Hello friends!
It’s been a bit since the end of the Bridge of the Damned campaign, so I wanted to give you some insight into what I’ve been working on.
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The Bridge of the Damned: Under the Bridge
Hello friends! Happy Torchbearer Thursday! This post has been cross-posted with my Bridge of the Damned Kickstarter project. Please back it if you’re interested in seeing the finished project!
The amazingly talented Kurt Komoda sent me some concept sketches of the Bridge of the Damned cover yesterday and I wanted to share them with you.
Continue readingAdventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part VIII)
Hello friends! Today’s Torchbearer Thursday post is a couple days early (we’ll actually probably have another post on Thursday). It has been cross-posted with my Bridge of the Damned Kickstarter project. Please back it if you’re interested in seeing the finished project!
You can catch up on the project here:
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part II)
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part III)
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part IV)
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part V)
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part VI)
- The Bridge of the Damned
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part VII)
Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part VII)
Hello friends! Today’s Torchbearer Thursday has been cross-posted with my Bridge of the Damned Kickstarter project. Please back it if you’re interested in seeing the finished project!
You can catch up on the project here:
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part II)
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part III)
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part IV)
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part V)
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part VI)
- The Bridge of the Damned
Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part VI)
Hello friends!
Our adventure is really starting to come together. If you’re new to this series, we’re collaboratively developing a short Torchbearer adventure.
If you need to catch up:
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part II)
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part III)
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part IV)
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part V)
Last time I asked for your input on various features of the map and you provided some great suggestions. Let’s nail down the details.
Continue readingAdventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part V)
Hello friends!
If you’re new to this series, we’re collaboratively developing a short Torchbearer adventure.
If you need to catch up:
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part II)
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part III)
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part IV)
Last week we took a look at a concept map from Mordite Press developer D. Koch. Above Koch has provided an updated map adjusted for many of the things we discussed. You’ll note that the break in the bridge has been enlarged and the Middle Tower now has a portcullis on either side with murder holes that could be used against attackers trying to pass through. There’s also a stairway on the southern side of the Middle Tower that grants access to the upper levels of the tower.
There are still a few issues that I need your help to address, but first I want to circle back to some of the questions raised in Part III. The suggestions are below. What do you think about them? Which ones do you like or not like? Do they suggest any additional ideas to you?
Continue readingAdventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part IV)
Check out this amazing concept map from Mordite Press developer D. Koch! This is really starting to come together!
If you’re new to this series, we’re collaboratively developing a short Torchbearer adventure.
If you need to catch up:
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part II)
- Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part III)
Adventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part III)
Pont Valentré
Thanks to everyone who chimed in with their thoughts on the submissions for the Robber’s Bridge adventure. Everyone contributed some great stuff! I would encourage everyone to recycle some of those ideas for your own adventures.
I’ve taken everyone’s feedback, incorporated some of my own editorial discretion, and brought it all together. There’s still time to change things, of course, so please share any feedback or ideas inspired by the content below. Let’s take the next steps in pulling this adventure together!
If you need to catch up:
Continue readingAdventure Design: Robber’s Bridge (Part II)
Pont Valentré
OK gang, the results from last week’s poll are in. Thank you to everyone who contributed! The entries are below. Check them out and let me know in the comments which ones inspire you. Feel free to riff on them. Next week I’ll use your input to finalize these answers and then we’ll move on to the next steps.
There are just a couple of boundaries that I want to place.
First, I want to keep the Ylfarings1See The First People, Middarmark, page 6 mysterious. They could have built the bridge and left it to be discovered by later humans. It could have been destroyed (by giants or otherwise) in a later age. I just don’t want to set anything down about their history. I’ll leave that for you in their games.
Second, when considering who currently inhabits this location, keep in mind that I want this to be a small dungeon. Think Skogenby or even smaller. Maybe it could even be expandable by treating each of the towers independently to create three linked adventures. For now, let’s keep this focused.
Continue readingAdventure Design: Robber’s Bridge
Let’s make an adventure together. We’re going to take this bit by bit and I hope it will be an interactive process.
We’ll start with the process from the Adventure Design chapter in Torchbearer. I’ll provide my answers, but I’m looking to you to jump in with your own ideas. Nothing is set in stone yet. I’m giving this adventure the working title Robber’s Bridge. We’ll consider final titles later in the process.
Feel free to add your suggestions in this handy form. I’ll choose the best ones (or maybe even do a poll) to build out our adventure
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