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Oh, I feel this pain. Some of my discoveries along my dungeon design/mapping journey for D&D follow. A 🧵.
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Graph or isometric graph paper, working and modifying preexisting maps, using @hexcrawl’s Jacquaying the Dungeon article, and/or playing in @inkarnaterpg are some of my favorite strategies.
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For my #CandlekeepMysteries dungeon, I used a laundry rack, room info printouts, objects to scale representing rooms, and string to test out all of my passages, etc. It looked like a 3D version of the conspiracy board from It’s Always Sunny.
But it worked for me.
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But it worked for me.
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There is a controversy happening in the #DnD twitterers currently.
I’m seeing a lot of (older, white) TTRPG creators today saying, “If you agree to do freelance work, you get what you signed up for. Don’t complain.”
We disagree. Here’s why.
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I’m seeing a lot of (older, white) TTRPG creators today saying, “If you agree to do freelance work, you get what you signed up for. Don’t complain.”
We disagree. Here’s why.
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#DnD5e #CandlekeepMysteries
It's perfectly reasonable to want to enter an industry that historically has treated people poorly but want to be treated better.
Imagine someone saying 'don't complain' to a union activist trying to fight for workers’ rights!
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Imagine someone saying 'don't complain' to a union activist trying to fight for workers’ rights!
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#DnD5e #DnD #CandlekeepMysteries
But in this particular case, the issue IS NOT about getting work changed.
An older white man inserted the word PRIMITIVE into the text of a black man whose is well-known for arguing against colonialism in #DnD! Here's why that is exceptionally bad:
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An older white man inserted the word PRIMITIVE into the text of a black man whose is well-known for arguing against colonialism in #DnD! Here's why that is exceptionally bad:
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Today we're looking at "Mazfroth's Might Digressions" by Alison Huang.
This is a really nice, very tight scenario that demonstrates Huang's trademark style of layering complexity into her antagonists: The PCs are sent to investigate some criminals...
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This is a really nice, very tight scenario that demonstrates Huang's trademark style of layering complexity into her antagonists: The PCs are sent to investigate some criminals...
#CandlekeepMysteries
...who are indirectly defrauding Candlekeep and putting people in danger.
But it turns out the criminals aren't aware of the true dangers of their actions & their motivations are closer to desperate altruism.
... until you take a still closer look and all the ethics turn murky.
But it turns out the criminals aren't aware of the true dangers of their actions & their motivations are closer to desperate altruism.
... until you take a still closer look and all the ethics turn murky.
My copy of #CandlekeepMysteries finally arrived, so I'm diving in.
Beautiful cover art by Clint Cearley.
This is more or less live-tweeting. So expect to see a lot of raw thoughts.
Beautiful cover art by Clint Cearley.
This is more or less live-tweeting. So expect to see a lot of raw thoughts.
So my honest first question with this book was: Will it render the excellent DM's Guild book Elminster's Candlekeep Companion by @justicearman and @Thrawn589 obsolete?
The answer: Not at all. I would say it actually super-charges it.
The answer: Not at all. I would say it actually super-charges it.
As a visual example of this, consider the incredible poster map that Marco Bernardini did for the Companion. When I heard there was a going to be a poster map in Candlekeep Mysteries, I thought it was a shame that Bernardini's work was going to be rendered superfluous.
But no!
But no!
