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.

Hello everyone! Im super excited to be apart of this community! My experience is a majority of DnD 3.5, and 5e. I have also played Pathfinder 1st edition and Vampire the Masquerade! I joined because I love DMing and any kind of advice or help is always appreciated!!!!

Just checked out Tristan's video on a proactive character sheet for 5E. (Note: I have no idea what "proactive playstyle" means- never come across the term in 40 years of gaming 🤪so I clearly missed something 🤣). Just made me think on games I've played that use mechanics to encourage certain playstyles. Some examples: Warhammer FRP gives out Xp for Personal and Group goals, short term and long term. Once those are achieved :kaching: Forbidden Langs give out Xp for characters when their Dark Secret comes into play somehow - it could be a character flaw, like Greed, or an enemy nobody knew about that starts messing with the party, or some shameful background element being revealed. Mutant: Year Zero gives out Xp when the PC has risked or sacrificed something to protect an NPC they have to protect, and also when they risk/sacrifice something to mess with an NPC their character hates. Also these extrinsic rewards work really well, I find. Don't know if they'd translate well to 5E with milestone Xp, though.

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:

Does anyone else play Shadowrun? Or is this mainly or exclusively a 5E community?