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Game Masters teaching and learning how to run better tabletop role-playing games. One day we hope this group will host the best games in the world!
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22d •
Stealth Mechanic for game that is not just rerolling?
Does anyone have a way of handling an ongoing stealth mechanic rather than just re-rolling stealth? I'm making a one shot for the back of my book that is modeled on Metal Gear Solid.
1 like • 19d
Great news, @Tristan Fishel solved stealth recently - that is, he came up with a system-agnostic structure for running stealth encounters that I have been running extensively and that I absolutely love. I will let him post the excerpt if he is comfortable with it - if not I will paraphrase
Aug 25 •
Hello Chummers
Does anyone else play Shadowrun? Or is this mainly or exclusively a 5E community?
2 likes • 29d
Not a 5e community at all! We have veterans of a lot of different systems here. I think 5e is the common language for a lot of people by default, so we kind of slump into that by default. Right now, I'm running 13th Age (1e and 2e, separately) and CBR*PNK. I'm considering Daggerheart for the memes, but I don't know when that would be.
Aug 27 •
NPC template
Okay so forgive me if it's ALL covered in the classroom, but I loved the concept of having goals for NPC's so I added it to my NPC making template. Is there anything I'm missing? - Name: - Profession/Vocation: - Appearance: - Personality: - Fears/phobias: roll d6 1 spiders 2 snakes 3 heights 4 water drowning 5 enclosed spaces 6 something oddly specific like having their back to a window, or the number 13 - Strengths: - Weaknesses: - Mannerisms: - Voice: - Short and long term goals:
2 likes • 29d
@Scott Brewer hit the big one for me, I think - faction affiliation is really helpful for off-the-cuff interactions. If you know the faction goals/motivations, it's really easy to decide what an NPC would do in a given situation. I take this a little farther and don't prep individual NPCs most of the time - just roles and faction affiliation: "captain of the guard", "foot soldier in the Duke's army", etc. I can improv a name. That's just because I'm not a big prepper, though, I think my games would probably be better if I did more with my NPC notes 😅
Aug 22 •
Introduction
Hello All! I'm Matt, started this journey by learning to gm for my sons when 5E first came out. Currently working on putting together my own system, not because it's needed, just because it's fun. Along side that I have a group of friends I gm for every so often. Looking forward to learning and sharing as much as I can.
2 likes • Aug 23
Hey Matt, welcome! That means you're a >10 year veteran at this point. Very nice. What are you running these days?
Jul 31 •
OFFICIAL GENCON THREAD
Happy GenCon 2025 to all who observe! Those of you who are attending, those of you have in the past, tell us about it! 1. What are the must-see/must-do events and experiences? 2. What are you doing this year that you're most looking forward to? 3. What is your best tip for con-goers to get the most out of the experience? If you're here in Indy, let's hang out - let us know you're in town and we will put something together!
1 like • Aug 1
@Briggs Schneider this sounds awesome, thanks for the tip! We will check it out Saturday, I think - today somehow totally filled up
4 likes • Aug 3
Not a great picture of any of us, but we did meet Ginny in person at last!
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@jonah-fishel-3792
Building a space for GMs to teach and learn how to run better games. Authors of "The Game Master's Handbook of Proactive Role-Playing".
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