In this short lesson, we'll cover:

• Reasons to invent our own species or race (this may include reasons you haven't thought of)

• Why our species will be compared to others

• What is mandatory to invent and what is optional

In this short lesson, we'll cover:

• What makes some names better than others

• Ways in which names can be worse than we think and how to avoid pitfalls

• How we can use names to associate a species with its races

• The impressions and traits of names

• Tricks for how to invent nicknames

In this lesson, we'll learn:

1. What a species is

2. What a race is

3. Why the amount of difference between two humanoids helps determine which word to use

4. Why it matters if two lifeforms are from the same planet or not, regarding which term to use

5. How dwarfism on Earth (among humans) is different from fantasy dwarfism

6. Whether the ability to interbreed matters for our choice

7. How using a hierarchy of both terms can promote understanding of our life form(s) and setting

8. My recommendations on when to use each term (or both!)

In this lesson, we'll cover:

• Why "good" and "evil" is an oversimplification but why it's done on purpose

• What "good" and "evil" can mean

• The merits of one-dimensional dispositions

• Why having species that are uniformly good or evil is not the best option

• Why they might be uniformly good or evil

• Why more complexity in disposition is good

• Why a "good" species is more useful and how to make an "evil" species more comparable

• How to use races of a species to create more variety

In this short lesson, we'll look at some reasons our species or race might be famous.

In this lesson, we look at:

• The types of items they can and cannot use

• Travel considerations for non-humanoids

• The benefits of humanoids

• Pros and cons of non-humanoids

• How to combine them

In this lesson, we'll cover:

• What impact a habitat might have on a species, including underground, under water, flying species, and forests

• The impact of climate on development

• Whether they only live in settlements of their own or also in those of other species, and the impact this has

• How to fill out the habitat section of the template

In this lesson, we'll learn:

• Whether races and species should bear some resemblance to each other, how to achieve this, and how to utilize this

• Facial features to choose from

• Terms we shouldn't use

• What aspects of the body we need to develop

In this lesson, we'll look at considerations for how to create the body of a non-humanoid