Failures are more interesting than successes
From the beginning of the hobby, there have...
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Tag: failure
Success is Assumed
When you run an adventure, do you assume the PCs...
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Being An Awesome Game Master Is Not Something You Stumble Into
Whenever I run a game, I want to make sure it is...
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Take a Risk, or Take a Pass
If you want to be a great GM you must risk your...
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The Juror NPC
In many legal systems (particularly...
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The Importance of Failure
Two students train at a martial arts school. One...
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Railroading – It Encourages Nothing
In a recent game that a friend ran we were...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Oh darn! The NPC just rolled a 1
The gnome NPC just rolled a 1. Tracking down the...
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Compensating for Failure
Failure’s an important element in many...
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Fail? Can the world survive failure?
Von Bek has an excellent question about making...
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