[quote=@Vilageidiotx]
If you want to world build, read a lot of history. 
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 Absolutely. You need something real for the player/reader to latch onto to ground it in reality-especially in a fantasy setting otherwise it becomes too abstract.

[quote=@Ellri]
Mish-mash cultures are fun. Both ones mixed from existing ones (or extinct) and those mixed with fictional ones. Sometimes, historic cultures lack that single element you need to make the fictional culture "yours". That is when the fictional cultures built by other authors can come in handy. Unless your imagination fixes it for ya, of course.
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They are the ones that really appeal to me. I don't know how many 'original' cookie cutter settings of fantasy medieval Europe I've  skipped over on the web (all with tolkien-esque elvish names). There are so many more interesting cultures to source inspiration from.
[quote=@Ellri]
For example... You have a classic culture of mounted warriors. Nothing special about that. What happens when you replace their horses with carnivores? How does that change your culture?
Stereotypes are also fun to play with. Like the russian bear cavalry. You don't want to mess with them.
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Right. That's worldbuilding when you ask those questions. You have to think about food for the dino-calvary, trainers and boarding. All of a sudden you have a whole class of specialists devoted to that line of work. When you start asking those questions you can get a really interesting and detailed setting going. Some cultures I have always wanted to use in a setting : Mayan,Maori Sub-saharan African

[quote=@TJByrum]
Asgeir is a cold region, with chilly Springs and Summers, snowy Falls, and terrible wintry weather during the Winter.  The natives here are known as Varan, tall and stout warrior-folk who value honor and tradition.

The capital is Stormhold, a great walled city which has never ...
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Sounds like you put a lot of work into your setting TJbyrum. I got the heavy viking vibe right away.