Dig into the role of magical objects as part of a wizard’s tower as an adventure setting. These adventure seeds play with common tropes and echo stories you probably know, but each is built around an item that hinges the story on it—and only in ways that matter because they’re in a wizard’s tower.
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Let’s talk about creatures in a wizard’s tower. Besides the mysterious wizard, witch, sorcerer supreme, etc., there should probably be something else to encounter.
You Find Yourself in a Wizard’s Tower: magical rats in the walls Read More »
In this series, we’ll explore the potential of these archetypal wizard’s tower, playing with or defying tropes, and making them feel magical again.
You Find Yourself in a Wizard’s Tower: Towerology 101 Read More »
In this series, we’ll explore the potential of these archetypal wizard’s tower, playing with or defying tropes, and presenting rules and ideas to bring them to life.
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In this series, we’ll explore the archetypal lost temple. In this installment, we talk about the treasure you can find inside them!
You Find Yourself in a Forgotten Temple, part 6 Read More »
In this series, we’ll explore the archetypal lost temple. In this installment, we talk about secrets found in forgotten temples!
You Find Yourself in a Forgotten Temple, part 5 Read More »
In this series, we’ll explore the archetypal lost temple. In this installment, we talk about gods the temple used to be dedicated to!
You Find Yourself in a Forgotten Temple, part 4 Read More »
In this series, we’ll explore the archetypal lost temple. In this installment, we talk about traps!
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Some locations appear repeatedly in stories and adventures. In this series, we’ll explore the archetypal lost temple.
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Some locations appear repeatedly in stories and adventures. In this series, we’ll explore the archetypal lost temple.
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Whether a windswept manor on the moors, a dilapidated hut outside of town, or a castle on the verge of ruin, haunted locations are ripe areas to introduce backstory, side plots, clues, atmosphere, or some undead bashing. This section focuses on some thematic NPCs who could be allies (or complications!) for PCs dealing with a
You Find Yourself in a Haunted House: Creepy Friends Read More »
Whether a windswept manor on the moors, a dilapidated hut outside of town, or a castle on the verge of ruin, haunted locations are ripe areas to introduce backstory, side plots, clues, atmosphere, or some undead bashing. This section focuses on the creatures your PCs typically find in a haunted house. It includes some ideas
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Whether a windswept manor on the moors, a dilapidated hut outside of town, or a castle on the verge of ruin, haunted locations are ripe areas to introduce backstory, side plots, clues, atmosphere, or some undead bashing. This section introduces suggestions for creating haunted traps, a modified hazard customized for setting off spooky supernatural effects!
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Whether a windswept manor on the moors, a dilapidated hut outside of town, or a castle on the verge of ruin, haunted locations are ripe areas to introduce backstory, side plots, clues, atmosphere, or some undead bashing. This section is about the interactions with magic in haunted locales. We’ll start with some suggestions to adjust
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Recommended Items Haunted locations aren’t very haunted without some undead encounters, and the undead come with several resistances and ailments they can inflict on PCs. For example, most undead are immune to poison and charm abilities while they can inflict fear or attribute-draining attacks on PCs. Consider the magic items PCs already have to determine
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Whether a windswept manor on the moors, a dilapidated hut on the outskirts of town, or a castle on the verge of ruins, haunted locations are ripe areas to introduce backstory, side plots, clues, atmosphere, or some undead infestation. A distinguishing feature of haunted locales is dependence on mood. Fear is a typical goal, but
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