The SUPREME RPG Worldbuilding Method

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Game masters often love making their own RPG worlds or campaign settings. Worldbuilding serves as a creative outlet for GMs and is often tons of fun. However, how does a game master ensure that their setting is fun and interesting for their players, too? In this video, we'll go over the SUPREME method for creating and fleshing out game worlds so that they are not lifeless and dull, but instead are amazing, fantastical places our players will love to adventure in.
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1:26 Social Structures
2:43 Underworld Influence
4:19 Political Activities
5:59 Religious Experiences
7:09 Economic Impacts
8:38 Military Actions
9:26 Environmental Factors
10:50 Implementing SUPREME at the Table
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@theDMLair Год назад

@Hardymovies Год назад

"Where yours and your friends imaginations live for 4-6 hours a week" - god that sounds like a luxury

@BigCowProductions Год назад

Right? We're lucky to GET 4 lol

@AflacMan13 Год назад

Or you get into a Discord Text Chat game with a sandbox open world and 5 DM's all running different areas of the same world... and you get to be one of those 5 DM's... and your imagination lives in that make believe world for 8-14 bours a day, 7 days a week, for a year and a half... until you and the other DM's hit burn out and you become the last DM running anything, and instead of quitting, because you *really* like DM'ing, you transition your 3 parties you DM and 2 parties you play in, to 2 live session parties you DM on alternating Saturdays. :-P I gained literal years of DM'ing experience in just 6 months... after 3 years now, I have *still* not learned enough to whet my appetite for DM'ing. :-D And I'm still (in my opinion) a novice at best. :-P

@theadventuresguild6514 Год назад

I have 3 sessions biweekly lol

@LucasMarques-im8pw Год назад

It is!

@Puzzles-Pins Год назад

For real! Scheduling is rough between kids and different jobs etc. Adult responsibility makes it surprisingly complicated to get everyone around a table on a regular basis. I know a guy in 17 different games at once though last I checked. Most only happen every other week so that helps balance, but even with that I've no idea how. He GMs some of them too, and it's multiple game systems. He's a madman.

@goliathcleric Год назад

For the underworld elements: the underworld doesn't always mean bad guys. Robin Hood would have fallen into the umbrella of the underworld, but most of the popular depictions of Robin Hood have him as a good guy or anti-hero at worst.

@Shindenize Год назад

This is good advice. In my homebrew setting, I designed one of my biggest "underworld" orgs after the Japanese Yakuza, which were techically, started out as merchants who does not wanted to be tied to the rigid merchantile laws and wanted more "openness" on what they sell, and how they sell it. They eventually evolved into an "underworld" industry over the years because of how they conduct their business (through protection taxes, coercion, "loaning", and even intimidation), and what they "peddle" (which is mostly, stolen goods, drugs, illegal stuff etc.).

@goliathcleric Год назад

@@Shindenize The same thing is true for the mafia. In its original, truest form, the mafia was a form of law *enforcement*. They were hired by land owners to protect the land from lawless conditions that existed in Sicily. Even when Sicily was conquered, the mafia persisted as law enforcement because of how oppressive the regimes were; of course, none of that came for free and thus they gave birth to the first protection rackets.

@ianjohnson3546 Год назад

@1:27 Social Structures @2:45 Underworld Influence @4:21 Political Activities @5:58 Religious Experiences @7:10 Economic Impacts @8:38 Military Actions @9:26 Environmental Factors

@bernatsaenz5100 Год назад

Thank you

@f.a.santiago1053 Год назад

I use the three Rs of Geopolitics: Resources Routes Relationships But I will DEFINITELY add SUPREME to the list.

@null_error_valuable Год назад

Good timing on this topic, just finished the Essentials Kit adventure for a bunch of first timers and was looking to start taking creative freedoms with the world to keep the group together.

@jtjr26 Год назад

As a player, I appreciate games where these elements are sprinkled in but not overwhelming the game we were playing. I always liked times when if there was a lull in the overall campaign the party might take a job from a local priest to deal with bandits that trouble a nearby temple or to escort a merchant traveling from one town to another, or other smaller activities. This gets the players more involved in the local community and can be a great way to increase the profile of the party. Also if the DM is on the ball these smaller activities can provide other avenues into the overall campaign or metaplot.

@Hedron-Design Год назад

Implamenting this immediately. Of course I had already considered much of this but having it organized the way you explained it is a great help.

@scrapperlock9437 Год назад

Worlds Without Number has some great world-building advice and features. One of the best is the Faction system. I have not actually run it in game yet, but the whole idea is to create factions (nations, cults, religions, etc), give them assets and wealth, and then play a "mini game" every game month or so to see what happens. Then you seed the rumors and news of these factional events into the world just as Luke suggests at around 12:15 or so.

@KermodeBear Год назад

"Is your game world just as alive to you as the town you grew up in?" Me, the Hermit Who Stayed Home All the Time: *cough* >.>

@atomicnectar Год назад

I really love these vids. My best advice for world building is start with what’s most interesting to you and branch out from there. Ask yourself how does this one piece interact with the rest of the world

@KingsNerdCave Год назад

This is a comment for the algorithm to tell YT Luke does not suck.

@seanshewey1167 Год назад

This is amazing! I personally get too caught up in writing the story and forget a lot of these things! Thank you Sir!

@chickadeestevenson5440 Год назад

*Closes eyes* vauge feelings, a few flashes here and there. Quickly replaced by the fantasies I escaped to. One) I'm not good at mentally picturing IRL things. Two) I think my brain deleted a lot of stuff from growing up I feel like my rpgs are more alive to me.

@bonzwah1 Год назад

So true. It's tough, cuz for many of us, we are simply consumers of fiction, not creators of it. Gm'ing puts us in the creator position and we quickly find out we haven't paid enough attention to real life to properly make the fiction we create feel real to other people haha.

@thegrumpkin Год назад

This video comes at the perfect time. I'm currently working on a new campaign world for Pathfinder. I think you've done a great job breaking the process down into its most relevant parts. Great work as always!

@sturmm1414 Год назад

My party is about to embark on a somewhat lengthy travel montage. This really helped me think of a few things to sprinkle in along the way. It's currently deep in winter for them and, while I'd never before considered a blizzard... seems like a good time to try it. :)

@Nexus-11 6 месяцев назад

So on the one hand, there are people who quickly embrace new ideologies and social changes, having carefully considered there value, and on the other hand, there are people who resist because they resist... Wow... So well said. And well thought out too. I'm glad I'm on the side of the thoughtful intellectuals and not those big mean dumb-dumbs.

@PilotSun-rg9bh Год назад

Great timing on this! On just started working on my own world for next time. Thanks!

@neverforged Год назад

"Doing all these things at the same time might be overkill" Way to call out the last 3 years.

@psimobius1273 Год назад

Well timed video for my benefit.

@BerlinRams85 Год назад

THANK YOU for this video! Easily one of your top 3, IMO. When I will have more time starting next month, I will spend hours based on this video rewriting the world around Icespire Peak. THANK YOU!

@wilsonclark9009 Год назад

This has all been useful definitely for the book I am writing. Thanks for the info.

@alphastark8883 Год назад

Absolutely amazing timing that I saw this in between classes, this will be great for the game I just started running.

@valasafantastic1055 Год назад

Great video and very useful, thanks!

@davidmc8478 Год назад

Great video, jammed pack with information. You really packed it in for this one (in a good way 😅)

@nonya9120 Год назад

Geezer here.... Have been putting something together. It happens to include trains. In my setting there are active ley lines (durp de dur, magic works.) some of which are used to run a railway on. Gaming on.

@paulmacdonald5135 Год назад

I had an idea during the video for another quest for the adventures to go on after they got back to town a forest fire was started and an Ranger wants to know if they could help find the culprits that did or if it was natural in effect

@markgnepper5636 Год назад

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

@trioofone8911 Год назад

Perhaps you do a video on each of these supreme elements?...

@princesskanuta3870 Год назад

Great Video!

@BiologyIsHot Год назад

Woah the super loud background music is toned down. thank you!

@jeffbangle4710 Год назад

My group has already had several dealings with a local gang leader. However, since none of the party know Thieves Cant or have the Criminal background, they are blissfully unaware... ;)

@vortega472 Год назад

I have one specific city that was the center of most of my storytelling - much like Ankh-Morpork - and for that I don't have one thieves guild - but nine - thus you have a mix of different underworld elements, that can be fun when you look at the seedy underbelly of my game.

@epicsage16 Год назад

Great stuff

@guilhermemeireles6587 Год назад

Great video

@nathanrumm9092 Год назад

I like the acronym approach this makes sense. I have touched on similar items but not in that format. I break down each country or city state with basic info. Government, racial demos, religions, alliances/enemies, factions, and 2-3 sentence summary of recent events

@taragonleaf8005 Год назад

Resist for the soul purpose of resisting, I resemble that remark.

@wizardsofthetower3802 Год назад

Funny, we just did a world building episode on our site, A 2 part series posted last week

@bernatsaenz5100 Год назад

The lair magazine is pdf only, or print upon order code? (If neither, how does it work?)

@prmLBlss Год назад

Sweet, a world building video

@stevenmiles3038 Год назад

Great video Luke! Many excellent suggestions. Thanks.

@CooperAATE Год назад

This is a good video

@branvan3984 Год назад

When does Decembers magazine for the Sailing Ships come out on your site? I want it.

@goliathcleric Год назад

It's out now: the-dm-lair.myshopify.com/products/maritime-madness-lair-magazine-24-december-2022-issue

@branvan3984 Год назад

@@goliathcleric got that bad boy downloading right now. thank you for the update on its posting.

@strawberrylotlizard Год назад

I think I've done a pretty good job on building my world, Nala, put in a couple of years of effort into it. My world is also not static so when the players can't get together for say 6 months my world moves on. They went into a tower on request by Prince Falk, then couldn't play for six or so months after like two sessions in the tower so I made the played experience only 2 weeks in the tower but two years passed outside. The mostly peaceful world that they left, had exploded mountains internal winter in the area and and the prince lot lost his bride-to-be in a war eitb the frost giants that he single-handedly won somehow that players haven't figured out yet. Best part is they saved young Frost Giant that was being attacked by a dragon before they got to the Tower and have they gone with him instead of going to the tower they could have either join the frost Giants to take over the captial city that they came from or you know stop the Giants in their tracks.

@aqacefan Год назад

LIked for the SUPREME acronym alone... but where does bacon figure into worldbuilding?

@cadenceclearwater4340 Год назад

Bacon is SUPREME

@lesouth0348 Год назад

B: build A: A C: Cool O: Off-putting C: crab How to build the perfect world using bacon

@aguywithtoomuchtime1005 Год назад

I was the first. I saw everything.

@goldensun441 Год назад

very interesting. simply implementing seasons which shift over time could make a huge difference in the world. never really considered it.

@FaoladhTV 7 месяцев назад

That article which expands on this video's ideas sounds interesting, but I looked and apparently you're asking me to pay 15 bucks for a six-page article since nothing else in that issue looks particularly useful to me (I don't play 5E and don't have much use for articles that only support that style of play; maybe the dreams & omens article might be interesting but definitely not sight unseen and the preview pages weren't particularly compelling). The worldbuilding tools do sound useful, but not 15 bucks of useful. Too bad you don't offer them, unless I missed the option somehow, without the rest of the material in that bundle for a more reasonable price.

@YelloDuzzit Год назад

The imagery for the protest felt biased

@Joshuazx Год назад

Every setting has SPERM in it: sociology, politics, economics, religion, military.

@user-cx7kg6ok9b 6 месяцев назад

Players may not want to get involved politically, but that's not always their choice. ;) The higher level the players become, the more wealth and power they accumulate, the less likely they will be left alone by the current power structure (or those who wish to replace it). The players may wish neutrality, but if the current structure has the attitude of "yer either fer me or agin me", they may be forced to become politically active. (hint hint)

@davidmorgan6896 Год назад

We have religious rancour, disagreement and conflict in the real world because, at least some, religions must be false. In a fantasy world we need to factor in that the gods are real and their presence is felt and, perhaps, understood.

@cadenceclearwater4340 Год назад

A bad idea? The masses raising up against it? 🤔

@LadyKjell Год назад

"Whereas chaotic societies, there will be rioting and violence" ...Um, not if they're chaotic good people in a society that isn't hyper oppressive. Honestly, if the society as a whole is chaotic, there wouldn't be much to riot against. Chaotic good people are just as peace loving as lawful good, they just care about freedom as opposed to justice.

@Drudenfusz Год назад

Having lots o moving cogs, or even just a moderate amount, is in my opinion not what makes a world feel alive. Sure, it might feel like the cogs are spinning, but it is mere simulation, nothing said in the video gives anything meaning or otherwise makes it worth telling the story of these things. Living in the matrix is too shallow for my taste, things become alive when their is a thematic depth to them. Thus the change is not just cogs turning, but it says something about the human condition, if explores an idea. Then the events become memorable since they are meaningful and not just change for the sake of a supposedly dynamic world.