Blog of Forlorn Encystment: The Monster Economy of AD&D
AD&D's most endangered creature. We all know that larger towns and cities will usually have a market for dragons . That is, it is generally ...| forlornencystment.blogspot.com
From the AD&D PHB, page 34:| Blog of Forlorn Encystment
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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AD&D's most endangered creature. We all know that larger towns and cities will usually have a market for dragons . That is, it is generally ...| forlornencystment.blogspot.com
Thieves guilds and assassins guilds are ubiquitous in AD&D cities and towns. Both assassins and thieves are found on the DMG's city/town encounters matrix:| Blog of Forlorn Encystment
An excerpt from the AD&D DMG, under MONSTER POPULATIONS AND PLACEMENT , page 91: I found this paragraph interesting for a few reasons. Firs...| forlornencystment.blogspot.com
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Apparently my special interest now is writing about the annoying mundanities of AD&D city/town life - taxes, tolls, intentionally misleading encounters, and irritating and expensive NPCs. To this end, I've been reading all about henchmen in the DMG. Boy, it is a lot more difficult to recruit these people than I gave it credit for!| Blog of Forlorn Encystment
Look at this guy's face: He's mad! Why? Probably because, per the AD&D DMG, dealing with NPCs "should be expensive and irritating": The exam...| forlornencystment.blogspot.com
Since I wrote about indentured magic-users and clerics being encountered among the city guard/watch, I've been poring over the rest of AD&D's city/town encounters. Yes, yes, that's the part of the book with the infamous harlot table:| Blog of Forlorn Encystment
Something amusing I found while poring over the AD&D city/town encounters:| Blog of Forlorn Encystment
Much like how Portoga is where you get a ship in Dragon Quest III , significantly opening your venues for exploring the world, the city of ...| tales-of-the-lunar-lands.blogspot.com
Something I often struggle with when creating a sandbox is the level of detail to give to each location, and at what point in the process to do so. My sandboxes tend to be big - probably too big. The 100-hex sandbox was my attempt at codifying a procedure for creating a play area that felt big enough to contain the bare essentials that I would want for a campaign without going overboard. | Blog of Forlorn Encystment
Learn how to confidently integrate, prep, and run intriguing settlements of any size in your sandbox campaign.| AMONG CATS AND BOOKS
If the League of Three Crowns could be said to have a capital, that capital would be Hynden . Though nominally a part of Kvesland, and inde...| tales-of-the-lunar-lands.blogspot.com
In some ways, the League of Three Crowns can be called the preeminent naval power in the Sea of Bartel. The number of trade routes in the s...| tales-of-the-lunar-lands.blogspot.com
W hen painstakingly placing a happy Haven or convenient Village somewhere in a World, I often find myself needing a few things. Names are ...| blog.d4caltrops.com
