The Bugbear’s Threads
bugbears are “just a raid by bugbears” if the players WANT them to be just a raid by bugbears
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Tag: encounters
Exploring Encounter Theory: How to Craft RPG Adventures
Want to write better adventures? Want to prep...
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TRYING OUT THE ALEXANDRIAN’S URBANCRAWL SYSTEM: DESIGNING THE CITY OF JUNTIAL PART 5
Obligatory recap: I’ve read about a system...
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Treasure Map Alternatives
One of the most time honored adventure hooks is...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Adversaries that play to PC Strengths
Like the good host of a banquet party, whose...
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Custom Player Encounter Type Deck
I don’t think it’s an earth shattering...
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On Handling RP Romance
Today’s guest article was written by...
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Encounters with Poissons and Exponentials
The other day, Martin posed a question to me. To...
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A Lightweight System for Random Encounters: d10+d10
For my Bleakstone hex crawl, I decided I wanted...
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Hot Button: Should Players have an expectation of balance?
Should players expect that all scenes/encounters...
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The first episode of Dark Legacy of Evard
A new season begins tonight. It’s not the...
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Front-load Your Encounters
Gripe all you want about 4E, but I’ve learned...
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GMing bootcamp
If you’ve been longing to hone your GMing...
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First Time GM – Game Prep I – Overview
First Time GM is a series of articles dedicated...
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The Surprising Impact of Encounter Type
Encounter types are one of the variables with...
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