Is writing a good dungeon crawl is harder than writing a good hex crawl?
Is writing a good dungeon crawl is harder than writing a good hex crawl? Or do I just have some weird mental block in place?
This is an interesting theory, but I notice the author has to omit one of the most important Heinlein novels to make...
Originally shared by Curt Thompson This is an interesting theory, but I notice the author has to omit one of the most important Heinlein novels to make it work. Time Enough For Love was written in the very early 70s and was a straight (heh) extrapolation of the chaotic and frenetic zeitgeist of that era. http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2012/11/the-joke-is-on-us-the-two-careers-of-robert-a-heinlein/
Absolutely. The map I'm working on sort of ended up with "zones," groups of related rooms, which I like. But now I need to give incentive to explore and make different zones related to each other. Also trying to follow the maxim of putting something interesting in every room, even if it's "empty."
ReplyDeleteOne theme I find helpful is "jealous neighbors." Monsters tend to want things their neighbors have. The grass is greener, you know. If you have factions scheming to rob or displace or enslave each other, then you have PCs roll in and make friends and enemies, that motivates a lot of activity.
ReplyDeletei still use this:
ReplyDeletehttp://dndwithpornstars.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-first-dungeon-kit-plus-mystery.html