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Creating Places - The Podcast Transcripts
- The Art of World Building, Book 5
- Narrated by: Randy Ellefson
- Series: The Art of World Building, Book 5
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Categories: Education & Learning, Words, Language & Grammar
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Learning to create a unique, immersive place one podcast episode at a time.
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While covering much of the same material as volume two, Ellefson breaks out in new directions while expanding on how to invent planets, continents, sovereign powers, settlements, history, maps, and more. He also teaches experts and beginners alike how latitude, prevailing winds, and mountains affect climate and where vegetation grows. Learn how long it takes to travel over different terrain types and conditions by horse, wagon, sailing vessels, or even dragons.
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