How to Write Adventure Modules That Don't Suck

How to Write Adventure Modules That Don't Suck
Author: Jobe Bittman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-05-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781946231086

Goodman Games has established a reputation for publishing some of the best adventure modules in the industry. Now we present our advice on how you can write great adventures! This compilation of articles is authored by two dozen of the industry's best-known adventure writers. Each article gives a different perspective on how to write adventure modules that don't suck, written by authors with decades of experience and prominent published credits. By the time you're done reading this book, you'll be on the path to designing great adventure modules on your own. Bonus: This PDF includes a digital copy of the original How To Write Adventures Modules That Don't Suck (2007). Whether you're an experienced writer or an aspiring novice, you'll find something of value in this book!

Out of the Abyss

Out of the Abyss
Author: Dungeons & Dragons
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-09-15
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0786965819

Dare to descend into the Underdark in this adventure for the world’s greatest roleplaying game The Underdark is a subterranean wonderland, a vast and twisted labyrinth where fear reigns. It is the home of horrific monsters that have never seen the light of day. It is here that the dark elf Gromph Baenre, Archmage of Menzoberranzan, casts a foul spell meant to ignite a magical energy that suffuses the Underdark and tears open portals to the demonic Abyss. What steps through surprises even him, and from that moment on, the insanity that pervades the Underdark escalates and threatens to shake the Forgotten Realms to its foundations. Stop the madness before it consumes you! A Dungeons & Dragons® adventure for characters of levels 1–15

Writing with Style

Writing with Style
Author: Ray Vallese
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2017-10-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781540545145

A Style Guide with Style Writing With Style: An Editor's Advice for RPG Writers presents 45 pages of concise tips on simple ways to make your roleplaying game writing cleaner and clearer. This guide doesn't show you how to structure adventures, build stat blocks, or create worlds. Instead, Ray Vallese looks at some of the most common and easily fixable grammar and style issues he's encountered in over twenty years of editing RPGs.Rookie freelancers, industry veterans, and self-publishers alike can benefit from this (mostly) jargon-free guide, which addresses such topics as:* Recasting passive voice into active voice (and when you might not want to)* Dangling participles and other misplaced modifiers* Gender-specific and gender-neutral language* Commonly confused words, empty words, and clich�s to avoid* Choice and possibility in player character actions* Final things to check before submitting your manuscriptTighten and polish your text with these quick and easy tips!

The God That Crawls

The God That Crawls
Author: Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Publisher: Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9789525904314

A murdering cult. A religious order dedicated to protecting sacred history. An ancient catacomb full of danger and reward. The God that Crawls A dungeon chase adventure for characters of levels 12 for use with Lamentations of the Flame Princess Weird Fantasy Role-Playing and other traditional role-playing games.

Original Adventures Reincarnated #3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks (5e Adventure, Hardback)

Original Adventures Reincarnated #3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks (5e Adventure, Hardback)
Author: Goodman Games
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781946231802

From a mysterious cave high in the Barrier Peaks, they come: savage raiders of unknown origin laying waste to castle and keep, leaving no survivors. The land is in turmoil and only a band of stalwart heroes dares to launch an expedition into the soaring mountains to stamp out this vile menace. What they discover in those lofty peaks is something beyond their comprehension. A danger spawned from the very stars above. A crashed starship, buried for centuries beneath the Barrier Peaks, has awoken, and now its alien inhabitants--crazed robots, eerie androids, and even stranger things--endanger the world. The adventurers must confront these threats and navigate the unearthly interior of the wrecked starship, puzzling over and mastering alien technology to defeat their foes. If you've ever had the urge to zap an umber hulk with a laser rifle while commanding a robotic servant, this adventure is for you! This tome is an homage to the original fantasy and science-fiction dungeon expedition that began decades ago with S3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks. Herein you will find high-quality scans from multiple printings of the original first edition adventure module, plus commentary by gaming luminaries. A full fifth edition conversion of the original adventure is included, as well as brand new additional adventure locations and a dungeon level to expand and develop the spaceship and the surrounding environs. This is the perfect framework for a fully playable extended dungeon delve, suitable for taking your fifth edition campaign in out-of-this-world directions, with a distinct old-school vibe. Made in the US

A Red & Pleasant Land

A Red & Pleasant Land
Author: Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Publisher: Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2017-07
Genre: Fantasy games
ISBN: 9789525904604

A terrible Red King wars with an awful Queen, and together they battle into being a rigid, wrong world... and this book has everything you need to run it. (And any other place in your first, second, third, fourth or fifth edition game that might require intrigue, hidden gardens, inside-out-rooms, scheming monarchs, puzzles or beasts, liquid floors, labyrinths, growing, shrinking, duelling, broken time, Mome Raths, blasphemy, croquet, explanations for where players who missed sessions were, or the rotting arcades and parlors of a palace that was once the size of a nation.)

Darksword Adventures

Darksword Adventures
Author: Margaret Weis
Publisher: Spectra
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1988
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780553276008

/Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman An absolutely essential book for all role-players. Very appealing to the hundreds of thousands of kids who have read the novels and want to create gaming scenarios of their own. In addition to its value as a gaming tool, Darksword Adventures will be of interest to anyone who wants to learn more about the world of the Darksw

Cthulhu Alphabet (Hardback)

Cthulhu Alphabet (Hardback)
Author: Goodman Games
Publisher: Goodman Games
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-03-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781950783311

An A-to-Z reference for Lovecraftian mythos design! A is for Angles, B is for Books and C is for Cultists. Game masters of any rule system will find twisted inspiration for creating madness-inducing game ingenuity from ancient, underground worlds. This tome contains haunting text and cleverly authored random tables to help you create necronomic stories of forbidden traits, dangerous powers, and lore transcribed from the ravings of madmen. Beware the fear-provoking illustrations by artists in the thrall of the elder gods that will haunt your dreams. All of this, and more, from the libraries of Miskatonic University and Goodman Games! This grimoire is compatible with all fantasy and horror role playing games. Made in the USA.

Adventurers Almanac

Adventurers Almanac
Author: Goodman Games
Publisher:
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2017-07
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781946231116

Set a date for adventure with The Adventurers Almanac! An entire years worth of adventure awaits you inside its pages, complete with magical items, interesting personalities, strange festivals, and dangerous sites to explore, all presented in a system-neutral format suitable for any fantasy campaign. The Adventurers Almanac also includes a fantastical calendar to bring structure to your game seasons loaded with more than 300 adventure seeds and a complete astrological system that gives characters personality traits, interesting benefits, and troublesome disadvantages to contend with. Dont let time run out on your campaign. Get the Adventurers Almanac today! Made in the USA.