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How I Write an Adventure, part 6 – Putting it All Together

December 5, 2015 Stephen Dunscombe

So I’ve talked a lot about four main ingredients for adventures: an Objective, a Motivation, three Obstacles, and Supplementary Information.…

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How I Write an Adventure, part 5 – Supplementary Information

December 4, 2015 Stephen Dunscombe

Confession: this category is pretty broad. For a lot of GMs, especially new GMs, one issue they run into is…

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How I Write an Adventure, part 4 – Three Obstacles

December 3, 2015 Stephen Dunscombe

So you know what the PCs are trying to accomplish, and you know why.  Now you need to make that…

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How I Write an Adventure, part 3 – Motivation

December 2, 2015 Stephen Dunscombe 1 Comment

So, we’ve taken an overall look at my process for adventure construction, and we’ve drilled down a bit on Objectives.…

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How I Write an Adventure, part 2 – Objective

December 1, 2015 Stephen Dunscombe 1 Comment

Last time, we introduced my four elements of adventure design: Objective, Motivation, Obstacles, and Supplementary Information.  Today, we’re going to…

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