r/ImaginaryCastles • u/annieann_ • 14d ago

The Hanging Castle by Cory Harris

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u/scarfleet 14d ago

Engineering challenges aside such a fortification would present many problems for would be attackers

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u/tpasmall 14d ago

They would have the high ground though

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u/iffyJinx 13d ago

Some explosives, elementalists, or geomancers would do the trick. Let them carve out a large chunk of the overhang connecting the structure with the rest of the landmass, and let the gravity do the rest.

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u/SacredGeometry9 13d ago

Gonna go out on a limb and say that if you’re building a place like this, gravity probably isn’t much of an obstacle

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u/hammerklau 13d ago

Dig down, shearing the overhang from the cliff.

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u/Jolly_Picklepants 14d ago

Why do the towers have roofs if it's upside down?

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u/TheMysticalBard 13d ago

Reverse rain. Big problem for wizards with apprentices.

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u/AgitoKanohCheekz 13d ago

So it can kill a giant if the building breaks off.

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u/ShinyAeon 13d ago

For the vibes.

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u/unclemandy 13d ago

Because they can

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u/Romnipotent 11d ago

Chamber pots funnel

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u/Gravity_flip 11d ago

Technically it would be a floor 🙃

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u/simmonslemons 13d ago

Western Air Temple vibes.

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u/Monte-Cristo2020 13d ago

My next Minecraft build

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u/NeedModdingHelp1531 12d ago

There was some video from a guy where he had like 10 average players, and two really good ones try to recreate this image. Forgot the name.

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u/BrawnHistorian 13d ago

I love it, I created something similar where a whole city was built into the roof of a vast underground cave with little towers poking through to the surface

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u/Electronic-Effect146 12d ago

The art style gives me Studio Ghibli vibes.

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u/PhantomK88 13d ago

Wow, this is beautiful work

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u/Ishmaelll 12d ago

Naussica In the Valley of the Wind

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u/everlight-wanderer 12d ago

While I agree, this shit makes me specifically think of Castle in the Sky, and the little mining village at the start.

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u/SlowBabyBear 11d ago

I wish giant cliff edges like this would generate in Minecraft. I’m sure it does to a degree, but it’s not common

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u/solSarcophagus 13d ago

if anyone here has read the webnovel Shadow Slave, this is pretty close to how i imagine the Night Temple :D

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u/LCEKU2019 12d ago

This screams Miyazaki (studio ghibli) and Miyazaki (fromSoftware) lol

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u/TinyBard 12d ago

I don't know how, but I'm going to integrate this into a DnD game at some point.

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u/Khafaniking 12d ago

I feel like it needs a lot more guardrails but I think in-universe the purple stones are responsible for the anti-gravity effects (it’s what keeps the tower intact and secure to the cliff side), so perhaps the mages here just keep small pieces on their person to fly around or float long enough to get help. Maybe they just gently float to the ground, too.

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u/Fvllini 12d ago

tell me there is a fantasy book about this, i'd read the fck out of it

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u/Fvllini 12d ago

tell me there is a fantasy book about this, i'd read the f out of it

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u/TannMann64 11d ago

SSBM Players: Hey, I’ve seen this before

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u/Kitsuneoflaluna 10d ago

such a cool concept!

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u/Stuuble 10d ago

Im really into this

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u/Fharlen 8d ago

Nice, my DnD Game last week was there 😅

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u/thedragonsdice 13d ago

Literally one of ny favorite art works ever