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It is the most disorganized, unruly and unprofessional convoy the adventurers have ever seemed. There are no forward scouts, the guards look ill at ease with their weapons and the route includes narrow valleys, thick forests and hilly paths. The leader of the caravan doesn’t seem to mind all these and jokingly dismiss any concerns the adventurers may bring up. And when the brigands attack, the order given is immediate. “Flee for your life!”

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Back in the time of yore, when one must colour his own D20 and Elf is a class in D&D, the assumed motivation for entering a dungeon is gold, treasure and magical power. More than 20 years later, this assumption has changed slightly, but it is still mostly centred on gold, magical items and experience points. Why not add something to this mix? Social status and recognition.

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It is said that in the remote regions of the kingdom, there is a minor lord who is gracious and welcoming, and would offer solace for wandering travelers, priests and adventurers. He has several guest-houses constructed in his large estate, and would entertain and house them up for several days. However, the servants would always warn the guests – anytime past midnight, if you hear anything, see anything or sense anything, do not come out. On one such night past the stroke of midnight, the adventurers are guesting there when a tempting aroma drifts through the windows…it smelt of roasted boar and grilled fishes. Who have came to feast?

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Want to design a user experience? A vast game world? Considered yourself succeed when people began to spread urban legends about your game world inside the game. This blog has details on it and it’s a fascinating read.

Towns and villages have came down with all sort of minor illness – coughing fits, flu and the fever, but nothing fatal. Doctors and healers suspect a plague of some sort is sweeping the lands, but this is one plague that must not be stopped. If the adventurers attempted to track down the cause of the plague, they encounter numerous resistances from unexpected quarters.

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A group of hunters are in town. No any ordinary hunters they are, for their prey are shapeshifters and the like. A young healer in the town, practicing under a learned physician, is accused to be the one of the shapeshifters and they attempted to apprehend her. In the chaos that erupted, the young lady suddenly takes the form of an eagle and flee. Is she really a shapeshifter infiltrating a human community?

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…and the theme for the new upcoming adventure seeds would be Not Really What It Seems! Sometimes things are really that straightforward, but not this time! Hopefully I can get the first few of these themed seeds up in the week.

It is one of the greatest volcano ever seemed. Its eruption, which took place about five hundred years ago, wiped out an entire chain of islands and countless ports and settlements. In the wake of the storm of ashes and lava, is a large volcano towering above the pale blue sea. Over years, its crater collected water and became a lake. As the volcano extends high beyond the clouds, the water is numbingly cold.

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Far north, past the freezing expanse of bone-chilling seas and through channel where the shores are encrusted with ice, one will come to a great cliff, its surface smooth and concave in shape in a cave dark as midnight. Structures of frozen ice – stairs, platforms and such hang from the other end of caves, where mirrors of ice on adjustable hinges stand. What is this straight contraption?

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I have tried to restrict rants, soapbox-style speeches and stuff about personal life for this blog as it is meant to have a ‘professional’ slant. Just the facts, my analysis and good old ideas generation. For those who are interested in what’s going on in the back of my mind, here’s the Struggling Games Developer – a blog detailing my up and down struggle just to make a game…some games, whatever form it may take. Hopefully that would be of interest to some of you!