Types of D&D Secrets and How to Find Them

Mike offers a tip for thinking up secrets and clues by considering the types of secrets the characters may discover and how they might discover them.

Types of secrets

• Character secrets
• NPC secrets
• Story secrets
• Villainous secrets
• Location secrets
• Historical secrets
• Theological secrets

Ways to discover them

• Character background
• NPCs (friendly or hostile)
• Books, journals, notes, and scolls
• Items
• Frescos and mosaics
• dreams and portents
• sentient magic items

Links

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