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<blockquote data-quote="InkwellIdeas" data-source="post: 7461287" data-attributes="member: 26988"><p>This month Inkwell Ideas has a few posts previewing products that we will be debuting at GenCon this year (Exhibition Hall booth 560). We've already previewed our <a href="http://inkwellideas.com/2018/07/new-at-gencon-sidequest-decks-horror-fantasy/" target="_blank">Sidequest Decks: Horror Fantasy</a> & <a href="http://inkwellideas.com/2018/07/new-at-gencon-5e-creature-decks-prehistoric-creatures/" target="_blank">5e Creature Decks: Prehistoric Creatures</a> and soon we'll show the third Deck of Beasts card deck. Now we have another Sidequest Deck to preview: Arcane Academy.</p><p></p><p>This deck of adventure outlines & maps is perfect if:</p><p></p><p> * You're running a Mage School centered campaign.</p><p> * You have a mage character in your group who needs a fill-in one-shot adventure.</p><p> * The party needs to do some research on an item, prophecy, etc.</p><p></p><p>Some of the adventures have a pre-teen/teenager theme (bullies & other hijinks), but these aspects can be minimized and many adventures have none of that. This particular deck has an entire magic school map by Glynn Seal of Monkey Blood Design. One card as a very small version of the entire school, and most other cards show a section of the school in more detail. A few cards' maps show areas not part of the main building (an outdoor race area, a village nearby, a dungeon below, etc.)</p><p></p><p>If you’re not familiar with Sidequest Decks, they are card decks where every card is its own mini-adventure. One side is the main map area (use other cards if you need more maps–each deck is bound to have an inn, village, city, mini-dungeon, etc.), while the other side has an adventure outline. The outline starts with a sentence or two of background info for the GM, then usually two story hooks to get the adventure started, followed by several encounter ideas (don’t have to use them all, and written as non-linearly as possible), and finally one or two follow-up ideas.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjzteT-0o_cAhWMZd8KHUzTBEAQtwIIKDAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEj7w5OO7_t0&usg=AOvVaw0a2wnjxkdWf_gUivliKaMv" target="_blank">They recently received a stellar review in this video!</a></p><p></p><p>We’ve done six decks previously broken down by genre and setting. The Arcane Academy deck has adventure ideas that are fantasy with some necromancy, cults, or undead involved.</p><p></p><p>The prior Sidequest Decks are available <a href="https://store.inkwellideas.com/collections/encounter-decks" target="_blank">in our store</a>, on <a href="https://www.rpgnow.com/browse/pub/4450/Inkwell-Ideas/subcategory/8587_27758/Sidequests?affiliate_id=379287&src=enworld" target="_blank">DriveThru/RPGNow</a> or <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sidequest+decks" target="_blank">Amazon</a> as well as game stores that work with Indie Press Revolution.</p><p></p><p>Below are a couple sample cards:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://inkwellideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/41-DetentionSummoning-1024x717.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://inkwellideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20-DangerDungeon-1024x717.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InkwellIdeas, post: 7461287, member: 26988"] This month Inkwell Ideas has a few posts previewing products that we will be debuting at GenCon this year (Exhibition Hall booth 560). We've already previewed our [URL="http://inkwellideas.com/2018/07/new-at-gencon-sidequest-decks-horror-fantasy/"]Sidequest Decks: Horror Fantasy[/URL] & [URL="http://inkwellideas.com/2018/07/new-at-gencon-5e-creature-decks-prehistoric-creatures/"]5e Creature Decks: Prehistoric Creatures[/URL] and soon we'll show the third Deck of Beasts card deck. Now we have another Sidequest Deck to preview: Arcane Academy. This deck of adventure outlines & maps is perfect if: * You're running a Mage School centered campaign. * You have a mage character in your group who needs a fill-in one-shot adventure. * The party needs to do some research on an item, prophecy, etc. Some of the adventures have a pre-teen/teenager theme (bullies & other hijinks), but these aspects can be minimized and many adventures have none of that. This particular deck has an entire magic school map by Glynn Seal of Monkey Blood Design. One card as a very small version of the entire school, and most other cards show a section of the school in more detail. A few cards' maps show areas not part of the main building (an outdoor race area, a village nearby, a dungeon below, etc.) If you’re not familiar with Sidequest Decks, they are card decks where every card is its own mini-adventure. One side is the main map area (use other cards if you need more maps–each deck is bound to have an inn, village, city, mini-dungeon, etc.), while the other side has an adventure outline. The outline starts with a sentence or two of background info for the GM, then usually two story hooks to get the adventure started, followed by several encounter ideas (don’t have to use them all, and written as non-linearly as possible), and finally one or two follow-up ideas. [URL="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjzteT-0o_cAhWMZd8KHUzTBEAQtwIIKDAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEj7w5OO7_t0&usg=AOvVaw0a2wnjxkdWf_gUivliKaMv"]They recently received a stellar review in this video![/URL] We’ve done six decks previously broken down by genre and setting. The Arcane Academy deck has adventure ideas that are fantasy with some necromancy, cults, or undead involved. The prior Sidequest Decks are available [URL="https://store.inkwellideas.com/collections/encounter-decks"]in our store[/URL], on [URL="https://www.rpgnow.com/browse/pub/4450/Inkwell-Ideas/subcategory/8587_27758/Sidequests?affiliate_id=379287&src=enworld"]DriveThru/RPGNow[/URL] or [URL="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sidequest+decks"]Amazon[/URL] as well as game stores that work with Indie Press Revolution. Below are a couple sample cards: [IMG]http://inkwellideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/41-DetentionSummoning-1024x717.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://inkwellideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20-DangerDungeon-1024x717.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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