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![Creator Guides [BUNDLE]](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/images/4062/189633-thumb140.jpg)
Create memorable characters with great story potential! Design dynamic settings that support telling great stories! Use time-tested story structures to create better adventures!
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Building Characters [Black Box Edition] Regular... [click here for more] |
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$30.00 $15.00
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![Genre Structure: Fantasy, Scifi, Horror [BUNDLE]](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/images/4062/195703-thumb140.jpg)
Add more terror and suspense to your horror adventures! Add more excitement and bold vision to your science fiction adventures! Add more wonder and enchantment to your fantasy adventures!
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Genre Structure Vol. 1: Horror Regular... [click here for more] |
Dancing Lights Press |
$22.50 $11.25
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A simple, universal storygame system.
The entire Learn the System section can be read in the Full-sized Preview link, above.
This book contains everything you need to create settings, characters, and stories and play them out. Players narrative duties with the guide, making the system highly collaborative. Bid on the degree of success you'd like... as well as... [click here for more] |
Dancing Lights Press |
$10.00
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![Premise: 500 Plot Ideas [BUNDLE]](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/images/4062/212301-thumb140.jpg)
Each premise provided in these books is more than just a story hook or adventure seed. It is the beginning of a story, your story, that you can flesh out and develop to suit your specific needs.
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Premise: 100 Fantasy Plot Ideas Regular price: $10.00 Bundle price:... [click here for more] |
Dancing Lights Press |
$50.00 $25.00
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An all new Lighthouse System edition of the space opera story game!
As humanity spreads out among the stars, it begins to discover questions about its own origins. Not only are there other intelligent species improbably similar to humans, there are hints that older, more technologically advanced beings may have had a hand in our development. Who they are, what exactly they have done, and why they... [click here for more] |
Dancing Lights Press |
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![Story Design Volumes 1-10 [BUNDLE]](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/images/4062/190303-thumb140.jpg)
Use classic, time-tested plot structures to create your own stories! Any system, any setting! Each volume walks you through building a beginning, middle, and end for a different type of story!
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Story Design: The Breakout Regular price: $2.00 Bundle price:... [click here for more] |
Dancing Lights Press |
$20.00 $10.00
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![Story Design Volumes 11-20 [BUNDLE]](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/images/4062/203096-thumb140.jpg)
Use classic, time-tested plot structures to create your own stories! Any system, any setting! Each volume walks you through building a beginning, middle, and end for a different type of story!
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Story Design: Coming of Age Regular price: $2.00 Bundle price:... [click here for more] |
Dancing Lights Press |
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![Worldbuilding Power: Creatures [BUNDLE]](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/images/4062/271632-thumb140.jpg)
This special bundle product contains the following titles. Worldbuilding Power: Aberrations Regular price: $1.70 Bundle price: $1.00 Format: Watermarked PDF Use strange beings and alien creatures in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
People frequently want to add Lovecraftian horrors to their fantasy games, but they’ve been there since... [click here for more] |
Dancing Lights Press |
$16.00 $8.00
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![Worldbuilding Power: Magic [BUNDLE]](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/images/4062/271217-thumb140.jpg)
This special bundle product contains the following titles. Worldbuilding Power: Abjuration Regular price: $2.00 Bundle price: $1.00 Format: PDF Use Protective Magic in Character Development, Adventure Design, and Worldbuilding
Abjuration comes from the Latin word abjurare, which translates as “to forswear”. As a category of magic,... [click here for more] |
Dancing Lights Press |
$16.00 $8.00
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![Worldbuilding Power: Terrain [BUNDLE]](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/images/4062/271633-thumb140.jpg)
This special bundle product contains the following titles. Worldbuilding Power: Cities Regular price: $2.00 Bundle price: $1.00 Format: Watermarked PDF Use centers of trade and culture in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
A city can be a lot of things. It might be a crossroads, the place where trade routes converge and merchants ply their... [click here for more] |
Dancing Lights Press |
$12.00 $6.00
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Use strange beings and alien creatures in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
People frequently want to add Lovecraftian horrors to their fantasy games, but they’ve been there since the beginning. Thing that are beyond the day-to-day existence of a standard high fantasy setting. Creatures so strange that their aims and desires are unfathomable. Beings that are so unlike... [click here for more] |
Dancing Lights Press |
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Use Protective Magic in Character Development, Adventure Design, and Worldbuilding
Abjuration comes from the Latin word abjurare, which translates as “to forswear”. As a category of magic, its purpose is protection and defense. The definition of abjuration magic has expanded over time to include spells that act as armor, prevent magical intrusion, and banish... [click here for more] |
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Use transmutation magic in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
The magnum opus, or Great Work, of alchemy is the transmutation of base metals like lead into precious metals like gold. This is arguably the foundation of alteration and transmutation magic in fantasy roleplaying. The ability to turn one thing into another, even temporarily, can be both useful and frightening.... [click here for more] |
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Use Ordinary Animals in Character Development, Adventure Design, and Worldbuilding
Let’s be honest and admit that ordinary animals don’t get the love they deserve in fantasy roleplaying games. In fiction, as in real life, we love a cute cat or a precocious dog. They’ve got personality. Other beasts, like horses, rabbits, and monkeys, get a lot of affection. At the table,... [click here for more] |
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Use the highest order of good beings in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
Divine beings don’t get the attention they deserve in fantasy roleplaying games. They should somehow play a larger role than they do in the cosmology of our favorite fictional universes, given that they are the extraplanar exemplars of all that is right and good in the multiverse.... [click here for more] |
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Use centers of trade and culture in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
A city can be a lot of things. It might be a crossroads, the place where trade routes converge and merchants ply their trade. Some see it as a place of opportunity, to gain wealth and power, politically and otherwise. Others find it to be center of culture and the arts. It can be a refuge, where those... [click here for more] |
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Use the ability to call forth and command forces in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
The word conjure stems from the Latin coniurare, to swear together or conspire. It means to command an oath, as in a pledge of duty or loyalty. Around the 14th century it took on the magical connotation of constraining a demon or spirit, forcing it to do that caster’s bidding.... [click here for more] |
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Use artificial creatures in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
Constructs are artificially created creatures. Typically mindless, they are programmed to obey their creator. Because they are technically not living, they lack the weaknesses of hired henchmen and mortal monsters. They are unfeeling, relentless, and can be virtually unstoppable. That’s what makes constructs... [click here for more] |
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Use dry and barren terrain in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
We think of the desert as a barren, hostile environment. It’s become synonymous with heat and sand. There is precious little water to be found, which results in a dearth of plant and animal life. What does live there is adapted for the climate, which often means it’s as dangerous as its environment.... [click here for more] |
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Use Magical Insight in Character Development, Adventure Design, and Worldbuilding
Divination comes from the Latin word divinare, which translates as “to be inspired by God”. As a category of magic, its purpose is to help the caster gain insight, if not direct answers, to a wide variety of situations. The definition of divination magic has expanded over time to include... [click here for more] |
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Use iconic monsters in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
Dragons exist in folklore as far back as ancient Mesopotamia. Massive, serpent-like creatures can be found in the legends and mythologies of Egypt, Greece, and Northern Europe. In Western cultures, the image of the fearsome, fire-breathing dragon first appeared in the Middle Ages, an amalgam of the various traditions... [click here for more] |
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Use primordial creatures in your worldbuilding, character development, and storytelling!
Elementals are the embodiment of the four classical elements, air, earth, fire, and water. The modern conception dates back to ancient Greece, but similar ideas existed in Babylonia, India, and Japan. The notion was that everything in the world was comprised of these elements. By the... [click here for more] |
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Use mind-affecting magic in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
Enchantment, also known as charm spells, is magic the affects the mind of the target. A talented enchanter can alter attitudes and emotions, convince them to change their opinions and behaviors, and even compel them to do things they normally would not do.
Antagonists will seek to leverage the same effects,... [click here for more] |
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Use energy-harnessing magic in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
To evoke is to call forth and manipulate various types of energies and forces. These include fire, electricity, heat and cold, light and darkness, and even eldritch energy itself. It is the magic of raw power. Unlike other categories of magic, evocation comes with no innate moral and ethical considerations... [click here for more] |
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Use faerie folk in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
The fey, also called faerie folk or fairies, originate in European folklore. In pre-Christian traditions they were often cast as minor deities, household spirits, or even the souls of the dead. Some tales saw them as demoted (rather than fallen) angels, or even a category of demons, after the spread of Christianity.... [click here for more] |
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Use malevolent outsiders in your worldbuilding, character development, and storytelling!
History and mythology present us with many devils: Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, and Mephistopheles, for example. While modern religion often presents them as aspects of a singular, ultimate evil, they were originally separate and unique beings. Demons likewise have many real-world counterparts,... [click here for more] |
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Use the woodlands in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
In the real world forests are the dominant ecosystem, covering around 30% of the Earth’s landmass. They hold most of the species of plant life, and can exist across a broad range of climates and habitats. There are boreal forests, or “snow forests”, near the poles comprised mainly of conifers like... [click here for more] |
Dancing Lights Press |
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Use arcane deception in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
Illusion is the tricking of the mind, and the distorting of the senses. As a category of magic, its purpose is to alter the target’s perception of reality. The definition of illusion magic has expanded over time to include spells that act as disguises, defenses, and forms of attack. Illusion allows casters... [click here for more] |
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Use perilous peaks in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
Mountains are places of mystery. Rising above the surrounding landscape, they are seen by all but only known to few. Myth and legend names them as the home of the gods. Rivers and streams originate there. Dangerous creatures dwell there. The terrain is often steep, and cold, and sometimes even volcanic. The perfect... [click here for more] |
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Use black magic in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
Necromancy is magic that deals with the dead. That covers a lot of ground. It includes communicating with spirits as a form of divination. The unliving can be summoned, and usually commanded, by the caster. Raising the dead, as skeletons, zombies, or fully resurrected living beings is included in this category as well.... [click here for more] |
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Use Underground Realms in Character Development, Adventure Design, and Worldbuilding
The concept of an underground world comes straight out of the classic hero’s journey. The hero leaves home, descends into the underworld to be tested, and returns a changed person. It’s the part of the story where the challenges are faced, the glory is earned, and the treasures are acquired. Other... [click here for more] |
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Use aquatic realms in character development, worldbuilding, and adventures!
When we think of underwater realms, we often think of Atlantis. The fictional island, first mentioned by Plato, sank deep beneath the sea following a series of violent earthquakes. It’s only in relatively modern times that we’ve imagined survivors, adapting to life beneath the seas and rebuilding their... [click here for more] |
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![Building Characters [Black Box Edition]](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/images/4062/184019-thumb140.jpg)
Create memorable characters with great story potential!
At the heart of all great stories are strong characters. It doesn’t matter whether you’re reading a short story, writing a novel, or watching a play. The characters found in TV series, comic books, and games are more alike on a creative level than they are different. The symbiotic relationship between character and story... [click here for more] |
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Add more terror and suspense to your horror adventures!
Horror Stories (Genre Structure Vol. 1) helps you to develop and tell frightful tales of dread and darkness. It is an essential sourcebook for creating fiction and tabletop adventures. Written for writers and roleplayers, with clear step-by-step instructions, you can:
Determine which horror genre elements you wish... [click here for more] |
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How can you add more excitement and bold vision to your science fiction adventures?
Science Fiction (Genre Structure Vol. 2) helps you to develop and tell tales of discovery and possibility. It is an essential sourcebook for creating fiction and tabletop adventures. Written for writers and roleplayers, with clear step-by-step instructions, you can:
Determine which science... [click here for more] |
Dancing Lights Press |
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How can you add more wonder and enchantment to your fantasy adventures?
Fantasy Stories (Genre Structure Vol. 3) helps you to develop and tell spellbinding tales of magic and imagination. It is an essential sourcebook for creating fiction and tabletop adventures. Written for writers and roleplayers, with clear step-by-step instructions, you can:
Determine which fantasy... [click here for more] |
Dancing Lights Press |
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![Setting Design [Black Box Edition]](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/images/4062/184668-thumb140.jpg)
Design dynamic settings that support telling great stories!
Setting Design helps you to assembling the critical details that you will need in order to tell a story. More than mere worldbuilding, this book shows you how to save prep time by focusing on just the elements you'll need and use. With clear step-by-step instructions, you can:
Create a clear premise for your... [click here for more] |
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![Story Structure [Black Box Edition]](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/images/4062/188812-thumb140.jpg)
Use time-tested story structures to create better adventures!
All great stories need a beginning, a middle, and an end. On that basic structure writers and storytellers throughout the ages have woven variations and created masterpieces. We keep coming back to the same foundations today for one very good reason: those structures are versatile and continue to work. This book helps you leverage... [click here for more] |
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Have you ever wanted higher stakes and deeper meaning in your escape adventures?
Story Design Volume 5 - A breakout story involves a protagonist trying to escape from a situation that’s not of their choosing, and possibly not of their making. Their captivity can be literal, like being locked in prison or stranded on an island. It may also be figurative, like an abusive... [click here for more] |
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How can you add more inner conflict, fear or change, and wonder of discovery to your transformation adventures?
Story Design Volume 12 - In a change story something upsets the protagonist’s life in a significant way. The character then has to adapt and come to terms with that change. It can be something normal yet tragic, like the death of a loved one or being diagnosed... [click here for more] |
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Have you ever wanted more danger and excitement in your pursuit adventure stories?
Story Design Volume 3 - In a chase story, one character is pursuing another. The antagonist may be after the protagonist, or vice versa. The person being chased is often in possession of something valuable or important, has committed a crime and is fleeing justice, or believes... [click here for more] |
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How can you add more character focus and a slice of life to your adventures?
Story Design Volume 13 - In a coming of age plot, the protagonist gains maturity. This is often literal as the character moves from one stage of their life to another, like from childhood to adolescence, or young adulthood to middle age. It can be metaphorical as they embark on a new career, learn... [click here for more] |
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Add a sense of alienation to your metamorphosis stories and adventures.
Story Design Volume 11 - In a curse story the antagonist feels that the protagonist has done something wrong. Maybe they have, and the antagonist’s actions are justified; maybe they haven’t, and the antagonist’s wrath is misplaced or unfair. As a result of the antagonist’s need... [click here for more] |
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How can you add more heroic struggle and vicarious thrills to your underdog adventures?
Story Design Volume 9 - In a dark horse story, the protagonist and antagonist are not evenly matched. The odds are stacked heavily in favor of the antagonist. Initially no one takes the protagonist seriously, but over the course of the story they shake off their underdog status to become... [click here for more] |
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How can you add more empathy and suspense to your story of tragic descent?
Story Design Volume 20 - In a decline-and-fall story, the protagonist starts out in a high position, possessed of fortune and glory, having everything they could ever desire. This could be literal or metaphorical; they might have moral or ethical riches rather than money and possessions. The protagonist... [click here for more] |
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How can you add more conflict and suspense to your competitive adventures?
Story Design Volume 8 - In a duel story, the protagonist and antagonist are competing against one another. They may be fighting to obtain the same objective, or simply trying to insure that the other doesn’t get what they’re after. The rivalry might be a sports competition, a race to make... [click here for more] |
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How can you put more action and excitement in your traveling adventure stories?
Story Design Volume 1 - In the journey plot, the protagonist travels and has an adventure. It’s a simple as that. There’s no deeper meaning or existential crisis underlying the trip. There’s hidden message, or a need for the character to experience personal growth. It’s... [click here for more] |
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Add more thrills and dramatic tension to your mystery adventures!
Story Design Volume 7 - The word mystery carries a lot of cultural baggage. From a genre point of view, it’s typically associated with murder. The story goal is to discover who did it, although more modern variations focus on figuring out how it was done, in order to prove who did it. A mystery doesn’t... [click here for more] |
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How can you add more danger and tragedy to your story of wretched excess?
Story Design Volume 18 - In an obsession story the protagonist goes too far with something, and bad things happen as a result. The object of their excess can be an actual physical or psychological problem like alcoholism or drug addiction; it could also be an unhealthy fascination with a goal, a person,... [click here for more] |
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How can you add more retribution and gratification to your revenge adventures?
Story Design Volume 6 - In a payback story the protagonist, or someone close to them, has somehow been wronged by the antagonist. Seeking to balance the scales or settle the score, the protagonist goes on a mission of revenge. It’s a story about a person seeking justice by taking the law... [click here for more] |
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