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Divine/Arcane Divide
I’ve added Ten Foot Polemic to my RSS feed, and spent a little while trawling back through the archives. While there are a few things there that aren’t entirely my cup of tea, it’s creative and inspiring enough that I … Continue reading
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Tagged arcane, chaos, clerics, divine, law, ten foot polemic, wizards
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Dungeon Design 101, Part 3
In part 1 of this essay I talked about using randomness to generate a dungeon of your own on the fly. That’s easy to say, but might you actually do it? Three Methods, in Outline First, there are online generators. … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure setup, dungeon, dungeon design 101, Dyson Logos, gaming, Geomorphs, maps, random tables, RPG, searches, Zak S
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Dungeon Design 101, part 2
I’ve thrown around a lot of theory, but how does that come together in practical terms? Here’s the outline it implies when trying to create a dungeon. Decide the dungeon’s purpose in play. Decide the dungeon’s identity within the game … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure setup, dungeon, dungeon design 101, gaming, maps, RPG
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Dungeon Design 101
I was reading the Alexandrian post about the 5th Edition D&D announcement and was struck by a couple of commenters saying they wanted to see a guide to dungeon creation; that no such thing yet exists. This is a real … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure setup, dungeon, dungeon design 101, maps, RPG
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