How to be a Great GM
How to be a Great GM
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[ADVENTURE CREATION] Turning Star Trek into D&D
Watching an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and turning it into a D&D adventure is a great way to spend an afternoon. I loved doing this and hope you'll find it a useful exercise! There are over 300 episodes of Star Trek, you'll never need another source for adventures again!
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Duskmourn Chronicles 17 'Marriage is in the storm'
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Everything is fine now. No garlic here. Just horny teenagers... NO SMALL ROLLS PODCAST Find Grace on her podcast: www.nosmallrolls.com/ Find Maurice's books: Chronicles of the Crooked Man here www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07BHZQ4J4?ref_=dbs_p_pwh_awm_anx_b_lnk&storeType=ebooks MUSIC Decay by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by...
[WORLDBUILDING] Where do you start? With Magic...
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Starting with Magic is vital as it should be fully integrated into your entire world setting from the very begining. This is what to look for when creating a magic system... Find the LIVE post show in the live section! Find D20Saga's monthly magazine here: www.patreon.com/d20saga
Duskmourn Chronicles 16 'Flee...again'
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OK, where the hell are we heading? NO SMALL ROLLS PODCAST Find Grace on her podcast: www.nosmallrolls.com/ Find Maurice's books: Chronicles of the Crooked Man here www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07BHZQ4J4?ref_=dbs_p_pwh_awm_anx_b_lnk&storeType=ebooks MUSIC Decay by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 🧡 Thank you to our Patr...
[VITAL GM] Why every GM should watch Star Trek
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I'm not kidding, Star Trek from the 1960's onwards is a gold mine for DMs, GMs, Narrators, Storytellers, Refs, whatever your title, as head of your TTRPG you should be watching The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and yes, even Enterprise. Here's why! FIND CZEPEKU MAPS HERE: www.patreon.com/czepeku Video starts at: 01:10
Duskmourn 15 'Only making it worse'
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Sure, that's a great idea... NO SMALL ROLLS PODCAST Find Grace on her podcast: www.nosmallrolls.com/ Find Maurice's books: Chronicles of the Crooked Man here www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07BHZQ4J4?ref_=dbs_p_pwh_awm_anx_b_lnk&storeType=ebooks MUSIC Decay by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 🧡 Thank you to our Patrons! B...
[2 PLAYERS] How to run a 2-player RPG game
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There's you, the GM, and only 2 players. How do you run a TTRPG like that? My advice is drawn from years of playing with a party of 2. There is a balance you have to strike! It's all in this weeks video. For the DC20 Kickstarter go here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedungeoncoach/dc20 For more info on DC20 go here: www.dc20.com
Duskmourn 14 'Seriously?'
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Duskmourn 14 'Seriously?'
Duskmourn chronicles 13 'sigh...'
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Duskmourn chronicles 13 'sigh...'
[GAMES] I ran the same adventure twice and the party killed themselves...
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[GAMES] I ran the same adventure twice and the party killed themselves...
Duskmourn episode 12 "Making it worse!"
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Duskmourn episode 12 "Making it worse!"
[RANT] Magic spells that I hate
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[RANT] Magic spells that I hate
Duskmourn episode 11 "Alone?"
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Duskmourn episode 11 "Alone?"
[TRAP] Adding in a short side-quest trap adventure
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[TRAP] Adding in a short side-quest trap adventure
Duskmourn episode 10 'The Shadowfell'
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Duskmourn episode 10 'The Shadowfell'
[PERSONAL] The weight issue...fat gamers and what we can do about it
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[PERSONAL] The weight issue...fat gamers and what we can do about it
Duskmourn episode 9 "Only Logical choice..."
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Duskmourn episode 9 "Only Logical choice..."
[REVIEW] I review my first 6 episodes
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[REVIEW] I review my first 6 episodes
Duskmourn episode 8 "Its only this far on the map..."
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Duskmourn episode 8 "Its only this far on the map..."
[ALL] Creating history on the fly
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[ALL] Creating history on the fly
Duskmourn episode 7 "Flee!"
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Duskmourn episode 7 "Flee!"
[ALL] Making travel into an adventure
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[ALL] Making travel into an adventure
Duskmourn episode 06 "Don't touch anything..."
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Duskmourn episode 06 "Don't touch anything..."
[TOOLS] Proper traps for fantasy games
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[TOOLS] Proper traps for fantasy games
Duskmourn episode 05 "One door opens..."
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Duskmourn episode 05 "One door opens..."
[TOOLS] How to introduce new folks to Roleplaying Games
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[TOOLS] How to introduce new folks to Roleplaying Games
Dusmourn episode 04 "Exploding monarchs! Tis doom I tell ye!"
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Dusmourn episode 04 "Exploding monarchs! Tis doom I tell ye!"
[ALL] The best asset you have as a GM
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[ALL] The best asset you have as a GM
Duskmourn episode 03 "Getting a head..."
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Duskmourn episode 03 "Getting a head..."
[D&D] Making travel a tough adventure
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[D&D] Making travel a tough adventure

Комментарии

  • @stevenphilpott4294
    @stevenphilpott4294 8 часов назад

    Oh what happened to the other video?

  • @WilliamCoxGM
    @WilliamCoxGM 10 часов назад

    So The way i play the undead is, if you magically reanimate the dead if that are not too far decomposed, they will breath, if we are magically reanimating the body, that means the brain is somewhat functional even if it is its most basic instincts like a zombie would be. So yes it breaths but not because it has to breathe but only because of its brain knowing that it is supposed to do that. I agree with everything else but sight, because if it has eyes it has sight. Also depending on how old the zombie is could mean a lot of things. Also take into consideration how the person or thing died. Where they killed by a spell, if so does that spell leave traces of its arcane power on them? If they were rowed do they have a natural or in-natural desire to drown their victims or stay around or in water? There is so much you can do with zombies or the undead that i feel like giving the undead restraints in someways gets rid of the appeal.

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 12 часов назад

    Nothing like a fireside chat for roleplay.

  • @arcanerecovery2567
    @arcanerecovery2567 14 часов назад

    I once made a character and for inspiration used a catch phrase from a wrestler from many years ago named Eddie Guerrero who used to live and wrestle by the creed: "Lie, Cheat, and Steal!" I figured this was tailor made for Rogue and how I has envisioned playing them. He was also a coward for the most part. He used to use his Bonus Action to hide at the end of every round of combat and then on his turn the next round take a pot shot (sneak attack) at an enemy before doing the whole thing over again.

  • @liyan00
    @liyan00 14 часов назад

    Point 4 is something I fell into and it made it confusing. I recently got back into making the system and I stripped it back so much and only put the most basic idea of what things are for.

  • @seanhembree6154
    @seanhembree6154 15 часов назад

    Runecairn is pretty cool

  • @xezazase
    @xezazase 18 часов назад

    I've been doing this with Star Trek for years. I call it reskinning the plot. Change tech stuff to magic. A new planet to a new town or wilderness area. Write out an outline of the original plot, underline names and words that need to be changed. List these on a separate page with the correct equivalent in your world. Rewrite, and when you read it back, bang. You have an adventure. It can work surprisingly well with a lot of really old shows. Westerns and whatnot.

  • @pdbedlion
    @pdbedlion 19 часов назад

    I do love this episode of TNG. However, in converting it into a DnD adventure, there seems to be a couple of places the players lose their agency. What happens if the party save the Dragonslayer from assassination? What if the ritual to send back the npc fails?

  • @slevinkalebra5578
    @slevinkalebra5578 День назад

    Encounter at Farpoint, Hide and Q and deja Q. FIRST SESSION First session has the PC's captured and put on trial by a god or godlike being. They are found guilty and given a task to perform successfully in order to redeem themselves. If they succeed they are free to go but if they fail they prove their species are not fit to continue existing and the deity will then eliminate every member of the PCs species from existence. IT'S A TRAP! er trick. It turns out that the mission isn't what it seems and if the PCs are successful they will cause a whole civilization to collapse into chaos. Luckily through reasons the PCs figure this out and find a way to save the day. The deity whisks off into wherever deities go when not dallying with mortals and the first session ends with the deity popping back in for a second to warn that "We are always watching you." SECOND SESSION We begin the session with the PCs mid quest. During this quest they are suddenly faced with overwhelming odds and cannot prevail. Just as all hope seems lost the deity appears and saves the day. The PCs are successful in their mission and the deity admits that this odd little group of simple minded puny mortals have managed to pique their curiosity. It wants to hang out and be buds. At some point the deity will whisk the PC's off to play a "game". During the game one of the PCs discovers they have similar powers to the deity and as they grow accustomed to using these powers the PCs discover that this is not to help them but to prove once and for all that all mortals will succumb to corruption. Since power corrupts, giving one of them power should to the trick. Of course the PCs over come this, the PC rejects the corrupting and cursed powers and the deity is reveled to be a harvester devil. He had struck a bargain with a group of devils to prove he could corrupt a pure soul. On failure he is dragged off to atone for his failure. THIRD SESSION We again pick up with the PCs in mid adventure. As they successfully conclude this adventure a rift opens throwing the city they just saved into peril once again. Out of the portal our old "friend" the harvester devil pops out and collapses in front of our heroes. He is now trapped in human form with no powers and no abilities other than what a normal human can do. He knows of a mighty artifact that can save the city but will only help the PCs get it if they protect him from his former "friends". They were not happy with his recent failure. As per the contract his powers were stripped away. He had an "oh cr***p!" clause hidden in the contract that let him be locked into human form and dropped onto the prime material plane. Adventure ensues, the artifact is obtained and the city is saved. This triggers the "gotcha clause" in the harvester devils contract. His powers are restored, he is reinstated to all his former glory amongst the other devils and he vanishes never to be seen again. Or so it would seem . . .

  • @alharron2145
    @alharron2145 День назад

    I KNEW watching every Star Trek episode growing up would come in useful someday!

    • @bsparky01
      @bsparky01 13 часов назад

      🤣 Right? I watch the entire TNG series every couple year, now I have another excuse to do it again! Hahaha

  • @macoppy6571
    @macoppy6571 День назад

    8:00 Peak Guy. Every GM worth his salt 🧂 will steal this 5 Room Dungeon. Take notes 📝 📋 ✨️ 😌

  • @Fantasyscaping
    @Fantasyscaping День назад

    well broken down, absolutely agree 👏

  • @Fantasyscaping
    @Fantasyscaping День назад

    Great content! Very helpful!

  • @WilliamLanceHancock
    @WilliamLanceHancock День назад

    Oh my gosh that is brilliant. I wish I would have notice that about my pencils in high school.

  • @Mystikk666
    @Mystikk666 День назад

    Nice ideas! A bit of technical criticism (also pertains to your last Star Trek video): the audio level is quite low and it sounds somewhat distorted. I'd suggest you change something about your mic setup.

    • @the-patient-987
      @the-patient-987 День назад

      I thought it was me being very sensible about audio quality.

  • @David_Apollonius
    @David_Apollonius День назад

    I normally hate the idea of time travel, and this is no exception. It just makes no sense.

  • @YaMaTo999Vir
    @YaMaTo999Vir День назад

    That can be my life saving route (in the war situation going) and can bring me smth to live on. Im trying to improve my quality as best as i can. Hope i could achieve it.

  • @joeb3688
    @joeb3688 День назад

    Every DM has there on style, but it nice to see the advise you give in action.

  • @sexyshadowcat7
    @sexyshadowcat7 День назад

    the audio seems really low in this video

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 День назад

    Beam up my wyvern, Scotty! I ran a campaign where the party travelled to the aether. They found an interesting object (spacecraft), and of course the halfling pressed the red button (super-luminal speed)!

  • @jierdareisa4313
    @jierdareisa4313 День назад

    I love ALL How to be a Great GM videos!!!! ❤

  • @Kyeto13X
    @Kyeto13X День назад

    As a Star Trek Adventures GM, i would love to do this, but my players would lambast me for trying to recreate a famous episode from the franchiase they know. Lol.

    • @jonathanhibberd9983
      @jonathanhibberd9983 8 часов назад

      Then you need better players. 😜/jk Seriously, there are so many ways to run a game like this to make it unique. Saying you're trying to recreate a famous episode would be like saying Yesterday's Enterprise was trying to recreate City on the Edge of Forever. Someone travels through time, causing history to change, and our heroes have to restore the timeline. A similar premise, but nothing alike. This would be such a great premise. They're on a standard mission, there's something weird, but it doesn't seem like a big deal, so they move on. But there are little changes, that start to stack up. Until they realize that history has changed, or they've jumped timelines, or something like that. It would be a fun mystery, with a great reveal, and then a challenge to figure out how to put everything right.

  • @squeakyghost5471
    @squeakyghost5471 День назад

    This sounds similar to the Dragonlance series Legends, where Caramon, Raistlin, Tasslehoff, Crusania go back to just before and after the Cataclysm.

  • @deruscar8255
    @deruscar8255 День назад

    "AND do the Twist..."

  • @silviomedeiros3248
    @silviomedeiros3248 День назад

    This was amazing. I would love to see another video doing this with another episode.

  • @taka7369
    @taka7369 День назад

    D&D... Data & Deana

  • @Slainte_Mhath
    @Slainte_Mhath День назад

    "Prune juice, a warrior's drink!" This never gets old :D

    • @Zeithri
      @Zeithri День назад

      A True Klingon Warrior enjoys a clean bowel extraction!

    • @ken.droid-the-unique
      @ken.droid-the-unique День назад

      It seems to work quickly on Klingons: "Something's happening. A new change in sensor readings." And then I imagine Worf running for the latrine.😂

  • @Crocogator
    @Crocogator День назад

    I just like the episode for bringing Tasha Yar back

  • @hectorvivis3651
    @hectorvivis3651 День назад

    *Insert cat reading a newspaper meme* I really need to watch Star Trek Great video, really inspiring.

  • @JediKalElStarkiller
    @JediKalElStarkiller День назад

    One of my favorite episodes. Great idea for an adventure.

  • @generalsci3831
    @generalsci3831 День назад

    Just rocked over here from the Target Audience channel where they just uploaded their reaction to this specific episode.

  • @mieralunarlunishion
    @mieralunarlunishion День назад

    I absolutely love how Gottfried's book is called: Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung 😃 Shopenhauer ftw!

  • @stevenphilpott4294
    @stevenphilpott4294 3 дня назад

    Guy has created pokemon

  • @omabep
    @omabep 3 дня назад

    i loooove this campaign, and the players and the characters so much!!! can't wait untill next episode!!

  • @yorkshiremaninchina
    @yorkshiremaninchina 3 дня назад

    Lovely to meet you today. Take care x

  • @RiptornRory
    @RiptornRory 3 дня назад

    My dragon was a skeletal one (so technically invisible, minus the bones?), and Guy has really helped me get a better understanding of the finer points that are very often overlooked. He's one of the first channels I suggest to people who want to be DM, when even players can benefit from some of his videos!

  • @MrKankrash
    @MrKankrash 3 дня назад

    RUDI AUS BUDDLN?! Wer war das, ezadla?!

  • @DolFan316
    @DolFan316 4 дня назад

    It's so refreshing to see an RPG in which every PCs backstory actually matters. 🤘

  • @alexnahmad-rohen6316
    @alexnahmad-rohen6316 4 дня назад

    Look at good old lighthearted Georgie making secret deals with vampires and keeping secrets from Durin!

    • @DolFan316
      @DolFan316 4 дня назад

      I'm actually rooting for Georgie's villain arc now...MUAHAHAHA!!!

  • @iskandarthegreat0487
    @iskandarthegreat0487 4 дня назад

    I'm genuinely impressed with your background filter. I barely ever saw it flicker

  • @liliancazzulo
    @liliancazzulo 4 дня назад

    Cuddles to the old lady ghost at the end... loved her...couldn't help to imagine her haunting poor Alexander at night just for fun😅

  • @deannekellogg8514
    @deannekellogg8514 4 дня назад

    Great job

  • @freemanvosburg4542
    @freemanvosburg4542 4 дня назад

    My Imagined Dragon was blue, because they have "the lightning, and the thunder"

  • @ryanbirchley6613
    @ryanbirchley6613 4 дня назад

    🎉

  • @jamesortiz1
    @jamesortiz1 4 дня назад

    where did you get the character sheet your using in the video

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 4 дня назад

  • @gasmonkey1000
    @gasmonkey1000 4 дня назад

    Godzilla Comes to Braxia and Kicks the Sun in the Dick is a banger

  • @user-cs7yn8ju4y
    @user-cs7yn8ju4y 4 дня назад

    Love this series!

  • @erokvanrocksalot7545
    @erokvanrocksalot7545 4 дня назад

    Hmmm, I have a deck of cards, and a 4year old…

  • @milliman4
    @milliman4 4 дня назад

    Oh yeah, I've been interested in solo rpgs for a while now, please show more!