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Message: <blockquote data-quote="oriaxx77" data-source="post: 8026904" data-attributes="member: 6960019">Hey guys,I would like to publish some of my homebrew modules. Since this is my first attempt to publish something RPG related I started to read a lot about room descriptions. As far as I see there are two - sometimes contradictory - requirements:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The module should be fun to read and evocative.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The module should be easy to use and practical at the table.</li> </ol>I am not sure how to achieve both. I tried to come up with something and I would like to post an example here.Since you have tremendous DM-ing and Roleplaying experience I thought you could help me with some feedback.It would also be a big help if you could give some examples about your preferred room description.The example: Shrine of OrcusThis is the room where Cinna performs the heart implant rituals. The door has a rotting, female, elven head that speaks. The room itself is small and barren, with only an altar dedicated to Orcus with an enormous,  desecrated, black and rotting goat head in the center . It has a terrible atmosphere for non evils and exhilirating for evils. There are some bone fragments and a skull on the floor.DM Notes:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Door with talking head<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Stone door. No locks.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Animated, wrinkled, female elven head on the door.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">She is the guardian of the shrine.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">She speaks elven and abbysal.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">She can utter the spell Symbol (PHB p.280, WIS DC 20) every round until she is destroyed. She cannot use the same symbol twice in a row. She is very clever and chooses targets appropriately. E.g.: she uses Insanity against fighting men, Discord, Pain against casters etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">She has 200 Hit Points, AC: 20, Immune to spells.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Atmosphere<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Evils act with advantage for every roll. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Goods act with disadvantage for every roll.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bone fragments and skull<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Old, possibly humanoid bone fragments and a skull in the corner.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This is Ennio Cinna. A Demilich (MM p.48). </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He is guardian of the chamber and this is his home.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He speaks through Drusus, his Imp familiar (MM p.76).</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Altar dedicated to Orcus<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A black, bloody stone slab that acts as a sacrificial table.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> It also acts as sarcophagy and Cinna resurrect here if not destroyed properly.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A big, black rotting goat head acting as the symbol of Orcus. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Anyone spending 1 round in the vicinity (20') got a random Confusion (PHB p.224, WIS DC20).</li> </ul></li> </ul>Thank you for your help and sorry for my English.Oriaxx</blockquote>

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