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Storm King's Remix - Part 5D: Making Alliances

Our next Alexandrian Hangout is Wednesday, March 27th @ 5pm CT! Add it to your calendars now!UPCOMING STREAMS @ Twitch:WED March 6th - 8pm: Chronicles of Rythlondar

Ptolus: Running the Campaign - Weaving the Background

Our next Alexandrian Hangout is Wednesday, March 27th @ 5pm CT! Add it to your calendars now!UPCOMING STREAMS @ Twitch:WED March 6th - 8pm: TBD

Advanced Gamemastery: Boxed Text

Join me on a little trip back to 1976... and into the future of your game!Our next Alexandrian Hangout is Wednesday, March 27th @ 5pm CT! Add it to your calendars now!UPCOMING STREAMS @ Twitch:WED February 28th - 9pm: TBDPlease note that tonight's Twitch stream will be starting a little later than usual.

Ask the Alexandrian #12: Improvising Data Trails

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Ask the Alexandrian #12: Improvising Data Trails (Patron PDF)

Our next Alexandrian Hangout is Wednesday, March 27th @ 5pm CT! Add it to your calendars now!UPCOMING STREAMS @ Twitch:WED February 28th - 8pm: TBD

Ptolus: Running the Campaign - Withdrawing in Victory

Our next Alexandrian Hangout is Wednesday, March 27th @ 5pm CT! Add it to your calendars now!UPCOMING STREAMS @ Twitch:WED February 28th - 8pm: TBD

Advanced Gamemastery: Magic in the Set Dressing

Our next Alexandrian Hangout is Wednesday, March 27th @ 5pm CT! Add it to your calendars now!UPCOMING STREAMS @ Twitch:WED February 28th - 8pm: TBD

Quick NPC Template

Our next Alexandrian Hangout is Wednesday, March 27th @ 5pm CT! Add it to your calendars now!UPCOMING STREAMS @ Twitch:WED February 21st - 8pm: Chronicles of RythlondarWED February 28th - 8pm: TBD

Quick NPC Template (Patron PDF)

The Universal NPC Roleplaying Template is designed for the big-time NPCs. This one is for everybody else.UPCOMING STREAMS @ Twitch:WED February 21st - 8pm: Chronicles of RythlondarWED February 28th - 8pm: TBD

Advanced Gamemastery: When a PC Dies

Death is a powerful part of life. It’s also a powerful part of the stories that we tell. And it’s an important part of the roleplaying games that we play. And now your character is dead. No take-backs. USA Today Bestselling Author and ENnie Award-winning RPG designer Justin Alexander takes you beyond the final frontier!Our next Alexandrian Hangout is Wednesday, March 27th @ 5pm CT! Add it to y...

Ptolus: Running the Campaign - Combat Verticality

Our next Alexandrian Hangout is Monday, February 12th @ 1pm CT! Add it to your calendars now!UPCOMING STREAMS @ Twitch:WED February 14th - 8pm TBDWED February 21st - 8pm: Chronicles of Rythlondar

Advanced Gamemastery: The Fork in the Road

Do the PCs need to stay together because the players want to stay together? Whether dealing with troublemakers or just irreconcilable differences, is your game doomed to an ignominious end? Whether you're hunting vampires in Graveoak or dragons in the Cerulean Alps, USA Today Bestselling Author and ENnie Award-winning RPG designer Justin Alexander will show you how to save your campaign!Our ne...

Ptolus: Running the Campaign - Session 34 (Patron Collection)

All four installments of Ptolus: Running the Campaign for Session 34 of the campaign!Also the updated Act II campaign journal, covering sessions 18-34!

Ptolus: Running the Campaign - Tactical Toolkit: Ornate Chokepoints

Our next Alexandrian Hangout is Monday, February 12th @ 1pm CT! Add it to your calendars now!UPCOMING STREAMS @ Twitch:WED February 7th - 8pm: Random GM TipsWED February 14th - 8pm: Chronicles of Rythlondar

Ptolus: Running the Campaign - Faction v. Faction

UPCOMING STREAMS @ Twitch:WED January 31st - 8pm: Let's Read Ravenloft!WED February 7th - 8pm: Chronicles of Rythlondar

Always Split the Party! - Advanced Gamemastery

Never split the party is what new players do to stay safe. But once you get a little bit of experience under your belts, you should ALWAYS split the party. USA Today Bestselling Author and ENnie Award-winning RPG designer Justin Alexander reveals the secrets for GMing on Easy Mode™.UPCOMING STREAMS @ Twitch:WED January 31st - 8pm: Let's Read Ravenloft!WED February 7th - 8pm: Chronicles of Ry...

Random GM Tip: Zone of Truth Mysteries

UPCOMING STREAMS @ Twitch:WED January 31st - 8pm: Let's Read Ravenloft!WED February 7th - 8pm: Chronicles of Rythlondar

Random GM Tip: Zone of Truth Mysteries (Patron PDF)

Awhile back I shared Random GM Tip: Speak With Dead Mysteries, which looks at the particular challenges of designing a murder mystery scenario when the PCs have access to the speak with dead spell (or some similar magical or technological effect). A common follow-up question from people reading this article is, “But what about zone of truth?”

The Art of the Key (Patron PDF - v2024-01-27)

The historical overview of location keys in THE ART OF THE KEY has been updated to remove uncertainty and clarify certain historical points of fact based on my access to new data (particularly regarding the 1979 edition of Lost Shrine of Tamoachan and the 1978 convention modules Quest for the Fazzlewood).The article has been updated on the website, and Patrons can now download an updated PDF with ...