I'm kicking back with some #Battletech reading (Decision at Thunder Rift). If I dig the vibe, then its #Mechwarrior2E or 3rd for my next campaign! #GamePrep

Experimenting with using tab groups to organize my encounters for tonight's Greyhawk '76 campaign.

All the monsters and NPCs are on D&D Beyond, and tonight's encounters have seven or so entries. That's a lot of tabs to be switching between (especially when you add in all the other tabs I'll open in game). #Greyhawk #GamePrep #DMPrep #DnD2024 #DnD5e

#Dragonlance #GamePrep this afternoon. :ablobcatbongo:

#AlchemyRPG has been running *really* slow for the last couple of days since the last update. So, hopefully we can get through the game without any major issues.

Tonight will conclude the Test of High Sorcery. We left off last week with the players walking out of a cave into a city in chaos beset by a flight of pissed off metallic dragons.

Created my main dragon NPCs. Now just setting up the encounter spreadsheet used to track combat.

Got my feet up and resting so doing some prep for my #RimeOfTheFrostmaiden tonight the party are in hot pursuit of some thieves who stole a bunch of chardalyn from Easthaven town hall…well unless they get distracted by something else on the way. Due to breathing issues, it might be a text-based session but hopefully they'll still enjoy the boat race to catch the thieves if they are clever and quick they might even manage to face one of the Sunblight brothers before he escapes! I guess time will tell. haha

#DnD #TTRPG #GamePrep

Working on #Greyhawk76 and realizing I have no idea how to make a farmhouse in #Inkarnate. So I'm off to see what's available in community contributed maps. #DnD #DnD2024 #TTRPG #GamePrep #Maps

Bingo. https://inkarnate.com/m/D7Lp2N

This is super handy: A D&D calculator for determining the percentage chance of success given a d20, a skill modifier, and a difficulty class.

Plus you can set advantage, normal, or disadvantage AND add modifier dice (like from the spell Guidance)

https://dnd-stats.streamlit.app/

#DnD #DnD2024 #GamePrep #Greyhawk #Greyhawk76

In map hell. This may be my last transmission. #GamePrep #Greyhawk76 #DnD

Prepping for my first #Greyhawk76 adventure. Drawing inspiration from the Dungeon of Dread "endless quest" book. #dnd5e #dnd2024 #GamePrep #DnD

Using that template that I just showed off, I decided to make the Agumon main line as an example. It went pretty smoothly. Using multiple layers to toggle on/off elements is something I saw in a YGO template and it worked well here.

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#Affinity

#Animon

#Digimon

#Cards

#TTRPG

#TRPG

#GamePrep

Short: Prepping for a RPG One Shot vs a Campaign
https://youtube.com/shorts/jXTxyVR_cpA

#GMTips #DMiips #CampaignPrep #GamePrep

Every GM needs to prep for their RPG campaign. And everyone does it their own way.

Check out five different approaches to campaign prep in @lairofsecrets latest Campaigns & Coffee

https://youtu.be/DFn26QB8-Oc

#GamePrep #CampaignPrep #DnD #TTRPG #GMTips #DMTips

From Cantrips Media. REDO: How I ACTUALLY Prepare for Sessions | 🔴Livestream https://www.youtube.com/live/4X90XUziEYs?si=lLHDFMDgE81oq6mE #ttrpg #dnd #livestream #gameprep

I can be kinda horrible when it comes to prepping maps for my online #DnD sessions ... though I'm better now thanks to a Pinterest hack.

Well, maybe less of a hack and more of a "hey, let's use Pinterest to find and store maps BEFORE I need them".

Radical thought, eh? #GMTips #DMTips #GamePrep #CampaignPrep #TTRPG #VTT

https://lairofsecrets.com/how-to/finding-dungeons-dragons-battle-maps/

Oh look... it's GaryCon week. You know what that means...

#GamePrep #AllTheWorkWhileCrying

I really spun my wheels badly on my #GamePrep last night, trying to figure out how to get my campaign back on track.

I now have two hours and change to prep for tonight's game. And hopefully will have time to fit dinner in there somewhere.

#ttrpg #DMBlues

In this post I'm talking about my plans to run #TheEnemyWithin campaign for #WarhammerFantasyRoleplay as a scenes/clues based scenario and my initial thoughts about getting my prep ready.

https://buff.ly/3SVRLa6

#RedDiceDiaries #TTRPG #TT #RPG #OSR #GM #DM #RDDRPG #DND #GMAdvice #GamePrep #WFRP #TEW

Latest episode about creating a cheatsheet for #WFRP 4E in #ObsidianNotes, not sure how well this'll work on the podcast since I've not tried uploading a video to it before, but we'll see:

https://open.substack.com/pub/reddicediaries/p/creating-a-cheatsheet-for-wfrp?r=4bly7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcome=true

The YouTube version is also available:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3Qi2KziNj4

#RedDiceDiaries #TTRPG #TT #RPG #OSR #ObsidianNotes #GamePrep #TheEnemyWithin #AwesomeLies #WFRP #WarhammerFantasyRoleplay #Warhammer #Cubicle7

#LLM for #ttrpg?
Yes, I could definitely see some use there without devalueing the human mind.

I actually wanted to do something else for #gameprep, but now I'm playing around with #GPT4ALL again (#llama2 here, but I'm also trying out #mistral german and other models).

The local models (I'm not comfortable the online stuff, so I don't know the state there) still have their limitations, but they have their uses...

https://slyflourish.com/eight_steps_2023.html

Lazy DM reviews the 8 steps of Lazy prep, in detail.

- Review the Characters
- Create a Strong Start
- Outline Potential Scenes
- Define Secrets and Clues
- Develop Fantastic Locations
- Outline Important NPCs
- Choose Relevant Monsters
- Select Treasure and Magic Item Rewards

The above are outlined and expanded upon. It's a GREAT way to minimize the amount of prep-time you need to run a great session.

#TTRPG #RPG #Roleplaying #GamePrep #LazyDM

Strike that. I’m running this weekend! I’ve gone into full on GM zone. #gameprep