Other, Between, and Under – The Worlds Beyond for RPG Blog Carnival
Welcome to the first RPG Blog Carnival of 2025!
First for those not in the know Blog Carnival is a way for a group of bloggers to all simultaneously write about the same topic. It is a great way to build community and dialogue across many different blogs at once. Want to write for the RPG Blog Carnival? Easy – just write a post on the current month’s topic and let the host know via email, comment or their socials.
We start big and we start strong. The topic is of course "Other, Between, and Under – The Worlds Beyond". But not just every world and not just any 'other'. I want your worlds in between, the Astral, the Aether, the forest between worlds, shadow or fey realm existing just next to regular reality, the Dreamlands or the Mad City from Don't Rest Your Head. I don't want big fantasy cosmologies, elemental planes and dimension doors - I want the subtle and the sneaky. Prompts:
How to present the otherworldly to players? Is the narration/description different? Do you do something to accent the change? What is different between character in main reality and the other? Are they even aware of it?
How does the travel between Here and There works? Is it literal Underground or you just step into Shadow or does it require something more? Can you Dream your way into it or it is available only for the mad, the destined and the unlucky?
What happens when mortals connect with the Between? Spacefarers who stare too long into Warp or Jumpspace? Mages who look too long into Abyss? Children who spend too much time in more and more alive and organic corridors between realities?
What about creatures and items that come from these transitory realities? How do they survive here or there? How do they work? Does it change based on their current placement?
That's all folks! See you at the end of January when I'll prepare your works' summary!
If you don't have a way to contact me about your contribution send me an email to vdonnut at proton.me
Round Up post is here: https://vdonnutvalley.bearblog.dev/other-between-and-under-the-worlds-beyond-round-up/