#gm methods

I think I like paperspencils' original structure, where half of the encounter table is "universal", threats that could show up almost anywhere, and the other half is just a few entries that reflect the place, tho having a "reroll on an adjacent region's table" entry is also a good idea, as is the ecological structuring of the random encounter types

I liked how this laid everything out, and connected it to other things (she doesn’t use the term, but her example of failing to kick down a door fails forward into a random encounter roll, for instance)

A method for increasing the in-world size of your dungeons without having to do too much extra mapping by adding large spaces that you more or less gloss over between the interesting parts.

A bunch of generic questions about how a PC does something (opens a door, retrieves an item from their pack, etc) so that you can ask all the time and when it’s important they won’t know it’s important because you’re asking. Definitely going in my toolbox

Some GMing theory on how to design your encounters with less boring open fields and empty rooms

An example magic items shop that avoids the usual pitfalls. Plus like, over a hundred weird and wonderful items only some of which are scams.

It’s popular in some circles to get rid of search checks and having people handle their interactions with traps live (rather than as die rolls handled by one player). Here are three examples of how you might go about doing that

Some tips on running play-by-post games, from someone experienced. I haven’t run one, really, I think I tried one a couple years back but couldn’t get very many players (if people are interested, I might try again)