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  1. TheSword

    Approaching writing adventures for home games?

    Feels more like these are encounters than adventures? Particularly saving the knight from the dogs. Is that fair? Would your adventure be just lots of these joined together? What is the structure to join the encounters together?
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    Approaching writing adventures for home games?

    This is definitely my preferred approach too. It’s one of the reasons I think Dungeons of Drakkenheim is so well put together. Clear factions with clear beliefs, visions and goals. Combined with interesting things to do.
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    Approaching writing adventures for home games?

    It’s clear that writing Dungeons dominate the advice. Both in the thread and in the links. To what extent do you think that all adventures are essentially dungeons? Because an encounter is an encounter whether it takes part in a tavern or a ruin. Is a mystery, a heist or a hunt just the same as...
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    Approaching writing adventures for home games?

    I found this link On Writing Adventures Very useful advice. With a really nice summary from @SlyFlourish
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    Approaching writing adventures for home games?

    My issue is less coming up with ideas or inspiration and more the actual practicalities of turning that into an adventure. @TheAlkaizer ’s resources look really interesting. Though both do seem to be specifically about dungeon building. Rather than other types of adventures. I might try and find...
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    Approaching writing adventures for home games?

    Not sure what happened to the title. I’ve corrected it!
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    Approaching writing adventures for home games?

    Hey folks so I’ve been thinking a lot about adventure writing. It’s not something I do a lot of. I tend to just adapt stuff that has already been published. But if I did want to come up with my own adventures how do people approach it?
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    D&D General Secret Curse Help

    My advice would be that they see things that no one else can. Hostile forces that attack or threaten them but that no one else can see, other than the party, shadows or wraiths. Perhaps the dark magic infects NpCs - otherwise friendly folks that turn on the party and then don’t remember or don’t...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Shackled City 5E?

    I agree 7 out of 10. Some cool twists. However it is sooooooo Dungeon Heavy. If you like dungeon crawls then it is solid. I think if you strip out the hundreds of pointless filler encounters and reduce the number of empty rooms then there is an awesome core inside there.
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    Pathfinder 1E Best APs to Buy: Curated list.

    Best in PF1, most suitable for conversion (it’s already out there) and you play a CRPG version to get in the mood as a DM. No brainer. There is a bestiary published with all NPCs and monsters for 5e Great AP. Quite novel - basically overthrowing a Tyrant. I made an extensive thread on the Paizo...
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    Paizo Ends Pathfinder Adventure Path Softcovers, Switching to Quarterly Model

    Auto fo Auto correct… It’s Shackled City 🙄 Though it could probably be renamed Shattered City. I was pretty exhausted after running so many part. Like many Paizo APs it dragged towards the end and the combats become a slog.
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    Paizo Ends Pathfinder Adventure Path Softcovers, Switching to Quarterly Model

    I got most of the hardcover compilations Paizo released, Shattered City, Crimson Throne, Runelords, Kingmaker. They are much easier to run through than juggling multiple different books and remembering which NPC or Item was detailed in book 3 or 4. Every AP that I ever ran or played in (about a...
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    D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll)

    Isn’t steam a pretty vital component of Steampunk?
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    Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun

    My gut feeling is that it will differ from the UA, maybe not a lot. Not sure why. Could you be tempted to release any of the material you wrote for your Sins of the Scorpion Age for a Dark Sun setting?
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    Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun

    Not a given I don’t think. We didn’t for Eberron, Greyhawk or Ravenloft (COS was already a long time out at that point and wasn’t linked to the wider setting) The Planescape book is exactly what I would hope for. A good mix of setting/bestiary, players options, and adventure. 1/3 1/3 1/3. A...
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    Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun

    Really interesting thread. Just goes to show how much interest there would be if/when the setting is released. There are great conversions out there already @touc to name one. But I would love to see all the art, maps, and 3pp that comes with a big Wizards release. Not to mention the interest...
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    Freebies, Sales, and Charity Bundles for August 24, 2025

    Ooh the Witcher bundle looks great. Been tempted by this for a long time, for the lore rather than the rules. For $15 and charity that’s a no brainer. Thanks for the recommendation.
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    What's the bare minimum for a VTT?

    Yes, i need to see those ivories dancing. Without it, doesn’t feel like an RPG
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