Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Mearls' Legends and Lore - poll on delve format for adventures
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Balesir" data-source="post: 5514026" data-attributes="member: 27160"><p>I would like to keep the delve format for encounters - the two-page spread (or perhaps the landscape wide page, as per the digital magazines). The rest I would change, as follows (more-or-less):</p><p></p><p>- The whole thing should be digital - PDF would work fine.</p><p></p><p>- Maps should have layers for lighting, monster placement, secret features and movable objects (furniture, etc.). Any/all layers can be selected in a PDF, thus allowing 'bare room' maps for battlemap preparation, DM setup maps for encounter setup, and 'show the players' maps with only visible features on them.</p><p></p><p>- Maps in encounters should hyperlink to an overall map. The overview map should hyperlink to all encounter areas.</p><p></p><p>- The adventure overview should have the same room introduction material as in the encounter pages. This is to allow reading the adventure through with good 'flow' and coherence, while still giving the tools for an encounter all in one place. Area/encounter sections in the adventure overview should hyperlink to the encounter pages; the encounter page introduction should hyperlink back to the adventure overview in the appropriate place.</p><p></p><p>- All maps, creature statblocks, NPC character writeups, treasure statblocks and game "props" ('letters' the characters find, artwork showing encounter scenes, etc.) should be both included in the overview where appropriate <u>and</u> collected on separate pages so that they can be printed out on card if that is how the group plays. In a PDF, the "extra pagecount" of this duplication is not a problem.</p><p></p><p>- Develop new flowchart/mapping formats for adventures, skill challenges, NPC character relationships and adventure flow summaries, all to be included with the adventure overview. This in addition to the (obvious) overall map (on its own page - printable).</p><p></p><p>- Maybe have statblocks etc. as pop-ups from buttons on the overview pages as well. Maybe - not sure how well this would work.</p><p></p><p>Probably there are some other bells and whistles I've forgotten, but those are the basics, I think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Balesir, post: 5514026, member: 27160"] I would like to keep the delve format for encounters - the two-page spread (or perhaps the landscape wide page, as per the digital magazines). The rest I would change, as follows (more-or-less): - The whole thing should be digital - PDF would work fine. - Maps should have layers for lighting, monster placement, secret features and movable objects (furniture, etc.). Any/all layers can be selected in a PDF, thus allowing 'bare room' maps for battlemap preparation, DM setup maps for encounter setup, and 'show the players' maps with only visible features on them. - Maps in encounters should hyperlink to an overall map. The overview map should hyperlink to all encounter areas. - The adventure overview should have the same room introduction material as in the encounter pages. This is to allow reading the adventure through with good 'flow' and coherence, while still giving the tools for an encounter all in one place. Area/encounter sections in the adventure overview should hyperlink to the encounter pages; the encounter page introduction should hyperlink back to the adventure overview in the appropriate place. - All maps, creature statblocks, NPC character writeups, treasure statblocks and game "props" ('letters' the characters find, artwork showing encounter scenes, etc.) should be both included in the overview where appropriate [U]and[/U] collected on separate pages so that they can be printed out on card if that is how the group plays. In a PDF, the "extra pagecount" of this duplication is not a problem. - Develop new flowchart/mapping formats for adventures, skill challenges, NPC character relationships and adventure flow summaries, all to be included with the adventure overview. This in addition to the (obvious) overall map (on its own page - printable). - Maybe have statblocks etc. as pop-ups from buttons on the overview pages as well. Maybe - not sure how well this would work. Probably there are some other bells and whistles I've forgotten, but those are the basics, I think. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Mearls' Legends and Lore - poll on delve format for adventures
Top