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Distilled Cultural Essence – Part 4 of 4: Expressing a different society, Section 3

Filed in Planning & Preparation, PCs, NPCs & Villains & Monsters, Mike, Game Mastering, D&D / Pathfinder, Campaign Creation, The End Of The Rainbow, Fumanor/Seeds Of Empire (D&D 3.5), Tools & Techniques on Feb.18, 2009

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Distilled Cultural Essence

This is the final part of a four-part article. The first part gave a relatively straightforward technique for creating a unique society; the second and third parts identified four ways of communicating the uniqueness of the result to the players, selling them on its credibility, and exploiting it for scenarios and subplots, and examined these […]

Tags: DM-Advice, Cultures-&-Societies, Running-Encounters, Races, Play, Plausibility, PCs, Inspiration, Encounter-Design, Campaigns, Campaign-Setting, Campaign-Background, Behind-The-Screen, Advice/Tools, Adventure-Prep, 4e, 3.x

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Distilled Cultural Essence – Part 3 of 4: Expressing a different society, Section 2

Filed in Fumanor/Seeds Of Empire (D&D 3.5), Campaign Creation, Tools & Techniques, The End Of The Rainbow, Planning & Preparation, NPCs & Villains & Monsters, Mike, Game Mastering, D&D / Pathfinder on Feb.12, 2009

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Distilled Cultural Essence

This is the third part of a four-part article. The first part gave a relatively straightforward technique for creating a unique society; the second identified four ways of communicating the uniqueness of the result to the players, selling them on its credibility, and exploiting it for scenarios and subplots, and examined the first two, Expression […]

Tags: Scenario-Creation, Cultures-&-Societies, Races, Play, Plausibility, PCs, Inspiration, Encounter-Design, DM-Advice, Campaigns, Campaign-Setting, Campaign-Background, Behind-The-Screen, Adventure-Prep, 4e, 3.x

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Distilled Cultural Essence – Part 2 of 4: Expressing a different society, Section 1

Filed in Tools & Techniques, Players, Planning & Preparation, PCs, NPCs & Villains & Monsters, Mike, Game Mastering, D&D / Pathfinder, Campaign Management, Campaign Creation on Feb.08, 2009

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Distilled Cultural Essence

This is the second part of a four-part article. The first part gave a relatively straightforward technique for creating a unique society; this part and the next (which were originally intended to be the whole article) gives some techniques for conveying the uniqueness of the resulting culture to the players, selling them on its credibility, […]