Comments on: World Building 101: Finding Ideas http://www.d20source.com/2010/04/world-building-101-finding-ideas A blog for all fans of Dungeons & Dragons. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:00:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DM’s Guide To… Worldbuilding « Black Dragon's Lair's http://www.d20source.com/2010/04/world-building-101-finding-ideas/comment-page-1#comment-89707 DM’s Guide To… Worldbuilding « Black Dragon's Lair's Sat, 01 May 2010 23:58:09 +0000 http://www.d20source.com/?p=1697#comment-89707 [...] World Building 101: Finding Ideas [...] [...] World Building 101: Finding Ideas [...]

]]> By: What do you look for in a game setting? | Moebius Adventures http://www.d20source.com/2010/04/world-building-101-finding-ideas/comment-page-1#comment-89202 What do you look for in a game setting? | Moebius Adventures Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:39:11 +0000 http://www.d20source.com/?p=1697#comment-89202 [...] World Building 101: Finding Ideas from Jonathan Drain’s D20 Source: Dungeons & Dragons Blo... (d20source.com) [...] [...] World Building 101: Finding Ideas from Jonathan Drain’s D20 Source: Dungeons & Dragons Blo… (d20source.com) [...]

]]> By: Lugh http://www.d20source.com/2010/04/world-building-101-finding-ideas/comment-page-1#comment-88346 Lugh Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:19:04 +0000 http://www.d20source.com/?p=1697#comment-88346 One key point here is that proper research techniques are not necessary. Wikipedia works just fine. Heck, some of the wacky fringe sites with "alternative" histories are gold mines. After all, you are looking for inspiration, not fact. There also was an awesome series of articles in Dragon a few years back. They took one ancient city each month, gave some details about it, and then gave some adventure hooks. Extremely useful stuff. One key point here is that proper research techniques are not necessary. Wikipedia works just fine. Heck, some of the wacky fringe sites with “alternative” histories are gold mines. After all, you are looking for inspiration, not fact.

There also was an awesome series of articles in Dragon a few years back. They took one ancient city each month, gave some details about it, and then gave some adventure hooks. Extremely useful stuff.

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