New blog post! Settlements in sandbox campaigns aren't just resupply hubs. They're dynamic adventure locations. Learn how to prep and run them, no matter the size! elmc.at/sandbox-sett... - ThreadSky

elmc.at • 95 days ago

New blog post!

Settlements in sandbox campaigns aren't just resupply hubs. They're dynamic adventure locations. Learn how to prep and run them, no matter the size!

https://elmc.at/sandbox-settlements-prep-run-and-thrive/

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joyeuxscribe.bsky.social•94 days ago

Excellent post, and very complete with theory, explanations, procedures, spark tables, concrete examples... It's great, thanks for sharing !
The "every settlement is a dungeon" maps well with my own views ; every locale is an adventure locale, and needs to be explored.

joyeuxscribe.bsky.social•94 days ago

Here's a desperately short preview of my own thoughts on the topic : https://lejoyeuxscribe.blogspot.com/2024/07/dungeons-all-way-down-preview.html?m=1
And I'll comment more later, because your post is a treasure trove calling for many additional observations. :)

elmc.at•94 days ago

Thank you! And oh wow you really have lot's of the same ideas!

joyeuxscribe.bsky.social•94 days ago

I was surprised by this too, reading your post ! I love how it starts with the base idea (town = dungeon) and expands it by delving into specific elements : entrances, levels, landmarks, rooms, dangers, treasure, etc. It's concrete and actionable !

elmc.at•94 days ago

Yea, it was a very long text before but once I came up with the Dungeon analogy, everything really fell into place and I was able to make it snappy. Really happy how it turned out

jimmyshelter.bsky.social•94 days ago

Very nice!

elmc.at•94 days ago

🙏

siwesznaucery.bsky.social•94 days ago

Excellent text. I read it with great interest. I don't know if I would like to use the method of designing and describing the city so literally, but the philosophy and systematics will be very useful in my games. Revelation.

elmc.at•94 days ago

Thank you! I'm hoping it inspires, I would love to see how others use the ideas at the table.

siwesznaucery.bsky.social•92 days ago

We've just finished the stream, during which we took up with the chat to create a sandbox city according to your guidelines from the article. It turned out great! We're scheduled for the second part to finish.

siwesznaucery.bsky.social•92 days ago

The SF city on the border is developing so well that you'd like to play it right away! Unfortunately, everything is in Polish, but I'll try to summarize when we finish the whole thing.

elmc.at•92 days ago

Wait what? This is amazing! I'm so glad you find it helpful. Can't wait to hear more about it!

mondave.bsky.social•94 days ago

📌

mythscribe.bsky.social•94 days ago

Great post. I always imagined cities just being another "smaller" hexcrawl. Mind you hexcrawls and dungeons have a lot in common. You could imagine a region in a hexcrawl like a 5-room dungeon in itself. Gives me a lot to think about.

elmc.at•94 days ago

Thanks!

True, I haven't thought about it, but yea you could make the a similar analogy using hexcrawls as basis.

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