Category Archives: DMing

One-Shot Characters in Ongoing Campaigns

Posted on 24 June 2017 by MssngrDeath

One of my favorite tropes in media is the individual face-offs between antagonistic teams. That is, I love it when the good guys meet the bad guys, and the good guys have a genius magician but the bad guys also … Continue reading →

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The Subjectivity of Quality

Posted on 21 May 2017 by MssngrDeath

I’m going to start with something incendiary and explain it later: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is a bad movie, and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is a good one. Our recent guest post accidentally raises an important … Continue reading →

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DMing with Constitution

Posted on 05 May 2017 by MssngrDeath

I don’t know how many of you remember November, when I tried to line up guest posts while I focused on National Novel Writing Month. It didn’t work out, but I did get one late in the month and now … Continue reading →

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Serious Stories and Emotional Taxes

Posted on 10 March 2017 by MssngrDeath

It takes a lot for me to drop a story early. I’ve struggled enough with pacing and storytelling to know how important a good beginning, middle, and end are to any narrative, and I feel like I can’t effectively judge … Continue reading →

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An Attempt at Truly Improvisational DMing

Posted on 23 January 2017 by MssngrDeath

Over the course of my DMing career, I’ve slowly moved from a rigid style to something looser. When I started off, I was one of those DMs who had to have every beat of the story planned, every NPC statted … Continue reading →

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