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I feel like some amount of these three elements can be in play, at any time, at the table.

A player's agency weighs heavily in my mind; it's their character and their creation. Irrespective of the score in the ability, the character should be a constellation that revolves around what that player envisions. Some players do like the challenge of pushing up against the low ability...

For OP and everyone: "...The idea appears to have originated in England, where all sorts of fillings were added to pies. At some point, the 17th-century trend of adding dairy-based sauces to pies morphed into a tradition of topping them with cheese. For instance, in Yorkshire, apple pie was...

I think a genuine sticking point with the D&D alignment system is at its base it's reactive. Like, people have commented above in different ways that whether running a game or playing a game, unless the table runner or the game's setting makes it immediately engaging and consequential, it's...

Laozi (老子) enters the chat. A lot of decisions rooted in Daoism would look like neutrality imo. Like other philosophical systems, it's subject to criticism which this thread likely doesn't warrant, but it's what immediately came to mind when I considered this question.

Steampunk draws on periods of time where the efforts to maintain class difference was beginning to deteriorate in light of advances on a number of fronts. As some mentioned above as well, there's still much unknown in the world too. Owning a company or a business was still looked down upon by...

Oh, this was an old thread! Since I thought some on it from a young person perspective: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, from How to Train Your Dragon. People might quibble that he falls closer to standard hero qualities; I feel like his temperament, esp. as the book series and tv/movies...

Start perusing through old catalog photographs for fashion ideas and decor (Oh, the decor!)...

Not serially. As a reader, I most often come across or read others' session write ups when they're nested as part of a convention report, or a table runner's analysis of an rpg they haven't run before, a set of procedures, or a new or different way of how they handled a particular situation...

Could bode well; I think the decision to give whomever ends up helping with episode writing room to write by placing this after the events in the video game, is prudent. I do hope if it is successful, this allows creative opportunities for some of the actors (including Amelia Tyler) who spent...

Start small, and keep focus; you have a town, with a problem. You need rumors with juicy hooks to provide a variety of different reasons why this particular assortment of characters have assembled there. You will need a small allotment of NPCs who're engaging, have their own small town quibbles...

Unfortunately, I do not have Disney. You all will have to mention when discussing if it had The Critics. It's only the Muppet Show if it has The Critics. The Critics were just the right amount of adult in it!

I can say from running a city campaign in D&D where life is vibrant but there aren't a high number of combat encounters (laws etc), keeping track of time helps structure the day/night vs. when the spell casters declare it so. Even splitting up, it's not feasible to get every thing one would...

I have two main play fantasy play lists, one specifically for "combat" and one "general." Both Spotify and Youtube have a lot of classic fantasy play lists you can readily use. If curating, one suggestion would be to pull tracks from fantasy video games, so long as your group aren't avid gamers.

I think based on suggestions you have a wide variety of possibilities and options to look at in terms of how you resolve the particular challenges you are facing. Focusing on above, it feels like an issue at hand more is what are the relationships between the otherworldly (not necessarily...