Today marks the first email in a series of new design diaries Code named Fantasy Commander, my goal is to make a game reminiscent of Blackmoore with some other influences.
Before I start, I figured I should know what it is I’m creating.
What are my goals for this project?
What am I building toward?
There’s a few things I know that I want it to accomplish.
I’d like to speak about that third bullet point for a moment. One of the things that I believed really changed going from Blackmoore to DnD (or even from Brownstone), was the idea that the PCs were innately on a team. In Blackmoore, the players ruled various kingdoms (though some were in nowhere near such a position of power). Alliances were a lot more tenuous.
Currently, my Dungeon 24 project has four PC factions and I’d like to add one or two more. They are competing colonizers of an island (yes, not great). Their main antagonists are meant to be each other.
Likely, as I go through the source material and engage in the act of creation, I’ll come up with other goals, but it was important to me to have some sort of direction before setting out on this journey.
Is there anything you’d like to see on this list that’s not? For you to get excited about this game, would would you like to see? Leave a comment below.
Talk soon,
– James
TAGS: Game Theory, GM Tips, Dungeons, Snowflake Dungeon
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Bones. So many bones. How many people have been buried here?
You find a rusty long sword and a small, golden vulture head worth 250 gp.
The sand here on the edge of the sacrificial ground is loose and looks recently churned.
The Vulture Priests are the enemy of knowledge and enlightenment. They seek to bring the eternal silence, the end of all things. Decay and obedience is their only god.
Armor Class 6 [13]
Hit Dice 1 (4hp)
Attacks 1 × Beak (1d4 or by weapon)
THAC0 19 [0]
Movement 120’ (40’)
Saving Throws D12 W13 P14 B15 S16 (1)
Morale 8 (11 when at their temple)
Alignment Lawful
XP 10
Number Appearing 2d4 (1d6 × 10)
Treasure Type D
Immune to the Divine: The spells and powers of clerics and paladins have no effect on them.
Weapons: They frequently use wickedly curved daggers, which they use for sacrificial purposes.
Soul Clouders: There is a 10% chance that any Vulture Priest can use the sleep spell once per day. The targets are still awake, but they are beset by such a deep depression that it has the same effect as sleep. They may only watch what unfurls around them.
