Intro So this is a direct follow-up to This piece that discussed the ecology of the Underdark. The main takeaway from it is that the Underdark as an environment favours ambush predators as the dominant species. This piece will discuss how that informs encounter design when running adventures in the Underdark. To Catch A Predator … Continue reading Making Underdark Encounters
Month: August 2021
Memory and Longevity: Gnomes
Intro Today we continue the discussion on how to reconcile long-lived races with the desire to have realistic worldbuilding and roleplaying in our D&D games. There are many challenges presented to us as DMs wishing to create robust settings when one must include in them races that live for hundreds of years at a time, … Continue reading Memory and Longevity: Gnomes