Even Good Stress is Stress A source of stress that’s common to every day life, but that rarely gets shown at the table in roleplaying, is eustress (good stress). Think about it: you’ve been studying for years, but only now you’ve gained the power to throw balls of force....
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As GMs, we’re called upon to portray every monster and every nonplayer character – which is part of the fun, of course. Superficially, that means dictating their actions in combat and providing their dialog when they are addressed directly. But in a dungeon environment – the setting for many...
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