officialfist:

lockwiththehorns:

matthewonart:

Non-Boring Environments that need Fantasy Representation

Tropical Rainforests

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Scrubland/Dry Forests. For extra effect make them the sort that burn very often; some native plants never germinate until after a fire, and some animals not only rely on fire to smoke out prey, but may even start them themselves.

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Savannas/Tropical Grasslands

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Temperate Rainforests. I almost didn’t include this bc New Zealand is covered in them, and that’s where they filmed Lord of the Rings. But tbh, no one really knows about them, so it belongs here

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Taiga Forests

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Barren Tundra, perfect for some extreme seasonal dichotomy

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Polar Ice Sheets

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Desert-Grasslands (arguably the same as Scrubland but Australia’s good at adding its own twists)

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Barren Desert

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If you like Cacti, look at American Deserts like the Sonoran

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Salt Flats

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Soda Lakes and Alkaline Lakes

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Madagascar’s Karst Limestone Formations

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Madagascar’s Spiny Forests

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Madagascar’s Baobab Forests

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Madagascar’s Subhumid Forests (Madagascar is cool as hell ok)

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Danxia Landforms

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Badlands/Mountainous Deserts

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Steppes and Highland Prairies

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Flood Basalts

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Newly-Formed Islands, still rife with Volcanic activity

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Now for Underwater Environments, sure Coral Reefs are cool.

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But there are SO MANY other kinds of environments for aquatic settings, it’s unbelievable:

Seaside Cliffs

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Archipelagos. Not just Tropical Island chains like Polynesia (Moana anyone?) but also Coldwater Archipelagos like the Aleutians.

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Tidal Flats

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Bayous/Cypress Swamps

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Tropical River Basins, AKA Seasonally Flooded Rainforests

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Mangrove Swamps/Deltas/Beaches

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Kelp Forests

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The Open Ocean

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Coastal Seabeds

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Rocky Beaches with Tidepools

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And there are a LOT more I could name but this post is already obscenely long as is, if you’d like to toss in your own go right ahead, but my point is if you limit yourself to European Deciduous Forests you’re a wimp.

May I interest you in Conan Exiles?

Or perhaps world of Warcraft?