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[Dungeoncraft] in medias res: The Terra Ätaran

June 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Plot Seeds, RPG Bloggers Network

I’m finishing up Allein for now (though probably not permanently) with one of the many more down to earth threats the citizens have to face, long before the portal to the other worlds was discovered. Here are the devourers of earth.
CRAWLERS
The crawlers (known to the dwarves as the terra ätaran, or earth devourers) are an [...]

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[Dungeoncraft Extra - Character Spotlight] Herai Ironblack, the Mage of the Mines

May 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Feature, RPG Bloggers Network

To help me take advantage of yesterday’s article on the Character Hooks, I asked Gamefiend of 4eTopia and At-Will to write up a character for the world of Allein that uses one of the character hooks I posted yesterday. Instead, he took one of the hooks and turned it into a story much more impressive [...]

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[Dungeoncraft] in medias res: Character and Plot Hooks

May 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Plot Seeds

The most important part of any campaign setting is making sure the characters get involved in the world before they even go on a single adventure. Here are some character hooks to get people involved, including some sneak peaks of future entries, after the jump.

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[Dungeoncraft] in medias res: Movers and Shakers

May 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Plot Seeds, RPG Bloggers Network

Alright, now it’s time to figure out who in Allein really influences the way things go. I’m going to hop right into this with very little prelude, and introduce three major people to know in Allen.

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[Dungeoncraft] in medias res: Exploring Allein

May 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Plot Seeds, RPG Bloggers Network

My mind has a tendency to wander just a bit. The underground world of Allein was originally a home base for the adventurers, intended to only be a stepping stone in the campaign world of in medias res, but what happened was it became so much more in depth than I originally intended. It is [...]

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[Dungeoncraft] in medias res: The Elevator Pitch

April 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Plot Seeds, RPG Bloggers Network

I have a problem that I need to face: I have DM ADD. I’ve barely started a 4th Edition campaign that’s (theoretically) going to go into the Epic Tier, and yet I am constantly thinking of new ideas for other stories to tell. Instead of letting these all go to waste in a tiny corner [...]

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