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Comment on A Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft #31: Sigl Recycling (I) by Tony

Fri, 03/07/2025 - 12:54

In reply to Tony.

*Essentia, stupid autocorrect

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Comment on A Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft #31: Sigl Recycling (I) by Tony

Fri, 03/07/2025 - 12:54

I thought the answer would probably have something to do with filling wells. Wonder if there’s a primal effect to help homogenise essentially as it’s added?

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Comment on End of Winter Update by DuffenBlaster

Mon, 03/03/2025 - 03:24

>the provisional release date is 4th November, 2025.
Let’s go!!!

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Comment on End of Winter Update by Brian

Fri, 02/28/2025 - 15:41

In reply to Celia.

We give them swords and let them fight to the death?

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Comment on Worldbuilding Articles: 2025 Reader Poll Results by Rebecca Newsome

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 20:52

In reply to Cindy Houghton.

I really like the body piercing aspect but would go one step further with direct implants into the skin. Wonder if that would work? Maybe allow you to keep a certain powerful sigl close to an area of the body that it needs to sit in to work correctly. Has anyone brought this up already and I’ve missed it?

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Comment on Worldbuilding Articles: 2025 Reader Poll Results by Cindy Houghton

Fri, 02/21/2025 - 18:47

I had hoped the ‘Sigl Fashion’ option would have scored higher… I figured with the nobility and ultra wealthy type of folks, sigl jewelry would almost reach a ‘crown jewels’ sort of function. You become head of house, or the heir apparent, you get something like a signet ring, like the official ducal seal worked into the ring Paul inherits from his father as Duke Atreides in Dune. Or the signet ring Hadrian wears in the Sun Eater series, as a sign of his status and rank as a Palatine. The King still wears the three feather signet ring of Wales, like he did as Prince of Wales. The new heir or head of house would get the ring, just getting a new sigl created and mounted in the antique setting.

Also, I figured with the younger crowd and the fact some sigls need to be worn close to the skin, that sigl jewelry piercings would be more widespread than they apparently are in the series so far.

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Comment on Worldbuilding Articles: 2025 Reader Poll Results by Kevin

Fri, 02/21/2025 - 11:57

In our defense I thought Byron implied that knowledge about the Winged was known in the Drucraft world, I believe he mentioned the Mountains and the Cathedrals to Lucella and there seems to be mythological figures mentioned like Ogun and Perun that seem to be gangs/criminals/pseudo Cults. So just general information that isn’t too spoilery since they are so powerful and influential some information must be known to the average drucrater without going to overboard, kinda of how the average person knows Special Forces exists but not know how and where they function.

But aside from that looking forward to learning about the Corporations Essentia capacity Branch affinities and the rest!

(I will miss learning about the Drucraft branch affinities with their cultural associations plus what planets the rest are associated with, I want to know how far out we get possibly to Uranus or Neptune or if the Moon and Earth count for ones.)

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Comment on Worldbuilding Articles: Reader Poll (2025 Edition) by Skeeve

Thu, 02/20/2025 - 16:39

1. Essentia Capacity
2. The Board
3. Sigil Recycling
4. Attunement

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Comment on Worldbuilding Articles: Reader Poll (2025 Edition) by Yishan

Thu, 02/20/2025 - 10:00

In reply to Bill.

1. Corporations
2. Board
3. Sigh Recycling

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Comment on Worldbuilding Articles: Reader Poll (2025 Edition) by DR

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 01:13

1. Corporations
2. Branch affinities
3. Essentia capacity

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Comment on Worldbuilding Articles: Reader Poll (2025 Edition) by Carla Quinn

Tue, 02/18/2025 - 21:34

1. Sigl fashion (as a silversmith, I find this interesting and important)
2. Sigl recycling
3. Branch affinities

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Comment on Worldbuilding Articles: Reader Poll (2025 Edition) by Allan

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 07:02

1. Branch Affinities
2. Essentia Capacity
3. The Board
4. Sigi Recycling

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Comment on Worldbuilding Articles: Reader Poll (2025 Edition) by Randall

Sun, 02/16/2025 - 23:49

Truly looking forward to the third book. In the meantime, the three below are my favored topics of coverage.

1.) Branch Affinities
2.) Sigl Recycling
3.) The Board

While there are others I want to include mentioned by others in the comments, I feel those may be plot points meant to be explored as the books reveal them.

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Comment on Worldbuilding Articles: Reader Poll (2025 Edition) by Dawn

Sun, 02/16/2025 - 18:32

Sigl fashion
Attunement
Essentia Capacity

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Comment on Worldbuilding Articles: Reader Poll (2025 Edition) by Justin Gasal

Sun, 02/16/2025 - 04:54

Sigle Recycling
Attunement
Sigle Fashion

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Comment on Worldbuilding Articles: Reader Poll (2025 Edition) by Jim Sackman

Sun, 02/16/2025 - 01:18

I am most interested first in closing out knowledge of essentia and sigils.

After that, the structure of the drucrafting world more broadly.

So my order would be:

1 – Essentia Capacity
2 – Attunement
3 – Branch Affinities
4 – Sigl Recycling
5 – Country Affinities
6 – The Board
7 – Corporations

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Comment on Worldbuilding Articles: Reader Poll (2025 Edition) by Saul Silver

Sat, 02/15/2025 - 20:38

1.Sigl Fashion
2.Sigl Recycling
3.Country Affinities
4.The Board
5.Corporations
6.Branch Affinities
7.Essentia Capacity
8.Attunement

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Comment on Worldbuilding Articles: Reader Poll (2025 Edition) by Brian Bray

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 22:47

1. The board
2. Corporations
3. Sigl recycling
4. Country affinities
5. Sigl fashion

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