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5 Room Dungeon
Tips on how to create five room dungeons that can be used for any location, are short, are quick to plan, easy to polish…
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Playtesting
This is where the citadellians share and collect our tales of playtesting each others submissions.
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Winter is a Character
The weather is something that everyone always notices and talks about, but can't do anything about. It is an important …
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Swords. Why does it always have to be swords?
Excalibur. Stormbringer. Sting. I blame fantasy authors and history professionals that have over simplified things for t…
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Named after the fact that each Elder Scrolls game begins in a similar fashion.
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I wont lie, I write a lot of seemingly useless stuff, but then I stumbled across the Plot Factory idea from Johnn Fours ezine. i plan on using the model on some of the fluffier pieces I write
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The Walking Dead has seen its rating plummet and critics score fall as well. This is not a fluke, and can be ascribed to a number of issues.
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How to describe possession by or interaction with an entity be it a demon or otherwise without having to use a ton of magical woo woo. CURRENTLY BEING REVISED
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Maia
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Codex for the Maian Submissions, so they can be seen in order.
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So How Was That Made?
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Herin are a number of ways your magic item might come into being, apart from something you order from your local wizard.
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The Enigma - the 'unbreakable' German WWII cipher that has become an icon of cryptography and mystery. Learn how it works and why it is a great cipher for role-playing games.
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Possession is never as simple as you may think....
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Mind control abilities have always been avoided or very poorly executed due to their extremely powerful/angering nature so here are some tips on how to use it properly to enhance your game.
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GAMEOS 2.7.11+ (DEFAULT, APR 17 2016, 14:00:29)[GCC 5.3.1 20160413]TYPE 'HELP' FOR MOREWHAT IS YOUR NAME?>>> MageekWELCOME, MAGEEK>>> LISTLIST WHAT?>>> LIST FILESProjectX secret.txt plot_hook.txt evil_company_hierarchy.txt mypla…
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The 4 Sentence Tool
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The 4 Sentence Tool is a quick way to describe a NPCs personality in greater detail using the 4 sentences: Fascinated by, Seduced by, Offended by and Frightened by. Knowing more about your NPC's personality and behavioral patterns as a GM, …
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A proposed system for managing a party's reputation with various NPCs
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Dwarven runes are (mostly) an alphabetic substitution cipher on the Futhark runes. An oldie but goodie from Tolkien!
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Someone complained that orcs, in the campaigns he knew, were just cannon fodder -- there was nothing horrible, or terrifying, about them. This was the answer I gave. It proved a controversial one, and some may think it takes a stronger st…
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I had someone ask me, recently, why I not only allowed such characters in my campaign, but didn't seem to care that anyone wanted to do so. Parts of my response seemed worth sharing.
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Armor Restrictions Apply....Of Course
Quest entry
'Let the Wookie Win'
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A study of my VERY long running game. A work in progress that will prob never be finished10/81 - 1/14 RIP
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Have a dungeon that could fit anywhere? Want to get the heroes there in a hurry? Try this.
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I can explain! Really! (Note: This is for my Demon Hunting Campaign set in 1640's Ireland, so here be campaign specific dragons.)
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The team is the functional core of a story, and as such, team building is vital to the flow of the story.
