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Every good RPG has some form of lore tied into it. How did the world come to be? How did we get here? What's our world like in modern day? How do things work in this world? And so on. 


As you would expect, so do I.


But what I was wondering is... how exactly should I show it? I don't want to shove it in the player's face because as good as it can potentially be, nobody likes being FORCED into being told a story, but at the same time, I don't want to never talk about my lore besides looking at evented bookshelves which most people would probably ignore unless it's a specific situation like they're in a library. Sure, old school RPG players can (for the most part) withstand lots of text, but nowadays people are more impatient and if they can skip or speed through text, they will. Even if it's at the cost of not knowing what the plot is, if they even care. Here's an example of some of my lore: 








As you can see, this bit of lore is very long. Yes, I know I need to fix it. I plan on making it shorter, and rewriting it in general (in particular the part about The Void being trapped within the world will be rewritten, as I actually misremembered that it WASN'T and it's within it's own little realm until after I'd already wrote it down and recorded the footage).  If anyone knows how to convey the same story only shorter/better, please tell me. 


If anybody knows how to justify the idea of different battle styles in a book (default, ATB and CT, other than what I thought up- speak an incantation to temporarily warp reality according to studying the "Art of Battle" -please tell me. 


If anyone knows how to describe Elemental stuff better in text, that'd be nice. I only have Fire written so far. In summary: Represented by the God of Fire, Lur, who is also the creator of Dragons. Represents stuff like passion and honor, but can also lead to impulsiveness and lust. Gotta have a strong emotional drive or else your fireballs will be weak, but don't overdo it or lose your temper, or else it'll consume you.


So. How do you guys convey your lore? Your worldbuilding? Your exposition? I'd really like to know!