1. How to Design a Campaign World, Part II
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In Part I, I discussed the four important aspects that must be present to be successful: concept, scope, time, and goals. These aspects aren't just germaine to designing campaign worlds, but to an

2. How to Design a Campaign World, Part I
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Many DMs dream of designing their own campaign world. Some get started and come up with a great product. Others get started and stop almost as quickly because it's "just not working," or

3. Building a D&D NPC
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My current campaign has the party in the Silver Marches of Faerun, traveling to Silverymoon. I've introduced a couple of plot lines for antagonists including a dread necromancer with an army of un

4. Review: Dragons of Faerun
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As a DM, I like the Faerun setting a great deal. There is a great deal of diversity, a large amount of background information both in books and online, and it is a high magic setting, which gives good