Posts Tagged by settings
| August 8, 2011 | Posted by Matthew J. Neagley |
Every year I’ve written a garage sale article for The Stew in which I toss out all the campaign ideas I’ve had during the year that I’m unlikely to get to in the near future. It seems that many of The Stew’s readers have a similar overabundance of ideas, since every year the garage sale article gets comments from readers detailing their own campaigns that aren’t likely to see the light of day. Recently however, I was hit by a bit of inspiration while I…
| September 22, 2008 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
I love names. As a player, naming my character is one of my favorite aspects of character creation. It usually shakes out one of two ways: I hit on the perfect name right away and it instantly helps me define the character. Sometimes this comes at the end of the process, sometimes at the start (it’s better at the start). I agonize over choosing a name. I try real names, random inventions of my own, names from the huge list of names I keep on…
| July 30, 2008 | Posted by Scott Martin |
I’ve stumbled on a number of interesting posts that I have to share with you. Pastures of Green There’s been a whirlwind of cool new settings and thought about settings out there recently. I can’t imagine what would have everybody scrambling to update and create new worlds. Well, maybe if I stretch myself I can think of something… Troy here at the Stew has a couple of posts about Remaking the Realms (one and two). It’s a great look at picking what you want to…
| June 16, 2008 | Posted by Troy E. Taylor |
Want to know the secret to making a game world or setting your own? Whether you’re using a published setting or brewing your own homeworld for adventures, the key is creating an organization that’s unique to your game. Simple, huh? One organization of your creation makes all the difference. But why? 1) It gives you mastery over a segment of the world. I’m not going to learn the names of all the “important” NPCs of the Forgotten Realms, nor have I figured out all dieties…
