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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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Submission Respect
Ok, there is no real place to put this but I think it needs to be said and put up here for everyone to view. This is not…
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Playtesting
This is where the citadellians share and collect our tales of playtesting each others submissions.
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Court Etiquette: Do's and Don'ts
When dealing with nobility and court settings, players can sometimes skip the roleplay aspect and jump straight to behav…
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Traps need to make sense. Somebody must of made it for a specific purpose.
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Citadel Advice
Codex
If you are a new member who found this thread by providence, read the advice, take it to heart, and post. These are collected posts that will help you understand the Citadel AND be more effective and efficient here.
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You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia.' But only slightly less well known is this: 'Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.'
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More Boo!
3 HoH
More Viceral Tips for Horror Gaming! This piece is dedicated to Captain Penguin
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[VO: Vincent Price ] There are things that go bump in the night. Things that will unnerve you. Things you should never meet. These are the things you are gaming.
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Great drama is at the core of the Gaming Experience. The character's can't be fighting the destruction of the world every session (though that can be fun), but there is great fulfilment in the climatic scenes of a campaign or long term adve…
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Treasure. It happens
1 HoH
Treasure is both the bane and boon of gaming campaigns. The purpose of all this was to bring up some more obvious, but often overlooked, types of treasure. The focus too often is on gold, gems, and magic items when the fun could be enric…
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World Packs are the ONLY WAY TO GO!
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Follow in MoonHunter's Footsteps: 10 Steps to Better Posts MoonHunter Sayeth to do these and be a really useful member to this and other sites.
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Five Best Tips for Posting on Strolen's (and Other Places)
Golden
5 HoH
Codex
If you are new to the site, you might want to read this post.
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I am always giving advice to various gamers on various game forums. I am constantly giving the same advice over and over again (cut/ paste repeat). Once a year I think about the advice and put together The List.
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I am always giving advice to various gamers on various game forums. I am constantly giving the same advice over and over again (cut/ paste repeat). Once a year I think about the advice and put together The List.
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I am always giving advice to various gamers on various game forums. I am constantly giving the same advice over and over again (cut/ paste repeat). Once a year I think about the advice and put together The List.
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Social Tricks for the GM
2 HoH
This is devoted to those common problems facing a GM. How do you get enough players? What do you do when there is a bad atmosphere within the group? Everyone, please post those tips and tricks that come to mind. There is no one true solu…
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Loot and Rewards
4 HoH
Some GMs, and the computer game industry too, seems to think gemstones, gold and magic weapons are the only way in which to reward the players. Most experienced GMs know this isn't true, so I created this thread here to let us remind each o…
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Game environments are not built with a ruler and some tape, they are built with imagination and an understanding of what is needed to make the game environment. If you take the time to learn about what you will need to do before you being t…
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Longbows
Golden
7 HoH
Does your character use the longbow? Here are some ideas to make the use of the longbow more realistic and more fun. It doesn't have to be just another weapon. The longbow is a specialized weapon with many characteristics that make it uniqu…
