Ask The GM: Can I Keep My Players In One Place
Marissa A. asks - I’m running a D&D game for my group. We’ve been playing together for a while and two other people have run campaigns already. It’s my turn now and I want…
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Ask The GM: The Unhappy Couple
Jason A. asks - I’m the DM for a 5e Dungeons and Dragons campaign. There are five players, including my brother Mike, my brother’s best friend Kate and my brother’s best friend’s husband Jared.…
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Ask The GM: Preplanning A One-Shot
Luca asks - I go to a lot of gaming cons and one of my favorite things to do is to play pick-up D&D games. I’d like to have my own one-shot so that…
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Ask The GM: Party Size
Dan asks - Hi! I’m putting out feelers to see who may be interested in an upcoming campaign I want to run. This will be my second campaign. My first was a two year…
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Ask The GM: Split GMing
Readers, before answering the question this time around, I have an exciting announcement! I’ll be moderating a panel titled Improvisation in Roleplaying at PAX East 2018! I and a collection of authors and artists…
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Ask The GM: Lucky Creation Roll
Ezra asks - I've just started GMing a Pathfinder campaign (we're one session in), and the PCs have rolled for their stats. However, one player is just really really lucky, and is good at…
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Ask The GM: The Unkillable NPC
Robin asks - I’m the GM of a campaign in the Eberron D&D setting. In one of the early sessions, the party came across (and got betrayed by) an artificer named Hargrave. They confronted…
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Ask The GM: Forever or Not
Matt asks - I’m planning a campaign, and it’ll be the third one I’ve run. The first two were very long - the first lasted three years and the second is still going on…
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Ask The GM: Good Player, Evil Character
Andy asks - I’m running a campaign for four friends. One of my friends, who I’ll call Lucas, is a good, friendly guy but is playing a character who is condescending and abrasive. Discussions…
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Ask The GM: Getting the Band Back Together
Kevin asks - Some former players want to revisit an old campaign that we retired about four years ago. The problem is I can’t remember everything that happened. I still have the character sheets…
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