I personally find creating maps therapeutic, Using programs such as Inkarnate can allow me to visualize my story's flow, direct side quests, develop NPC's and characters and also shape creatures and adversaries that are tailored to the terrain of the story i am trying to portray. Whether it is a basic hand drawn map, a plan of a building or facility or a massive world map encompassing all of your imagined ideas. It can lead you and inspire you to branch and develop your story and timeline to be more engaging and impactful to your readers or players.

A thought i had could be as this community grows, maybe creating a novel with input from all the members, like a choose your own adventure but tying ideas, prompts and voted content together into a storyline which would then be available digitally to all members.- Tell me your thoughts

When i am running a campaign i like to be able to sometimes hand my players a spell scroll or a book of curses or something that will create more engagement. One way of doing this is to age paper. I usually start with a heavier paper type as standard paper tends to degrade a bit when wet but it can work . I then make up a strong jug of tea or even coffee although coffee tends to make the paper smell strongly so i prefer tea. I soak the paper in the tea solution, the amount of time and strength of the tea will determine the darkness of the finished product. I then dry the paper in the sun or near an air flow source and voila - aged paper. See below different outcomes that came from drying paper flat or on a rack, the rack created pools and wash marks giving the paper the appearance of having been waterlogged

While I am far from an artist, I do enjoy sitting occasionally and slapping some paint on a model or 3D print. Most notably a 3d printed scale model medieval town. This can be a great way of visualizing a scene or scenario albeit a bit time consuming. What sort of creating do you prefer?

While creating the long quest manual for the classroom here, I came up with the idea of a quest based on a teaching role. By setting the scene in an illustrious grand university, the party would be actively planning and implementing classes to teach students. however, the turn-based system of D&D would make this very hard to manage. So, I would start with a short foray into the individual teaching roles so that the players can quickly build their character roles and personalities then introduce a cataclysmic change in the university, be it a monster loose, students going rogue or even the discovery of a piece of research that shakes the university to its core. The Teachers then have to develop a plan to combat it together, using their strengths and possibly even introducing some of their students to assist. My original thought was the infiltration of the university by a cult who is corrupting and or destroying the historic knowledge, they can unleash all manner of antagonists then from within the circle of faculty. Let me know your thoughts?