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26 Jul 2022 • 13 min read

The Trope Thief: Building Horrific Worlds Out of Stolen Media

Intensify your worlds, campaigns, and stories by borrowing ideas from the spookiest of genres.

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17 Jun 2022 • 5 min read

Hard and Soft Magic at the Table

In the tenth edition of the LegendKeeper newsletter, we further expand on magic systems and their use in your games!

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Game Prep
Writing

13 May 2022 • 12 min read

Confessions of a micromanaging Game Master

An emotional confession describing the many ways one game master suffered from overpreparation. But there's a revelation: deeper games can happen with less prep. A better approach is shared in detail.

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Game Prep
Notetaking

Sanderson's Three Laws of Magic: Worldbuilding Advice for Game Master by LegendKeeper

6 Apr 2022 • 5 min read

Sanderson's Three Laws of Magic: Worldbuilding Advice for Game Masters

Design better magic systems by learning from the best. In the eighth edition of the LegendKeeper worldbuilding newsletter, we look at Sanderson's Three Laws of Magic.

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Brandon Sanderson

4 Mar 2022 • 7 min read

Miyazaki the Dungeon Master: Secrets of Social Worldbuilding in Elden Ring and D&D

The true genius of Elden Ring's worldbuilding is the way it preserves the best parts of D&D. Story can only emerge through a player's interaction with the world, the game, and their friends.

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29 Jan 2022 • 6 min read

188,500 words later: How I built a solid writing habit

I will walk you through how I approach the practice of writing, and the techniques I've used to build a solid writing habit.

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Writing

23 Dec 2021 • 13 min read

Create an original, open world setting in less than an hour

In this newsletter, we will use procedures (ie. step-by-step instructions) from an RPG called Mausritter, and sprinkle in our own random tables with a Winter Solstice theme, to rapidly generate a small open world setting you can run adventures in immediately.

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Hexcrawls

Magic items for 5e created by Abyssal Brews.

25 Nov 2021 • 10 min read

Homebrewing memorable magic items: interview with AbyssalBrews

I had the pleasure of interviewing Matthew from AbyssalBrews about their process for homebrewing magic items for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. I've pulled the most interesting and actionable highlights from the 90+ minute interview.

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Magic Items
D&D 5e

Witch's Brew is a free puzzle encounter for D&D

26 Oct 2021 • 1 min read

Witch's Brew: A potion mixing puzzle for any system

A spooky, witch-themed puzzle encounter suitable for any RPG. Includes beautifully illustrated handouts!

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The symbolism of the egg, the octopus, and the color purple.

24 Sep 2021 • 10 min read

Impactful Worldbuilding with Archetypal Symbols

In today's issue of the LegendKeeper newsletter, we will give you a working knowledge of three common symbols, and show you a few ways to leverage them in your own worlds.

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Symbolism
Mythology

27 Aug 2021 • 5 min read

Generate your own town map with delightful colors in 5 minutes

In today's newsletter we are going to use Watabou's village generator to create a map in seconds. We will then use the map settings and a color scheme generator to add our own flair.

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Procgen
Tools