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HHalifax Brent reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Lakesidefantasy's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Clues to secret doors come in different forms; leaving them open is a clue and it also makes the dungeon seem alive, so to speak. I...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Yeah. I also like the device of having a trap or secret door early in the dungeon left open/fired, maybe with a body lying in it, as a...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Personally, I think the best way for PCs to know to look for/find secret doors is to have enemies (or allies) use them when appropriate.
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Map design should facilitate looking for secrets -- secret doors, hidden alcoves, traps, etc... -- by enticing the players to wonder why...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Pamphylian's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Secret areas, and secret doors (possibly between known areas, but enhancing manueverability). Jennell Jaquays' Borshak's Lair, I'm...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
I don't do this nearly often enough. I will make myself a note! Yeah, I was speaking of castles specifically. There are tons of very...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Pamphylian's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
A lot of the things that are often brought up as good aspects of dungeon maps are things that I think are great about 90% of the time...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
One other thing I forgot to mention is that I try to make decisions meaningful. I try to give people a reason to go left or right when...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Let's talk about map design for dungeons in D&D. What works, what doesn't. What promotes good exploration play versus what hinders it...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Libertad's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Dungeons of Drakkenheim: a dark fantasy sandbox in a ruined city with Like.
This unassuming town of about two hundred permanent residents was always a small community outside the capital city. Located five miles...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread TSR The Full & Glorious History of NuTSR with Like.
NuTSR filed for bankruptcy and settled with Hasbro out of court. Hasbro now undisputably owns all the trademarks NuTSR tried to steal...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Fantasy Grounds Is Going Free To Play with Like.
Fantasy Grounds, the Virtual Tabletop (VTT) which launched over 20 years ago in 2004, has always been a premium option for VTT users...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to AdmundfortGeographer's post in the thread Draw Steel General Thread [+] with Like.
One of my players has been printing out the abilities as cards and because his work has a laminator he has laminated every one. He has...
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HYeah. After the very thorough (but perhaps not entirely balanced) rules for downtime in Pathfinder 1's Ultimate Campaigns, I was rather...