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I was walking in the San Francisco Botanical Gardens today and came upon a Mexican Hand Tree. It was blooming, and the flower (with...

Very neat and tidy! On a side note. I hope you enjoy Skull and Shackles. I played it once in the original Pathfinder and once...

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... Well, I ran my first session last night, and the two things that really stood out for me were: 1. Experiences and Connections. That...

That is how I did my system. A predictable damage set damage. The variance I chose was to increase damage, dice pools, heal, or movement...

Yes. In a yearlong campaign, where the DM told us prior to character creation we had to have someone important to us go missing, I...

When running from a published adventure, I almost always redo the map in Inkarnate. It is an incredible map tool. Then I send them off...

No, because all the Rogue has to do is attack a creature adjacent to an ally and they can Sneak Attack. Or give themselves advantage...

If a fighter swings a sword and misses, narratively it might look like this: "You feign a swing at the goblin on the table, only to...

Let me start with what I said before. Each skill check is unique, and therefore, might not follow the same logic. But... I would argue...

It doesn't come up very often, but the DC for any check is always going to be a bit arbitrary isn't it? After all if I want to make a...

Yes, I have written that into adventures for key knowledge checks. For example, a simple history success gives them x knowledge, but a...

The 2014 DM's guide (the intro and first chapter), Matt Mercer and Satine Phoenix's videos on GM tips, and actual in-person playtime as...

Happy to help, if I can. Going back to your original post, I noticed you mentioned using Gemini with a document on Google Drive as part...

Interesting. I am a much more of a success/failure type of DM. No gradients for me. It overcomplicates the game in my opinion. Also, I...