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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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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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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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Setting: A Cultural Miscellany for Fair Vickelt
Languages The large part of the Archipelago’s business is conducted in a pidgin tongue called Pata Ila. Every island speaks a different dialect, but in general any one speaker can understand any other. Pata Ila shares a number of points … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure setup, Archipelago, Diarchal, Fair Vickelt, groups, languages, money, setting, Shankhar, time
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Setting: Groups of Interest on Kyper
In town Fair Vickelt and Low Vickelt are rife with guilds: organizations that act in part as unions (protecting their members, providing training, advancing capital, guaranteeing quality, and setting prices) and in part as protection rackets (doing their best to … Continue reading
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Mini (“Doom”) campaign
A few years ago, a death cult was found operating in Slakiv lands. The self-styled “Sons of Du Van Ku” simply set up a secret lair and start scouring the countryside for likely-looking victims to kidnap and murder or drug … Continue reading
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