Relating to my toot earlier today, I got around to formatting the tables in a spreadsheet instead of just my notebook (lol). The post is open to the public!

To summarize, you can use these 2d6 tables to add additional character and depth to your random encounters. It's completely system agnostic too! I'd love to hear your thoughts!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/88411869

#ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #GMAdvice #worldbuilding #ttrpgs #RPGcommunity #Gamemastering #TabletopGaming

Best advice I can give to new gamemasters, write down what you just did *directly* after a game session!

You will have invented things on the spot, or given hints you need to remind the players about.

I gave prophetic dreams to my player's characters, intending to use them as foreshadowing and prep basics. Five weeks later and I had no notes, it was game night. Forbidden Lands GM tables to the rescue!

Take notes! At once!

#GMAdvice #ForbiddenLands #Notetaking

@LeviKornelsen

Stuff I like, and like to talk about:

#DnD #5e, including #TalesOfTheValiant #ToV
#Pathfinder2e #PF2e
#Fate
#BladesInTheDark #ForgedInTheDark #BitD #FitD
#ShadowOfTheDemonLord #SotDL
#ResistanceSystem #SparkedByTheResistance
#Heart
#Slayers
#TrophyRPG
#Mage
#UnknownArmies
#YearZeroEngine
#Horror games
#UrbanFantasy
#GameDesign
#Worldbuilding
#Monsters
#GMAdvice
#GameMastering
#Genre
#InstructionalDesign #ISD
#LearningGames and #TeachingGames
#Maps and #Art
#DIY

I've been running a #dungeoncrawlclassics campaign for the last three years (slight pause here and there). I put together a string of Goodman Games' published modules and tied them all up with an over-arching metaplot. We've had a fantastic time and it's been a wild ride.

We're nearing the finale though and I'm getting nervous, worried that the campaign won't stick the landing...

Does anyone have any tips for a satisfying campaign ending?

#ttrpg #GMAdvice

🧵Reddit GM Advice Thread🧵

https://githyankidiaspora.com/2023/05/16/reddit-gm-advice-planning-princess-glorious-chaos-game-start-questions/

Planning 📔

Princess Glorious Chaos :chaos:

Game Start Questions ❓

#GMAdvice #TTRPG

I do think Zozer’s Solo [Traveller] is a great guide, even if you planning on GMing a trad game. It gives the general cycle for four styles of campaign and lots of idea and encounter tables. I think it serves as an excellent primer for what to do with Cepheus/Traveller.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/207164/Solo

#TTRPG #Traveller #TravellerRpg #CepheusEngine #ClassicTraveller #GMAdvice #SoloRpg #Zozer

Reddit GM Advice Thread

❓How do you people make up the story?

💀Factions in a Tomb

💔Heartbreaking question: Will I be a bad DM?

https://githyankidiaspora.com/2023/04/25/reddit-gm-advice-make-up-story-tomb-factions-am-i-going-to-be-a-bad-dm/

#TTRPG #DnD #GMAdvice

Reddit GM Advice Thread

Me, a greybeard with a grey beard, responding to a younger gamer about being intimidated by elders

New DM asks about using pre-written vs. original campaigns

How to use random encounter tables

https://githyankidiaspora.com/2023/04/18/reddit-gm-advice-greybeard-original-or-pre-written-and-random-encounter-tables/

#GMAdvice #DMAdvice #TTRPG #DungeonsAndDragons #DnD

I missed last week, so let's jump on 2 weeks of Reddit GM Advice blog posts.

Here's tonight's post:

1st Campaign
All Beard Campaign
Your Own Nine Hells

http://githyankidiaspora.com/2023/04/11/reddit-gm-advice-first-campaign/

#GMAdvice #TTRPG #DnD #DungeonsAndDragons

Reddit GM Advice Thread

https://githyankidiaspora.com/2023/03/28/reddit-gm-advice-crime-tables-questions-before-the-duel-adventurers-found-guilty/

Three d6 tables for a crime focused campaign (Blades in the Dark inspiration is flying high here)

Questions I'd ask players whose characters were about to duel.

Ideas for arrested PC's. Hint: Don't look to the US Penal system for inspiration, please. PLEASE.

#TTRPG #GMAdvice

Wednesday morning. Time for the...

🧵 Reddit GM Advice Thread🧵

📚 🌐Lore Everywhere
1️⃣ 1st Campaign Set-up
💀 🖥️ 🖐️ 👁️ Cyberpunk Vecna

https://githyankidiaspora.com/2023/02/22/reddit-gm-advice-lore-everywhere-1st-campaign-set-up-cyberpunk-vecna/

#TTRPG #GMAdvice #Vecna #WorldBuilding

@evan
1. Change the rules when they don't fit what you want the world to be like.
2. Don't stress about balance. Throw too much danger (monsters, traps, big untracked wilderness) at the players, just leave them some room to run if they can't handle it.
3. Let them hire help, but don't give them anyone more powerful or flashy than they are. They gotta do it themselves.
4. Don't tolerate behavior you don't like. In-party fighting, etc. you can just shut it down.
#rpg #ttrpg #dnd #gmadvice

It is Wednesday. Time for:

🧵 Reddit GM Advice Thread🧵

The first question got deleted but it was about setting difficulty in a challenging campaign with several big bad's to choose from.

Next, an awesome idea bout a feuding kraken and Green Dragon.

And then half a dozen questions about one's DM Style...

https://githyankidiaspora.com/2023/01/25/reddit-gm-advice-balanced-encounters-kraken-vs-green-dragon-dming-style/

Here we go!

#TTRPG #GMAdvice #DMAdvice

Githyanki Diaspora, Week in Review Post

How was your gaming week? Create anything fun?

The Velinken Barrow Fortune
http://githyankidiaspora.com/2023/01/17/the-velinken-barrow-fortune/

Reddit GM Advice: Sun-Killers, Skillshare with Strahd, & the B-Game
http://githyankidiaspora.com/2023/01/18/reddit-gm-advice-sun-killers-skillshare-with-strahd-the-b-game/

Into the UVG: Caravans
http://githyankidiaspora.com/2023/01/18/into-the-uvg-caravans/

Psychic Tiger Fodder Returns!
http://githyankidiaspora.com/2023/01/19/psychic-tiger-fodder-returns/

Loving the Love Letters
http://githyankidiaspora.com/2023/01/20/loving-the-love-letters/

#TTRPG #UVG #UltravioletGrasslands #IntoTheOdd #ApocalypseWorld #ApocalypseWorldBurnedOver #DNGN #GMAdvice

🧵 Wednesday Reddit GM Advice Thread🧵

🧛‍♀️ 💀 🌞 Fun idea brainstorming about a group of vampires looking to destroy the sun

🧛‍♀️ ⚔️ Thinking about uses Strahd could find for a kidnapped player character assassin

🗓️ :d12: And options for when some players can't make it

http://githyankidiaspora.com/2023/01/18/reddit-gm-advice-sun-killers-skillshare-with-strahd-the-b-game/

#TTRPG #GMAdvice #DMAdvice #CurseOfStrahd

And that is it for this week. Hope it was helpful and/or interesting.

Generous and kind thoughts, comments, questions, additions, disagreements are welcome responses.

#TTRPG #GMAdvice

The next one got deleted. I need to think about that moving forward. A player got angry about the game in a way that was shocking.

I gave some advice about how I'd structure the sure-to-be-uncomfortable follow-up conversations.

These conversations HAVE to be about friendship and boundaries and NOT about elf/orc sociology. I've seen this shit happen far too often.

"Let's talk about what led to that behavior..."

"But...elves!"

#TTRPG #GMAdvice

Making Magic Items Inspired by Apocalypse World

https://githyankidiaspora.com/2021/10/12/making-magic-items-inspired-by-apocalypse-world/

Inspired by Apocalypse World's Tinker move, I made a method for creating magic items in D&D. AW is really good at structuring that conversation in a way that leads to more adventure.

Failed Skill Checks, an open letter

https://githyankidiaspora.com/2020/10/01/perception-checks-an-open-letter/

Failure is important and I like failure to be on the table but it doesn't have to be a boring wiff.

#ApocalypseWorld #SkillChecks #DnD #TTRPG #GMAdvice

I talked about the use of the word, consequences, on a recent Daydreaming about Dragons.

Players murdered a corrupt provincial lord.

So, you're saying it is a victimless crime?

But seriously, some folks might find people with those skills quite useful.

Is there a reaction that can create more adventures rather than just something punitive? The world can react in a myriad of ways.

#TTRPG #GMAdvice

It is Thursday, a day late for the:

🧵 Wednesday Reddit GM Advice Thread🧵

This week we've got Regicide and Consequences, Downtime Help and an Outburst

https://githyankidiaspora.com/2023/01/11/reddit-gm-advice-pattern-of-consequences-downtime-help-an-outburst/

#TTRPG #GMAdvice