HHC NEWSLETTER: 08.04.2024
Including - GRENDEL MENDEL: Using Punnett Squares For Monster Design; Your Map IS the Adventure | Advanced Gamemastery; and Deconstructing Healing, Potions, and Shrines.
"Chainmail" has been renamed to "HHC Newsletter" to avoid any future trademark issues. Don't worry, it's the same great content, just a different name. Enjoy!
GRENDEL MENDEL: Using Punnett Squares For Monster Design - I Cast Light!
This quadrant-based framework helps GMs outline groups of NPCs to make sure they have different types of range, melee, and special abilities. It's super simple system for your worldbuilding that will keep monsters and other encountered groups varied, yet easy to manage.
Your Map IS the Adventure | Advanced Gamemastery - The Alexandrian
If you've read this newsletter before, then you know how much I love maps. Justin over at the Alexandrian brings us a great video talking about how a map in and of itself can inspire a campaign's worth of adventures on its own. It's not too long. Grab some graph paper, give it a watch, and sketch out some coastlines.
Also, shoutout The Alexandrian for winning an Ennie for Best Online Content and Best RPG Related Product with So You Want to Be a Game Master.
Deconstructing Healing, Potions, and Shrines - Goblin Punch
The healing potion can be one of the most important aspects of a fantasy adventurer's kit. Without one, they can't get very far. With a backpack full of healing potions, the dungeon can be a cakewalk. This blog post goes into the positives and negatives of healing potions as well as some new rules if you want healing to work differently in your games.
I hope these resources inspire you! If you haven't already, the best way to stay up to date with everything hothead-related is to join the discord. See you next week!