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Hi everyone! I’m a pretty new GM. I’ve only ever played ttrpg as a GM with my kids, using the Hero Kids system....

tl;dr - What resources do you know of (blogs, videos/youtube channels, books, etc) that cater to improving your skills as a TTRPG player? I’m looking for the player equivalent of MCDM’s Running the Game, The Alexandrian blog, etc directed towards players....

We’re 3 game sessions deep into a Vampire the Masquerade chronicle. I’ve just heard from one of my players that they feel like they’ve put a bit too much of themselves into their character, and they’re starting to get uncomfortable with it. As such, they’d like to roll up a new char sheet and bring their current...

I just discovered Kobold Press’s Black Flag Role Playing system and Tales of the Valorant game being made. I had no idea that was a thing....

Bonus points for any non-D&D or D&D derivative systems....

cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/7524114...

What are some websites where i can find monster/mutant/hellspawn digital art? im looking for inspiration for my half homebrew post apocalyptic sessions

One of these days, I’ll buy Paranoia. I’ve heard about it and it sounds like something I’ll enjoy. It’s already on my wishlist....

Hi Folks, I took itch Games for Gaza bundle. Among the games in the bundle, I’ve seen 2 mecha games, Apocalypse frame and Beam saber, I believe the first one is a PTBA and the second a FITD, I have no opinon on these “system family”, it’s vague enough that it can lead to a good or bad game....

I’ve been reading through the rulebook and this game seems like it would mesh well with having a largeish base of players doing a number of one-shot or low session count mini-campains that are contained within a large community. Does anyone know of any communities for this that already exist? If not would anyone have an...

What makes it your favorite? Do you want to play it? If so, what’s keeping you from doing it?...

In RPG and fantasy, we are often faced with a situation where the existence of gods is an empirically confirmed fact, rather than a matter of belief. Two extremes can be distinguished in the representation of these entities (note – I do not claim that all creation adopts one of these two extreme points of view). On the one...

Hi, my name is copacetic and I buy ttrpg material which I never actually play. What is wrong with me?...

PIRATE BORG is a scurvy-ridden, rules light, art heavy tabletop RPG. Inspired by history, fantasy, horror and rum. Your cutlass & flintlock won’t save you from the hordes of skeletons, the Kraken, or even your own crew....

The group I currently play with uses a group chat over SMS/MMS. But I’m going to be DMing a campaign with an open table, so I need something more persistent and flexible. I’ve used Discord in the past but IMHO it has way too many features....

I recently got the tokyo nova fan translation. It’s already a somewhat streamlined game. I would like to know what I can and cannot cut out of the system in your opinion, without ruining it....

I was thinking about crazy optimizations today and I’m surprised we don’t hear more people talk about this combo. A cleric that can cast lvl 3 spells can concentrate on spirit guardians and wild shape, and by becoming a large creature you can create a 40 ft field of fast moving justice taking the dodge action - that include...

The party finds a secret door. Not knowing what’s on the other side, they send the fighter in first. The fighter pushes open the secret door. As it swings forward it pushes aside a corpse on the other side that apparently died trying to pry open the secret door and escape from the next room....

I don’t see many Sci-Fi battlemaps being posted so I thought I would help out a little bit. I have been running 2 sci-fi rpgs concurrently for 3 years and have amassed quite a few decent maps that I have made in DungeonDraft. They are nothing special, but considering how rare sci-fi maps can be, I hope someone finds them...

Has anyone here used Pathfinder Pawns, or similar products, using your own printouts on the purchased plastic bases? Do you need to buy Paizo’s Pawns products or other specially-designed pawns on very thick jigsaw-puzzle-lock stock? Or can you print out anything yourself on a heavy (like, 200 or 300 gsm) card stock?...

Well technically it turned into more of a two-shot (you know how it goes)....

ChatGPT has been a lifeline for me as a GM with little spare time to prep and far too grand ambitions for the scale and scope of (D&D) campaign I want to run. I’m curious how other GMs have found ChatGPT and similar AI tools useful or helpful in running their own games. I’ll share my own workflow below as a comment, and I...

What’s your favorite tip or trick for running games?