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When designing enemies and encounters in a #TTRPG it can be hard to make it clear to a DM or player what happens when or how they can affect things.You shouldn't have to learn a whole new character's amount of detail to battle or deal with a foe.1/2

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@golgaloth There must be a hook for why the character in finding and making a party successful. It doesn't have to be deep - money, power, adventure, revenge, knowledge, whatever. But there has to be something that keeps them from just saying "eh fuck it I'm out of here" the moment the party doesn't do what they want to.

@ConorMahood I've used a locally hosted wiki (first mediawiki, then dokuwiki) for organizing all of my GM resources for almost 2 decades now.Also plundering old boardgames for bits.

Could you recommend me any blogposts / analysis about different expressions of hope in #ttrpg #gameDesign ?I'm sure a lot of people wrote about it, but is any text especially worthwhile?I don't mean just #daggerheart "hope" tokens, but also #wanderhome, Legacy: Life Among The Ruins, Dream Askew/Apart, #ryuutama . Doesn't need to be post-apocalyptic.Any games which "train" people to hope?Worthwhile jams:- https://itch.io/jam/applied-hope/entries- https://itch.io/jam/ttrpgc-hope-jam/entries#games #hope

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German "Treasure Hunt" folk tales are weird enough to fit into plenty of role-playing games. Here is an example:From time to time, a "golden wagon" rolls out of lake known to be inhabited by water spirits. This wagon has no visible driver, but moves around on its own accord and patrols the limit of the territory belonging to the water spirits.People can attempt to capture this price. However, if any person in this treasure hunting party says even a single word, "invisible hands" will throw all of them on top of the wagon, which will then return to the lake and drown them all.#dnd #ttrpg https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9xkWAAAAYAAJ/page/n101/mode/2up

@Computer This is an OUTRAGE! Swimming in food vats is a DLEIGHTFUL activity, and now so-called "Friend" Computer is BANNING it? I can't believe "Friend" Computer has become WOKE!

Foundry rolls for initiative Mentioned: #yxe #dnd #ttrpg #foundry #NoAI https://foundryvtt.com/article/ai-policy/

Based on what Gary Gygax said and my #toee investigations, I think the idea would have been 2 different routes to get to the end game.FIRST WAYGiant series G1 G2 G3 then drow seriesD1 D2 D3Can not get to Q1 (Gary's version) unless you get to level 4 of Temple of Elemental Evil and accidentally release the Elder Elemental God to get the 4 elemental keys to unlock the way to Q1 (Gary's version)Seems like the end of D3 would just plop you down at level 4 of Temple of Elemental Evil and then somehow go on to Q1.SECOND WAYT1 Vilage of HommletThe Ruined MoathouseFight through 3 levels of the Temple of Elemental EvilThen you get to level 4, accidentally release the Elder Elemental God to get the 4 elemental keys to unlock the way to Q1 (Gary's version)#dnd #rpg #ttrpg #osr #gygax #toee

Many citizens feel that their voices have gone unheard by government.To address this issue high-gain microphones have been installed throughout your homes, public areas, and places of work.#ttrpg #rpg #surveillance #paranoia

Ooooo @foundryvtt with a policy regarding LLM generated content, protecting creativity and giving authors the ability to proudly badge modules as "Zero AI" https://foundryvtt.com/article/ai-policy/ #vtt #ttrpg

@EmpyClaw Every GM at some point thinks "I should definitely force the players to go into the sewers, it'll be great!"It's always just another shitty adventure, though.

@js @golgaloth Also, there are other search engines.Likehttps://noai.duckduckgo.com/.(But, as you mentioned, people are filling the internet with Generative AI slop. There's no easy way to avoid that problem.)

@DM_Zeppelin Countertake: a paladin's zeal for justice is their greatest weapon, that piece of metal they hold is the offhand weapon of their soul.Yes, in my mind every paladin does contain at least a small amount of The Tick.

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@golgaloth Delicious Soylent.

#introduction time! I’m a refugee from cville.online, which may be down for the count. #gardening #warframe #TTRPG #homeassistant #macos #permaculture #pizza maker #progressive

@wfgWorkshop that is amazingly detailed! Gorgeous. Really gorgeous.

I was interested in what a real topographic map would look like compared to the overland maps in B2 The Keep on the Borderlands and L1 The Secret of Bone Hill. Grabbed a public domain topographic map and started tracing it.This is just the first couple of hours of work on it. Tedious. Not sure if I will finish it out as some complete map as it is just an experiment.B1 and L1 maps are very basic and smooth compared to most real topographic maps.#dnd #rpg #ttrpg #osr #maps