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Campaign worlds need deep dungeons, lost dwarven holds, crumbling castles, ebon caverns and dusty necropolises for the characters to explore. Such locales need suitably evocative names.
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Read MoreApril sees us continue our relentless release schedule. It’s a nautical month with Wilderness Dressing: Isles & Islands, Monstrous Lair #83: Dragon Turtle’s Cave and Monstrous Lair #84 Castaway’s Campperfectly complimenting The Picaroon Peninsula! If you fancy luring your characters onto a ship, this month you’ll be sure to find something useful to add to your GM’s toolbox.
Read MoreThrones are meant to present an image of power. The exalted personage occupying a throne is important and sits in style and comfort while others stand in their presence.
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Read MoreA marvel of architectural engineering, the archway lends itself as much to decoration as it does to functionality. Many things can lurk in shadowed dungeon archways.
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Read MoreUse these random encounters to add spice and interest to your dungeon. The encounters are designed to be relatively generic and should be easy to insert into almost any dungeon. As always, change or ignore any details that do not work for your setup.
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Read MoreUse these random encounters to add spice and interest to your dungeon. The encounters are designed to be relatively generic and should be easy to insert into almost any dungeon. As always, change or ignore any details that do not work for your setup.
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Read MoreA tapestry can be nothing more than decoration. However, a tapestry can also hide a concealed door, be climbed on or even be used to enfold an enemy (when pulled from the wall). More importantly, they can also be loot!
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Read MoreAs well as including “large” pieces of dungeon dressing—statues, interesting pillars and so on—in your dungeon, smaller pieces of dressing can also tell an interesting story and help bring your creation alive in your players’ imaginations.
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Read MoreAs well as including “large” pieces of dungeon dressing—statues, interesting pillars and so on—in your dungeon, smaller pieces of dressing can also tell an interesting story and help bring your creation alive in your players’ imaginations.
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Read MoreDungeons rarely comprise featureless corridors swept clean of debris (unless a gelatinous cube wanders the halls). Here, strange things abound.
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Read MoreThis year, we mark GM's Day with four Monstrous Lairs designed specifically for use with a certain old classic module set in my beloved World of Greyhawk!
Read MoreWhether it be a cobweb-covered gate, a portcullis adorned with a green iron devil's face or a fissure in the stony ground belching a sulphurous smoke, the entrance to your dungeon sets the tone for the adventure.
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Read MoreA bridge normally crosses a river, ravine, chasm, gorge or another obstacle. In a dungeon, a bridge could also span a deadly lava flow, glacial lake, pit of spikes, the den of dangerous subterranean creatures or other outlandish terrain feature. Deep pits (or more perilous falls) make bridges dangerous terrain to cross and fight on, particularly for characters without the ability to fly.
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Read MoreOne is hard-stretched to design a dungeon without noting the appearance of its walls. Whether the dungeon is an ancient and forgotten crypt haunted by the ghosts of yesteryear or a newly-built den of smugglers and slavers staffed by men most foul, a dungeon’s walls help set the tone for an adventure as well as player expectations for what horrors might lurk within.
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Read MoreOur Patreon campaign is Raging Swan Press's backbone. Our patrons help us continue to do what we love—publishing flavoursome, detail-rich supplements designed to help GMs run better games with less stress and hassle.
Read MoreA ceiling affects a room’s mood and style. A ceiling’s style can vary between simple and plain to expansive and elaborate with ornate painted frescos (or somewhere in between).
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Read MoreTrapdoors come in many different shapes and sizes and often provide access to hidden chambers, treasure vaults, cellars, prisons and so on.
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Read MoreI am delighted to announce that this week, Raging Swan Press restarts its Pathfinder Roleplaying Game 2nd Edition support.
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