MiniREALM: A Realm Generator for Solo Players and GMs

 

Iron Town - Princess Mononoke

Let's condense as much as we can, as small as we can.

MiniREALM is an addition to MiniLOG and MiniDELVE that aims to condense as much as possible about creating overland regions for D&D into a single sheet of paper. 

This does mean that a lot of what is on the paper is intended as useful inspiration that the referee will need to interpret.

The goal of this is to offer a little bit of everything, from overview Region Prompts, to risky but rewarding Points of Interest, and even a tiny section on ruling a realm. 

Much thanks is due to Chris McDowall for getting me to think about the overland aspect of OSR games via Mythic Bastionland.

I think this does it for the MiniSERIES for now. One last thing that I've wondered about is a page of MiniFEATS that players can roll on at the start of a game to gain an unusual ability. This wouldn't just be a numerical bonus, but a page of actions that your average human couldn't perform. Not sure how well I like the idea.

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  1. KyanaJanuary 18, 2024 at 12:08 PM

    Thank you for MiniRealm, I am happy to see it.

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  2. KyanaJanuary 18, 2024 at 2:46 PM

    What if instead of MiniFeats for players it is just MiniPowers or MiniEffects? In this case the same Mini could be used for monsters, strange locations or even weathers (depending on how it is built).

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    1. HilanderJanuary 20, 2024 at 1:28 PM

      That's not a bad idea. MiniPOWER... I like that!

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    2. KyanaFebruary 24, 2024 at 6:09 AM

      Small update on this: I've used this and part of mini-Delve (dungeon prompts) to make a small hexplace, and I really liked the results. So wanted to say thank you again.
      Hope MiniPowers are going to happen at some point.

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