You're exploring deep in a ruined temple when something steps into the torchlight. What does that monster want? How will it try to get it? Why is it here? Those are the questions players ask when they confront a monster, and they are the questions GMs ask themselves when figuring out how to use that … Continue reading Creating Krevborna monsters in Dungeon World
I'm happy to report that the stream of this session worked much better this time. Most of the technical issues from the previous week have been ironed out, and thus the session video is available! Or read the summary below... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzH1C92KGuU Narrative The session began with the characters deciding how to handle the wererat they … Continue reading Krevborna – Session 3 Review
After I wrote recently about procedural generation for dungeons, my brain kept chewing on the possibilities here. I decided to try the process outlined in the Dungeon Masters Guide (5e) Appendix A. This post will run through my experience doing that, as well as a look ahead at what could come next. Random layout The … Continue reading Worked example of a procedural dungeon
In a dungeon crawl adventure, the characters have different goals: finding treasure, not killing monsters. In fact, if you can get through the dungeon with minimal risk, so much the better, because the payoff should be the treasure. Combat serves roughly the same purpose as traps: an obstacle preventing the characters from getting to their … Continue reading Experience for treasure
Last night's game started to see the adventure take shape in greater detail. Unfortunately, this noob streamer didn't realize that the voices of the players didn't make it through to Twitch, so the video is fairly one-sided and I've decided to keep it unpublished. Streaming is hard, y'all. As a reminder, if the setting Krevborna … Continue reading Krevborna – Session 2 Review
