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Welcome to the Game Master's Laboratory!
Welcome to the Game Master Laboratory! This is a place for people who are running (or planning) TTRPG games to brainstorm ideas with other GMs, share ideas and resources, and test their creations with each other. I recorded a short video to get you started, which you can view in this post. It's all about what we do here, but it's also about how to use Skool, so if you're new to Skool, make sure to check that out! If we haven't met you yet, we would like to. Please make a post in the "General Discussion" channel to introduce yourself and tell us... 1. Which systems you like to play/run 2. A bit about the games you're running right now Glad you're here. DM us if you have any questions.
Welcome to the Game Master's Laboratory!
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Play With Us!
7:00 PM ET Wednesdays! We're running our first sessions of Blades in the Dark on Wednesdays! It's open table---you can make one session and never play again, or try to play a bunch of times. No experience with the system is expected or necessary, and it's pretty easy to just pick up and go. I'll email details to those playing, but we'll run it in a Roll20 VTT, so you'll need a free account with them. You can make a PC in advance, or pick from pregens we'll have. Excited to play with you all! You can sign up below---spots are first come, first serve. 3/25 Game: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0B44AFA723A2FB6-63028606-blades 4/1 Game: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0B44AFA723A2FB6-63029032-blades If you're unable to make that day and time, don't worry! We'll have other days and times we'll do intermittently so more people have a chance to play. I'll also be launching a poll tomorrow to decide what criminal crew type we'll be playing as. See you all there!
Transitioning location/adventure
Hope this makes sense. I am continuing a campaign someone else did a couple sessions of, Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, dnd 5.5e if that matters. The concept in my interpretation is several adventurers go there because they're seeking something at the island, wisdom, spells, etc. One PC is looking to find out what has happened to his long lost grandfather. This whole thread has nothing to do with the prewritten material other than there's a dragon type quest to resolve and the rumor about the grandfather is he was carried away by a dragon over 50 years ago. I have planted a couple clues that would lead the crew to think this PC(paladin aasimar) has a "twin" that has been seen on the island and that there are some signs of a time travel vortex or field or something. I'm thinking maybe they'll find the twin and realize it's actually the grandfather and there's a time warp. Then I'm thinking maybe they'll get pulled into some other world/timeframe/something and that might be the new proactive campaign. I'm planning to tell the actual players about these concepts a little bit each week as we resolve the pre-written scenarios/adventures prior to the time warp. Any thoughts on how to transition in a cool or conflict driven way? Or any suggestions on moving forward? While on the island I have a sorcerer & wizard who both want more magical powers/spells etc., a tabaxi rogue who wants cat nip but is holding back on other motivations, a warlock on a quest for knowledge, patron still a mystery. Open to any reactions, thanks.
Homebrew or Published Book?
I read Proactive Roleplaying a few months ago and now I’m in to the second book, which has options for wiring with a homebrew or published book. How many of you are using homebrews? I started playing in 1980 and have played and DM’d on and off since. I had a traditional homebrew created with key elements and lots of choices. I had thought to use it for our first Collaborative Campaign, but I’m so excited as I read the book that I may start from scratch to get more player agency. I would love feedback on that, too.
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