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Reddit GM Advice: D&D Boxing, Overwhelmed & Delayed Information
I made a list of of a few GM advice subreddits called RefAdvice. r/OSR HELP and r/DnD DMing How would you run something like a Boxing match? https://www.reddit.com/r/DMAcademy/s/n8vgoVMEgL Comment byu/Sebby314 from discussion inDMAcademy https://www.patreon.com/c/evlynmoreau/posts The thread was deleted, which is a damned shame. The OP was talking about feeling overwhelmed at the prospect…
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Evil DM Advice #3
Give the Lich Silvery Barbs
Wild idea: your party gets to the big city excited to offload their dungeon plunder, restock their gear, and score some sweet magic items except when they get to the bustling, chaotic market you run it almost EXACTLY like you would a dungeon crawl. Rather than managing HP and spellslots and the like, the party's goal is to manage their funds while haggling with merchants, avoiding pickpockets and not attracting the attention of the guards. If they do well, they'll be able to find better deals and even rare, secretive imports.
Combat is the easiest thing to bog down in D&D. The D&D combat mechanics are already clunky as hell and the initiative + action economy systems tear at the seams if you put too many creatures acting individually on the initiative tracker. You've probably seen advice to turn lots of enemies into "mobs" that all act as one creature; this is great advice and I recommend it too, but I don't see a lot of advice for what to do with NPC allies.
So here's what I do:
If I want NPC allies to feel helpful but I don't want to stretch everyone's patience by adding to the initiative tracker, I give the NPCs a different challenge to handle. They're fighting a different mob of enemies in the next room over or in the rafters above, they're trying to translate the ancient text, they're prepping the banishing ritual to blast Mephistopheles back to hell once the players have weakened him enough.
Allies don't act on initiative. A couple times per round I'll narrate something they're doing, just to keep the players apprised and feeling like the NPCs are still there. I'll let the groups talk to each other, but otherwise they don't interact.
It's simple, but works really well. The PCs feel like the NPCs can hold their own so they don't have to look after them all the time, you can get some fun banter going between groups that adds to character development, and best of all combat doesn't take twice as long as normal. It's win-win-win.
Reddit GM Advice: Situation 317, Random Tables, and Apocalypse World Prep
I made a list of of a few GM advice subreddits called RefAdvice. r/OSR HELP and r/DnD DMing Can I get help with worldbuilding?by u/TraditionalBudget668 in DnD Judd tries to distill everything he has learned from Burning Wheel, Apocalypse World, Sorcerer and the other decades of gaming in a few sentences, take 317. Comment byu/TraditionalBudget668 from discussion…
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Reddit GM Advice: Strahd vs. Frostmaiden, Chaos with Friends, and Fantasy Death
I made a list of of a few GM advice subreddits called RefAdvice. r/OSR HELP and r/DnD DMing Opinions on running Strahd vs. Frostmaiden?by u/TacticianRobin in DMAcademy Huh, threads aren’t embedding into the blog anymore. The comments are but the threads are not. Odd. Anyway, love the idea of mashing modules together and making a mess. Comment byu/TacticianRobin from discussion…
This isn't a game. Well, it's not a game session. It's a session about a game. Over the years I've answered a great many FAQs about Vampire:
So StartPlaying is doing a thing, end of June/beginning of July. Dungeon MasterClass is an experimental event for GMs who want to pass on the secrets of the trade, and since this is kind of my bag, I am doing... some workshops.
These 1:1 "help you run the best possible version of your game" troubleshooters are the first idea I've had, but let me turn it around and ask YOU (yes, you) what YOU (still you) find onerous, ornery or on...toppaspaghetti about Vampire: the Masquerade and the Storytelling thereof.
And if it's something I can help with, I'll set up a session.
Dungeon MasterClass runs from 26th June to 10th July.
Reddit GM Advice: Descriptions, Getting Started with RPG's and Making Challenges
I made a list of of a few GM advice subreddits called RefAdvice. r/OSR HELP and r/DnD DMing My descriptions are a bit lack luster- any advice? byu/Tobias_reaper_47 inDMAcademy Comment byu/Tobias_reaper_47 from discussion inDMAcademy https://www.patreon.com/c/evlynmoreau/posts It was a question about how to get started with RPG’s but it was deleted. Anyway, here’s my answer on that particular…
