I'll try it and see how it looks!
How would you design one page adventures?
I'll try it and see how it looks!
This thread inspired me, so I tried to put my ideas into practice and come up with a 1-page adventure... and totally failed! Paring an adventure down to the essentials is not as easy as Morrus makes it look.
But I did manage to get a passable 2-page adventure out of it: http://www.enworld.org/forum/rpgdownloads.php?do=download&downloadid=1508
But I did manage to get a passable 2-page adventure out of it: http://www.enworld.org/forum/rpgdownloads.php?do=download&downloadid=1508
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
I like 5 Room Dungeons and the ability to move encounters to different spots as required
1 Introduction/Overview
Give a quick adventure synopsis (paragraph), a list of Rumours/Hooks and a list of resident monsters, minions and NPCs
2 The ENCOUNTERS
Encounter 1 Entrance
Set the scene and give a bit of atmosphere and expectations, add a guardian, puzzles or hidden key
Encounter 2 Roleplaying/Skill Challenge
A Minion or Puzzle/Trap must be got past without combat
Encounters 3 Diversion/Trap/Red Herring
Another encounter that uses Player resources and either leads them astray or requires some choice.
If PCs go off track this can occur more than once
Encounter 4 Climax
where you meet the main BBEG and save the world
Encounter 5 Revelation/Reward
Get the reward/save the princess/discover the truth
Map (Optional)
1 Introduction/Overview
Give a quick adventure synopsis (paragraph), a list of Rumours/Hooks and a list of resident monsters, minions and NPCs
2 The ENCOUNTERS
Encounter 1 Entrance
Set the scene and give a bit of atmosphere and expectations, add a guardian, puzzles or hidden key
Encounter 2 Roleplaying/Skill Challenge
A Minion or Puzzle/Trap must be got past without combat
Encounters 3 Diversion/Trap/Red Herring
Another encounter that uses Player resources and either leads them astray or requires some choice.
If PCs go off track this can occur more than once
Encounter 4 Climax
where you meet the main BBEG and save the world
Encounter 5 Revelation/Reward
Get the reward/save the princess/discover the truth
Map (Optional)
Quickleaf
Legend
For me personally, it feels busy, angled text is harder to read, and would murder printer ink, echoing what [MENTION=12377]77IM[/MENTION] was saying. It could be the low-res, but the bolded text could be even bolder to differentiate it; it feels like a semi-bold, and I'm having to look carefully/squint to recognize it as different...actually I think the color backgrounds are contributing to making that differentiation harder.
I think the skeleton of something workable is there, however.
It also reads like an site-in-which-adventure-could-happen rather than an adventure, in that there's no hook for the players. I get the aesthetic "let the DM fill in the blanks", but having a starting point, having a clearly framed start scene, saves the DM a lot of work.
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Man, tough crowd!
Quickleaf
Legend
Hah! Indeed. I think the desert scenes part of that "Croaking Sirroco" mockup were well put together. I like how there's a sense of flow, narrative progression, and unveiling secrets there. That part works well.
I do feel conflicted about listing ability/skill checks and DCs and damage amounts when your space is so limited, however. If it's meant to be adaptable for a wider level range, that seems like something you can trust the DM to handle. Might free up a little space for you to work with.
Hussar
Legend
That looks like great fun [MENTION=1]Morrus[/MENTION]. Cool beans.
Just as a thought though, would it not be easier to make the map mostly the full size of the page and then include the text of the encounters right in the rooms? Would seem like a more efficient use of space.
And, just a nitpick, you forgot to label area 1 - the Entrance.
Just as a thought though, would it not be easier to make the map mostly the full size of the page and then include the text of the encounters right in the rooms? Would seem like a more efficient use of space.
And, just a nitpick, you forgot to label area 1 - the Entrance.
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I didn’t draw the map. These are converted from existing adventures I commissioned for EN5ider.
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