tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post3167268903401047982..comments2024-03-28T15:32:19.036-04:00Comments on Dungeon Fantastic: My megadungeon mapping "best" practices - Part IPeter Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-6608720205236888162011-12-31T20:30:11.787-05:002011-12-31T20:30:11.787-05:00@rogerbw: This verges on a piece of more general w...@rogerbw: <i>This verges on a piece of more general writing advice that I've found useful: resist the temptation to switch from Composition Mode to Editing Mode. </i> Yes. It's true. A lot of people get hung up on "get it right before you move on." That works for some people, but odds are it's better to just crank stuff out and go back and fix it later. Worse comes to worst, you've got some corridors and rooms down.<br /><br />@jeffro: Hahah. Thanks.<br /><br />Brendan: You are welcome, and thanks. You are totally right about rulesets and settings. I play a very "complete" system, but it's critical to know <i>not</i> to use all of it. I choose what settings I'll use rigorously and then wing the rest. It's an important thing to learn - the Observer Effect. It's undefined until it's defined and seen. Rules, settings, everything. Leave it vague and then define it when you need it. Or just define the outline and be willing to change it right up until the players see it and "grave it in stone."Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-80469061867859334282011-12-30T23:53:15.398-05:002011-12-30T23:53:15.398-05:00That which is defined is limiting, so leave some p...<i>That which is defined is limiting, so leave some places undefined.</i><br /><br />A strength in rulesets and settings too. :-)Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-77680583113870902852011-12-30T23:52:06.340-05:002011-12-30T23:52:06.340-05:00Nice; more resources to add to my megadungeon note...Nice; more resources to add to my megadungeon notes. I love it when I come across excellent new sites like that bigdungeon blog. Thanks for posting the link.Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-67236226292417842882011-12-30T21:30:33.740-05:002011-12-30T21:30:33.740-05:00There's all kinds of good ideas referenced her...There's all kinds of good ideas referenced here that I've never even heard of. Wah.<br /><br />It gives me that feeling of "holy crap . . . this could go on forever!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-12185572128549450852011-12-30T19:02:46.936-05:002011-12-30T19:02:46.936-05:00This verges on a piece of more general writing adv...This verges on a piece of more general writing advice that I've found useful: resist the temptation to switch from Composition Mode to Editing Mode. Some people advocate not even correcting typos - but certainly don't go back and start moving stuff around while you're still creating new things. You can move stuff around some other time when the prose <i>isn't</i> flowing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com