Tales of the Lunar Lands: Friday Encounter: Star Metal
This encounter can be used anywhere outdoors, but probably has the most potential in a wilderness environment relatively close to civilizati...| tales-of-the-lunar-lands.blogspot.com
This encounter definitely isn't for everyone, and that's okay. It introduces elements of science fiction into the campaign, which might work in a setting that trends more gonzo or isn't afraid to mix genres, but would probably be about as jarring as a brick to the face in a campaign with a more mythic or purely fantastic tone. But the beauty of D&D, as I've outlined before, is that it can do both - and my recent discussions on sci-fi put it in my head. This isn't an encounter I would use in m...| Tales of the Lunar Lands
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This is a decent siege encounter that can be placed basically anywhere as long as you have a wall-encosed location with few soldiers except the PCs. As written, it was prompted by a chance encounter with a Kvaner host when returning to the place that is now the PCs base of operations - hence the strong assumptions about timing and intent. In most other cases, you shouldn't preclude the options of parlaying, surrendering, etc. However, you can probably still use this encounter as a blueprint f...| Triple Suns
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Here are three lantern knights, supposed to the mini-bosses in my campaign. Like dragon-hauted Cabour the format is inspired by wisdom from a lot of other sources - such as "paragon creatures" - in hope of making solo monsters that can pose a challenge to a group of players. They are not playtested, so whether it works or not I do not know.| Triple Suns
A ruined city, shrouded in mist from the dragon's nauseating breath. You have come here to find a relic, lost when its bearer fled from the terrible dragon. Years have passed since the ancient creature last was seen, but you know it remains here. Biding time. Waiting.| Triple Suns
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Things to encounter in the horrible wilderness. Inspired by Goblin Punch, who is always a source of inspiration. | Triple Suns
The road through the waterlogged forest curves slightly, yielding to a small cliff. A solitary tree in the bend towers high above the surrounding shrubbery. Dangling from its branches is a hanged knight, the toes of his sabatons just out of reach for a person standing underneath. You enter in the low-right corner.| Triple Suns
Here are some more locations from my campaign prep. I'm thinking I might do a post a day to commemorate the last week of Google+.| Triple Suns
Deep in the wilderness are three towers, slowly sinking into the bog. Once, this was the site of a great battle, for the dark waters are full with mummified soldiers of a bygone age and their treasure gleams below the surface like hidden suns. Three witches live here - sisters in souls, one in each tower - feeding on children lured into the bog. Such gruesome deed can only be countered by another, and now you have come here to end them.| Triple Suns
Garden of statues| Triple Suns
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1 Crucifixion Field. A hundred of old wooden crosses, some standing Ts, others like spokes of a wheel attached to trees, yet others leaning against another or lying crashed to the ground. Yellow bones and torn cloth covers the soil, or sit stuck like grisly trophies on the ash-gray frames.| Triple Suns
This encounter could be used in a dungeon, at a site in the wilderness, or maybe even in a town - preferably in some run-down house tucked away in a dark alley out of sight. You may want to plant rumors in the surrounding areas of strange robed figures gathering and chanting heard in the vicinity if you wish to lead your players to investigate.| Tales of the Lunar Lands
Art by Zara Alfonso| Tales of the Lunar Lands
This encounter can be used anywhere outdoors, but probably has the most potential in a wilderness environment relatively close to civilizati...| tales-of-the-lunar-lands.blogspot.com
Here's a simple two-room puzzle designed to be slotted into a larger dungeon. This one is based on Archimedes's principle that an object displaces water equal to its mass, and attempts to simplify these physics for the sake of gameplay. Keep in mind that the intended solution to this puzzle may not be obvious unless your players are familiar with the theorem, although there are alternative solutions as well.| Tales of the Lunar Lands
This encounter is designed to challenge your players' expectations of morality and social expectations in a setting that may have different worldviews from their own. In that way, it's well-suited to a non-Flintstonist campaign, as a way to introduce players to the concept that people in a medieval fantasy world might see things differently than they see things today - especially with players who are new to the idea of leaving their preconceived notions at the door when approaching the camp...| Tales of the Lunar Lands
This encounter could be used on the road, in the wilderness, or in a dungeon. If encountered outdoors, it works best at night. If the PCs co...| tales-of-the-lunar-lands.blogspot.com
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We're Ogre-Posting today.| Shadow & Fae
artist: Stefan Poag What if we design the random encounter table to function as computer RAM- to store short-term information/change without...| icastlight.blogspot.com
The shrine as seen by the players This past weekend I ran session 27th of Where Hell Comes to Prey, my home campaign set in Miranda Elkin's ...| icastlight.blogspot.com
Greek Worshippers| Nagora's Corner
I have been thinking about two wildly different shows: Mrs. Davis (a stage magician hunting nun / mystic from Reno, Nevada) and Scavengers Reign (space colonists get marooned on a planet with a mysterious and infinitely complex ecology). What they have in common is a strong sense that something strange is going on deep behind … Continue reading food web| hex culture
Yesterday, I introduced the concept of monster Motivations as a way to help understand how to use that monster when designing encounters, or what they might be working toward when encountered as wandering monsters. But motivation only explains what the monster wants. Disposition, on the other hand, is a way to help understand the general attitude of the monster, and how they interact with others. This again is because alignment alone (even dual axis alignment) doesn't really help a DM in know...| Save Vs. Dragon
On the whole, I find that alignment alone (even dual axis alignment) doesn't really help a DM in knowing how to play a monster during encounters. To that end, as part of the Expanded Creature Cache stat block, I'm playing around with the ideas of "Motivation" and "Disposition." Then, in combination with the classic Monster Manual stats (like Intelligence), you start to get a better idea of how to play the monster.| Save Vs. Dragon
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Greek Worshippers No paladins in the Greek pantheon. Seems reasonable, I guess. Zeus Swanning About Art: Linda Sutton Including Titans Thi...| nagorascorner.blogspot.com
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Filling the Sandbox| Nagora's Corner
Here's a recipe I've recently brewed up for making interesting encounters. Just like most recipes, it's been handed down, stolen, refined, t...| shadowandfae.blogspot.com
Greetings! I took a bit of time off after releasing the game (and the subsequent patches), but I have been doing all sorts of weird game design in the meantime. Here’s some village encounters…| Save vs. Hollowing
YELLOW QUEEN Equal parts mystic folklore and flesh, ruler of the Yellow City, smooth-limbed and whisper-voiced, a creamy advanced jaundice complexion and a face hidden behind a brocaded veil to be disposed of on her next wedding night. Summoned by sects and cults to offer her a new groom that they might hear her rattled| Last Gasp
If it's not clear yet, I've been raiding some unfinished tables (and by 'tables' I mean the giant spreadsheets I start putting together like "oh I should make a wilderness travel table... okay so I'll need a table of human encounters and a table of creature encounters and a table for the scenery and a| Last Gasp
Okay just who the hell is in charge of this shitshow?| Last Gasp
P roponents of Overloaded Encounter/Hazard Die might sometimes find themselves in a bit of a bind or at a loss for some of those Telegraph...| blog.d4caltrops.com
