Since my schedule seldom allowed enough flexibility to play pen and paper DND, my fantasy RPG experience has been mostly play a variety of solo games on the computer. But despite the differences in our experiences, you post made me feel nostalgic. Also, as a fantasy writer, I appreciate the importance of worldbuilding.
Nostalgia is usually what I strive for whenever I play D&D. I've definitely used some blogs for random tables and tips on solo play, but tend to keep things as analog as possible for full immersion. It's also fun leaving worldbuilding up to complete chance with random tables!
Essentially you would create a character like normal then start out with a basic scenario that includes different challenges of combat and exploration that can be fleshed out with random tables. For determining events or outcomes, some systems like Black Sword Hack might come with a Dark Oracle random table that helps prompt you to discern uncertain outcomes of roleplaying moments.
Resources like the ones I listed in the post are helpful for building dungeons in a fix!
Since my schedule seldom allowed enough flexibility to play pen and paper DND, my fantasy RPG experience has been mostly play a variety of solo games on the computer. But despite the differences in our experiences, you post made me feel nostalgic. Also, as a fantasy writer, I appreciate the importance of worldbuilding.
Nostalgia is usually what I strive for whenever I play D&D. I've definitely used some blogs for random tables and tips on solo play, but tend to keep things as analog as possible for full immersion. It's also fun leaving worldbuilding up to complete chance with random tables!
I don’t remember exactly what inspired Santa to bring you The Dungeon Alphabet those many years ago, but it was clearly a good decision.
Outside of our regular 4e library it's definitely the rpg book I've used the most!
How does solo play work? I'd like to play dnd again, but I don't really have anyone at the moment unfortunately.
Essentially you would create a character like normal then start out with a basic scenario that includes different challenges of combat and exploration that can be fleshed out with random tables. For determining events or outcomes, some systems like Black Sword Hack might come with a Dark Oracle random table that helps prompt you to discern uncertain outcomes of roleplaying moments.
Resources like the ones I listed in the post are helpful for building dungeons in a fix!
Sounds fun