Matt Colville - Running the Game
YouTube Playlist 001-Intro - Running the Game This series is all about teaching you to be a DM instead of just a player 002-Your First Adventure, Running the Game #1 You need friends, rules, and an adventure In the beginning, part of the fun was writing your own adventure An encounter is anything that stops the player's forward progress: battle, traps, puzzles Battles are easy to make harder: just add more monsters Dungeonographer, free online with a paid version with more features Tomb o...
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Rules: Chase
Based on official Pathfinder Chase rules, but with some logical fallacies adjusted and the overall rules simplified. Building the Chase Choose a base speed for the chase; this should probably be whatever is the most common speed for all the participants. Each obstacle will be approximately this far apart Lay out a series of obstacles with a Standard (~50% chance of success) solution and an Accelerated solution (harder) For level 1 characters vs a goblin, I did DC10 for Standard, DC15 for Ac...
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