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<blockquote data-quote="The Ghost" data-source="post: 5188573" data-attributes="member: 60281">There are four things that most of my games are built on: a hex map, a couple of random encounter tables; a dozen well developed NPCs; and a list of rumors.I generally start by creating a map. I prefer to keep the map roughly twenty-five by twenty-five hexes with hexes being between two and six miles each. I try to keep the terrain pretty varied with mountains, forests, plains, hills, swamps, water, and villages; although occasionally I will leave one or two of those terrain types off the map. Once I have finished making the map I divide it up into smaller regions with each region getting its own random encounter table. Random encounter tables are built with both hostile and non-hostile encounters on them. For example, a random encounter could be an ambush by orcs; a merchant with a broken wagon; a pile a dragon dung; or an old wood cutter's lodge long since abandoned. Once the map and random encounter tables are finished I start to think about who the major NPCs are in this region. What are their goals; personalities; resources? What are their relationships toward each other? What are their relationships towards the elements on the random encounter tables? I generally write up about a dozen or so NPCs in detail.Finally, I will write up a list of rumors about the region. Some true, some partly true, some false. Each player then is then randomly given a couple of rumors and let loose in the world. All I do after that is react to the players.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Ghost, post: 5188573, member: 60281"] There are four things that most of my games are built on: a hex map, a couple of random encounter tables; a dozen well developed NPCs; and a list of rumors. I generally start by creating a map. I prefer to keep the map roughly twenty-five by twenty-five hexes with hexes being between two and six miles each. I try to keep the terrain pretty varied with mountains, forests, plains, hills, swamps, water, and villages; although occasionally I will leave one or two of those terrain types off the map. Once I have finished making the map I divide it up into smaller regions with each region getting its own random encounter table. Random encounter tables are built with both hostile and non-hostile encounters on them. For example, a random encounter could be an ambush by orcs; a merchant with a broken wagon; a pile a dragon dung; or an old wood cutter's lodge long since abandoned. Once the map and random encounter tables are finished I start to think about who the major NPCs are in this region. What are their goals; personalities; resources? What are their relationships toward each other? What are their relationships towards the elements on the random encounter tables? I generally write up about a dozen or so NPCs in detail. Finally, I will write up a list of rumors about the region. Some true, some partly true, some false. Each player then is then randomly given a couple of rumors and let loose in the world. All I do after that is react to the players. [/QUOTE]

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