The more I work with Matt Finch’s Tome of Adventure Design, the more I like it. In fact, I’ve been meaning to review it. Another time, I’m busy right now. In fact, I’m busy messing with the tables and how they interact. Some time ago I posted a list of …
I’m always on the lookout for adventure ideas, and in 2010 Engine Publishing (the publishing arm of Gnome Stew) released Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters. This is a good book to have, and I’ve got the physical book on my list of books to buy. This is a …
Now that the Microscope session is complete, time to move into the Lexicon phase. This should be much simpler, really. The Seekers of Lore Obsidian Portal site there is a wiki. The front page of the wiki has a link to instructions on using the wiki, how to create pages, …
Yesterday we ran the Microscope session for the Seekers of Lore campaign. All in all I’m very pleased with how things turned out, and I think we’ve got some very good material to use for the Lexicon session to follow. A few of us would have liked to have continued, …
Andrew was Lens for our last turn, and looks into the knowledge and wisdom of the world. Age of Gods, Round 4 Lens: Andrew Focus: The World Thinks and Speaks Eras Defined Legacy The world speaks to those that awaken it.
Levi’s turn now, looking into something fundamental to this world’s reality. Age of Gods, Round 3 Lens: Levi Focus: The effects of amorphia. Eras Defined Legacy The Harnessing of Amphoria.
David decided to investigate something a little deeper. Age of the Gods, Round 2 Lens: David Focus: The interaction between the gods and mortal races. Eras Defined Legacy Alienation of gods and mortals.
Being my setting, I was Lens for the first round. Age of Gods, Round 1 Lens: Keith Focus: The First Civilization Eras Defined Legacy The bad blood between the Ssthar and the Toresh line.
Yesterday we ran a Microscope session to build the baseline for the Seekers of Lore campaign setting. In Round 0 we laid the groundwork for what was to follow. Age of Gods, Round 0 We kept everything to the Age of Gods, when the gods were still building and directly …
We’ll be applying the Microscope and Lexicon techniques a little differently, and a few people have expressed concern about not having a copy of Microscope in the first place, so I thought I’d do a brief summary of how I see the techniques being applied. Microscope Structure and Element Types Our application of Microscope is …