/story/myth, either a brief description or a full write
up.

Major Nations:
Name of Nations:
General write up of this nation and its
significance.

Major Settlements:
Name of Settlement:
General write up of this city/town/village and its
significance.

Major Individuals:
Name of Person:
General write up of this person and their significance?
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Terminologie:
Define any terms or names used in this write
up.

Notes:
Any minor notes go here.

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