Dungeons & Dragons has long had the concept of alignment, though the definition has changed over time. This post will explore some of the options available to me, looking for a best fit for my Seekers of Lore campaign. Nine-Fold Alignment Model My background is primarily with Dungeons & Dragons …
I’m taking part in the A-Z Challenge this year. The premise of the challenge is to post one article every day, except Sundays, through the month of April. This usually amounts to twenty-six days, or close to, and for an added twist, each post is to cover a topic starting …
I was thinking recently about spell books — arcane and divine — and realized that the structure of Seekers of Lore could make good use of them. I don’t know precisely how I will incorporate them, and I’d welcome your thoughts, but here are a few things I’m thinking about. …
I can’t help but think that John’s idea of an Adventure Template Library is a damn good one. I propose therefore the creation of a cross-edition open-source adventure-template library, comparable in purpose and workflow to sourceforge. Someone (or several someones) creates an adventure for their game and decide to upload …
My colleague and collaborator GreyKnight told me this morning that he is building a megadungeon. I thought I’d give him a bit of a nudge, and ran a little random generator I’m working on to build a set of 500 Old School styled adventuring sites. The tables originated with Matt …
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I always find it fun when I talk to someone and it leads me to ideas I wouldn’t have had otherwise. Last night at dinner my son asked if I’d written any more for my campaign. I told him about the campaign premise for Seekers of Lore, including the campaign …
“Kamiwaza” is a Japanese word meaning “godly skill”. This video is a little over twelve minutes long and shows the winner of a ‘Kamiwaza contest’ (I don’t read Japanese, so I’m largely inferring from observation, and my wife confirmed that that’s more or less what’s happening here). This person basically …
The campaign premise I posted earlier was prompted by an idea I had regarding an alternate set of goals characters might have, and how that might be encouraged. Early editions of Dungeons & Dragons focused character advancement largely on treasure acquisition — you got most of your experience points by escaping …
I’m planning a new campaign, to be run as a open table sandbox in the West Marches style. Almost nine years ago, I wrote about a campaign cosmology that has sat at the back of my mind since. The gods created Paradise in order to avoid the effects of Amorphia, …