Dungeon Room Appendix: Secrets, and Hidden Things
One of the great joys of exploration in a fantasy adventure game is the chance to discover secrets. For myself, I love the feeling of "double clicking" on a scene and learning more; it's something about the way my mental picture slowly fades into color and detail. Much of the reason I play TTRPGs is for that very experience. You might enjoy that process in and of itself, but generally the standard incentive to engage in this sort of behavior is because it will yield something of use, whether that be simply information, or treasure and magic items. As a player this is good fun, but as a game master, this is work , frankly. It takes work and thought (or a very good content generator) to come up with hiding places for these sorts of secrets (not even to mention coming up with the secrets themselves!). So, in the interest of serving this need, today I want to explore secrets (and where to hide them). Setting the scene Before diving into good hiding places for your secrets,...