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Hubert RobertOn a fundamental level, the City must be populated. Even after being massively depopulated by an ugly five-way civil war, even after the Shivering of many...
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Based on this post, trying out their method for ~*associative setting creation*~.Rolling for values:joy/permanencefreedom/knowledge Assigning and justifying...
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Michael Wheelan's covers for the Foundation seriesCath Celdaenn is a place where spacetime is fucked all sideways. It is called City of Cities because it was literally,...
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Thinking about Cosmic's wizardposting here, inspired me to do some worldbuilding via wizard. Here's the format:Domain - The places they ruled over, and the mark they left on...Linked by the ring
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by JR's ArtsFirst, let me direct your attention here.Moving on.First, the Styreltrees.The tradition is old: if a dispute comes up, all parties consult with the tree. After...
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The frog-men of Spagyros are oft-maligned and ill-understood. Most can tell you two things about them:1 - They are more man than frog. They speak and count coins and walk on...
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I'm doing a worldbuilding challenge. The story so far:Gygax 75Week 1 - The SettingWeek 2 - Carving out the ValleyWeek 3 - Into the Mines Week 4 - Hitting a Wall Week 5 - Divide...
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Mononokehime concept artI'm doing a worldbuilding challenge. The story so far:Gygax 75Week 1 - The SettingWeek 2 - Carving out the ValleyWeek 3 - Into the Mines Week 4 -...
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pic unrelatedI'm doing a worldbuilding challenge. The story so far:Gygax 75Week 1 - The SettingWeek 2 - Carving out the ValleyWeek 3 - Into the Mines Week 4 - Hitting a Wall...
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gungeon mapI'm doing a worldbuilding challenge. The story so far:Gygax 75Week 1 - The SettingWeek 2 - Carving out the ValleyWeek 3 - Into the Mines Week 4 - Hitting a Wall Week...
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I'm doing a worldbuilding challenge. The story so far:Gygax 75Week 1 - The SettingWeek 2 - Carving out the ValleyWeek 3 - Into the Mines Week 4 - The dungeon,...
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I'm doing a worldbuilding challenge. The story so far:Gygax 75Week 1 - The SettingWeek 2 - Carving out the ValleyWeek 3 - draw your dungeon! in one week! Gary recommends...
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dungeon meshi via inktho (pixiv)My submission to Char2terie (RIP) was a full hack based on Lexi's SAWN-OFF. With seven months' hindsight, the only pieces of the submission I...
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Here's what I'm doing. Here's what I did last week. And now:Week 2 - draw a region map of the wilderness adventuring sites that will surround the dungeon that will form the...
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like this, maybeI'm going to write a campaign setting. I'm going to use the Gygax 75 to do it, except not really, because I'm cheating, because I've been poring over most of...Linked by the ring
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These ten terrible men share the following traits:They are huge, but not capital-G Giants. All of the Giants are dead (except the ones who aren't). It would be like looking at...Linked by the ring
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"this is but one of the roads a man can walk to lose his humanity"someone pls remind me which blog im quoting rnLUKE GEARINGYou made are currently making a deal with a devil....Linked by the ring
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You cast Grubbins' Stinking Fireball. It feels like... Show tables
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Yang Xueguo So there's this world with gods and those gods make life because life is rad which is why animals and plants and fungi and bacteria all live together in the great...
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"Not every member of the city watch, the village militia, or the queen’s army is a fighter. Most of these troops are relatively untrained soldiers with only the most basic...
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me when a new writing challenge There's a demon in a room in a dungeon and the room is large but the table is small. On the table is a tablecloth, doilies, a small vase, fine...Linked by the ring
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Elden Ring babyyyyyyihaventplayedit(Disclaimer: I just want to play with my dudes, and they all know 5e, so that's what we're playing.) So you want to homebrew 5e. There's 2...Linked by the ring
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This isn’t Legamon. Just slap this into your random encounter table.Goblin goblin-tamerHD 2; AC as leather; d6/d6 (grub-on-pole)Carries 1d6 (exploding!) cages containing at...
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Take all your floating ideas and turn them into a wandering monster table. What kind of dungeon does this table correspond to?Inspired by my Inktober sketches (2d6):2. Amanita...
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me doing my best scrap princess impressionThere are merchants to whom you can sell your height, your fears, your memories, your dreams, your ambitions. Everything you thought...
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overgrown railroads are just cool in generalThinking a lot about Hollow Knight recently, and the way its world unfolds as you play. It’s that Metroidvania thing where you worm...
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Dmitry KhrapovitskyThese are slim paperbacks, some nearly pamphlets. Each varies wildly in content and print quality. Some are utilitarian arrangements in sensible fonts....
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masashi kageyamaAll you need to know about the giants is they were massive, grade-A, Greek-God-level dickweeds. They were the beloved children of a greater race before them,...
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charging upThe Dream Nail. This forum post explains why it’s awesome in Hollow Knight. I’ll elaborate on why it works just as well in D&D.---The Dream Nail is a magic sword. It...
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Ryan van DongenYou stumble forth from the catacombs into a blistering sandstorm. A towering palace of sun-bleached stone, cloaked by the desert’s rasping winds, reveals itself...