Comments on: Scenario-Writing Tips from Craft (Adventures)

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 18 May 2007 17:55:56 +0000

Fuel for WoAdWriMo is always a good thing. Thanks for posting these, Roger.

By: Scot Newbury

Scot Newbury — Fri, 18 May 2007 12:48:36 +0000

Thanks for posting these links! The first one I had read a while ago but had ‘misplaced’ the link – lots of good information in there.

Looking forward to the other articles.

By: VV_GM

VV_GM — Thu, 17 May 2007 21:12:36 +0000

I’ve been checking these out and I’m glad that Roger shared this info as I gear up for WoAdWriMo. Good stuff!

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:07:04 +0000

Glad you found this useful, Martin!

Some of my own comments on these articles:

Two Hundred Minutes: I’d never really thought of the players’ time as a resource used up by the DM before, but it’s a compelling idea.

Adventure Framework: Plotting out the encounters by EL, while a bit too linear for my tastes, is still a handy way to consider the structure of an adventure.

Adventure Comes to Life: The brainstorming ideas here are top-notch. This is the part of adventure writing I find the most fun.

Going Through the Paces: And then comes the hard work. It’s interesting to see the basic idea behind “start the session with combat” right here in an article from 2003.

Style: This is a bit of a catch-all for everything else. This part — adding the final touches and polish — is also pretty fun.

Cheers,
Roger