Character Backgrounds: Set vs Emergent
Recently, I was facilitating a Session Zero for...
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Planned vs Emergent Backgrounds
I recently started an Icons campaign and was working through...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Make Those Monsters Legendary, Again
Veteran game masters might fall into the trap of...
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Everything is a Flag: Use the Whole Buffalo that Your Players Provide
You’ve heard of “using the whole...
Read MoreQuick NPC Backstories with Rory’s Story Cubes
John Fiore is a “low-prep” GM and a connoisseur of stuff that...
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Story Forge – Test Drive
I am madly in love with Kickstarter, and have...
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You Asked for Player Input for a Reason
Years ago I played in a game where the GM asked...
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Use PC Backgrounds as a Roadmap for Campaign Design
I’m a big proponent of using everything my...
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The Three Motivators: A Character-Building Tool
There are many ways to build a good character,...
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Anatomy of 20 Questions
Hi. I am away at GenCon, but I wanted to leave...
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Emerging Complexity for GMs: It Rocks for NPCs
It took me some time to get used to the idea of...
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Hi, I’m Magesto. Let’s go kill some kobolds!
Raistlin50201 has a good question: How do you...
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D&D Burgoo (3.5): Don’tcha got a job, or something?
PCs are adventurers. I get it. They’re not...
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