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Tips and templates for RPG dungeon building from the RPG Blog Carnival
This month’s RPG Blog Carnival theme is “Let’s Build A Dungeon”…
The RPG Blog Carnival rolls round to another year; please take part and follow it around the blogosphere in 2021…
Character death is part of the stakes of a lot of our games. It keeps us on our toes as players. Hitpoints or harm are often one of the resources players have to manage. There can be a great deal of drama – and satisfaction – in epic battles against overwhelming odds, even if we lose.
Every month there is a different topic for the carnival, set and hosted by a different RPG blog.
The elements in the grid and whether they are in the spotlight tells me where to focus my planning; I can draft up a couple of NPCs and a list of potential stat blocks for the Antagonists, and maps etc. for any Places I might need in the next couple of sessions. If it’s not likely to be relevant now or soon then don’t plan it! But do it in a way that can be reused in case it doesn’t become relevant immediately.
The elements in the grid and whether they are in the spotlight tells me where to focus my planning; I can draft up a couple of NPCs and a list of potential stat blocks for the Antagonists, and maps etc. for any Places I might need in the next couple of sessions. If it’s not likely to be relevant now or soon then don’t plan it! But do it in a way that can be reused in case it doesn’t become relevant immediately.
Filling a 5×5 grid with plot elements to build our players’ stories into the world… Populating the RPG Planning Grid, or Filling Your PANTS Part of my RPG campaign planning series, on how to fill the 5×5 planning grid with plot elements to connect into threads for the long story arc Source From: Populating the…
One-Roll Random D&D 5e Characters A D&D 5e random character generator with life events and background colour, with JavaScript roller Source From: One