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Minor Urban Landmarks
Minor Urban Landmarks

Some urban landmarks are only notable in the immediate locality. The landmarks below could appear in virtually any village, town or city.

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GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstMarch 10, 202220 Things, Urban Dressing Comment
Gygax On: Designing Your World
Gygax On: Designing Your World

So, so true. D&D is so much more than a mindless hackfest.

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GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 10, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment
Gygax On: Preparing a Module
Gygax On: Preparing a Module

Make it your own.

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GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 9, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment
Urban Landmarks
Urban Landmarks

Every town and city has landmarks great and small.

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GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstMarch 8, 202220 Things, Urban Dressing Comment
Gygax On: A DM's Satisfaction
Gygax On: A DM's Satisfaction

As a DM, I’m a big fan of not fudging dice rolls. With challenge comes reward.

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GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 8, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment
Gygax On: The Allure of Roleplaying
Gygax On: The Allure of Roleplaying

Which is why it is awesome.

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GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 7, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment
Gygax Writes: Death in the Vault
Gygax Writes: Death in the Vault

Yikes.

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GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 6, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment
Gygax Writes: To the Keep!
Gygax Writes: To the Keep!

Where do I Sign Up?

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GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 5, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment
Gygax On: A DM's Reward
Gygax On: A DM's Reward

Today, Gary smashes it out of the park.

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GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 4, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment
4d4 Witch's Hovel
4d4 Witch's Hovel

Shunned by most, the witch is the taker of children, bringer of bad harvests and seducer of good men. Living apart from good honest folk, the witch plays on superstitions to create her terrifying reputation. Beware the dark woods…

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GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstMarch 3, 20224d4, 20 Things, Wilderness Dressing, Monstrous LairComment
Gygax On: Imagination & Creativity
Gygax On: Imagination & Creativity

When you strip roleplaying games back to their basics there you find imagination and creativity.

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GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 3, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment
Gygax On: Enjoying the Game in a Group
Gygax On: Enjoying the Game in a Group

Roleplaying is a social, group-orientated hobby. Everyone--players and DM alike-- should enjoy it. Don't be the person who forgets to help their friends have fun.

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GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 2, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment
The Dwarf's Folly at a Glance
The Dwarf's Folly at a Glance

Standing on Selka Street, this rowdy inn is a favoured haunt of adventurers, mercenaries and other rough and ready sorts. Run by the grizzled ex-mercenary Rister Osma the place offers cheap, no-frills food, drink and accommodation.

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GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstMarch 1, 2022At a Glance, Ashlar, Dungeon Backdrop Comment
Gygax On: Enjoying the Game
Gygax On: Enjoying the Game

Basic and timeless Gygaxian wisdom. Don't lose sight of it.

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GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 1, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment
Starfall Chantry at a Glance
Starfall Chantry at a Glance

Lurking twixt the crag-jagged hills south of Dunstone sit the ruined remains of an old dwarven fortress-temple. Rusted helms and broken blades jut from the surrounding soil like cast-off husks of iron grain, betraying the area’s violent history.

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GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstFebruary 24, 2022Ashlar, At a Glance, Dungeon Backdrop Comment
Into the Black Dragon's Lair
Into the Black Dragon's Lair

Deep within the tangled mangroves and bottomless pools of noisome swamps black dragons lair in sunken ruins of miasmic evil.

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GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstFebruary 22, 2022Dungeon Dressing, Wilderness Dressing Comment
Wilderness Dressing:  Ruin Dressing
Wilderness Dressing: Ruin Dressing

The leavings of many civilisations dot the land. Such places are often a magnet for minions of evil. Bandits, marauding humanoids or other—more terrible and ferocious—monsters can be found lairing in such locales.

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GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstFebruary 17, 2022Wilderness Dressing Comment
Wilderness Dressing:  Ruins
Wilderness Dressing: Ruins

The leavings of many civilisations dot the land. Such places are often a magnet for minions of evil. Bandits, marauding humanoids or other—more terrible and ferocious—monsters can be found lairing in such locales.

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GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstFebruary 15, 2022Wilderness Dressing Comments
Two More Henchfolk for Your Campaign
Two More Henchfolk for Your Campaign

Adventurers often need henchfolk and hirelings to round out their party. Often, however, such folk end up being nothing more than one-dimensional fighters, clerics or whatever.

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GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstFebruary 10, 202220 Things, NPCs Comment
4d4 Ruined Castle
4d4 Ruined Castle

Ruined castles are a classic adventure locale, particularly in borderland or contested regions. A castle’s lofty, crumbled walls and towers can hold many foul things (along with the treasure those foul things have accumulated). Use these tables, to add depth and verisimilitude to the ruined castles in your campaign. 

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GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstFebruary 8, 20224d4, 20 Things, Wilderness Dressing, Dungeon Dressing Comments
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