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So, I have this world that was perfectly at peace, until the party came around. Now, It’s basically MWW (magical world war). And my players are looking foward to some trench warfare in dnd....

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Hey everyone! Let’s try to get some more activity in here. I was wondering what kind of rulers you have all created. I realize most medieval settings will probably have a monarch rule the lands, but this does not have to be the case. So, what kind of governing systems have you created in your worlds?...

So, this started with a notification I got on Kickstarter about The Secret Art of Gamemastery . Is this worth picking up? Do you have any better suggestions for DMing advice?

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Hey guys! I’m a newer dm (not a new player, been playing for a few years) and I just want to ask what a dm should consider when it comes to planning and worldbuilding. I would also like to ask if you have any tips for when a player goes wildly off course in a direction you have zero ideas for. You guys got tips?

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Hey guys! I’ve been trying to work on some homebrew content for an idea of mine, it’s gonna be very loosely horror based with plenty of room to goof off, but I also intend to mess around with and test alignments quite a bit with this campaign. I’m already working on a weapon that interacts with the choices the players make...

So I’m gearing up to once again start something and I’ve got an idea in my head. But once I put it down into something concise it either becomes bloaty or dry. I mean just the parts below are almost a google docs page, pretty much 2000 characters. And that is even when I removed 2/3 of the situation text as it was rather big...

Hello there fellow ex-DM academy scholars, Just left Reddit for good, so I’m here with a question that wasn’t answered in under spez’s shadow, so I might try it here if I can....

Hey there, I’m new to PF2E, but not to GMing. Played PF1, shadowrun, star wars, 40k etc. etc....

So, this is an area I’ve been struggling to figure out. How do I balance a combat encounter?...

My D&De campaign wrapped up at level 20 after five years of regular play, and we are playing some one shots and stuff as a break before we decide what to do next. The D&D DM volunteered to GM again....

I will be DMing a DnD 5e adventure going from levels 1-12 starting this week. I am finishing up the personal quests for each character to help tie them in more into the adventure and give them something to look forward to for themselves. Most of the characters were pretty easy to work with, but I am somewhat stuck on the Armorer...

You know that situation. You have a player or players doing something awesome. You give them an inspiration. And they say : I already have one....

I have been running a DnD campaign which is only getting longer and more complex as time goes on. Keeping track of every bit of lore, every NPC that is relevant to the party and major events that have happened is getting increasingly difficult. I am currently mostly trying to just keep everything in mind while taking notes here...

Hello GMs of Lemmy!...

You know that place in Dragonball, the time temple near God that gives a fighter 1 year of training for one day outside ?...

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Hi, everyone, thank you for your time....

I was thinking of an idea of having one of the PCs experience by visions of dark future - sudden attack, party dead, all their beloved npcs killed, their home base destroyed. Visions would be sent by BBEG to tell that PC “if you won’t join me, this is what will happen”....

I’m running a wilderness exploration campaign currently with lots of hexcrawl sections, and my players are about to progress to a new zone....

I’m curious about your opinions on this topic....

Combat makes up a decent chunk of most campaigns and the setup can make it either a blip that no one will remember to one of the most memorable parts of the campaign. I’ve been looking for various ways to make combat more fun in my campaign and was eager to see if people here have any ideas they’d like to share. I’m...