Wrapping up my posts on framing a campaign, today I talk about putting it all together. Know that you know what your players want for their characters and the campaign itself it’s time for the linchpin: What the GM wants. I see so many campaigns flame out fast because the GM and players were simply […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost – Framing Your Preferences, Part II
Continuing my previous post in this three part series. Previously, we talked about framing their preferences as concerns their characters (e.g., how much combat they wanted in the campaign on a per session basis). Basically, how the players expect their characters to react to the campaign world Today I talk about framing the player’s preferences concerning the campaign world. That […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost – Framing Your Preferences, Part I
One of the many things I learned running my Aeon supers campaign was how to improve my skills when it came to framing a campaign toward the player’s expectations. I say the players and not the characters because when it gets down to it each player has things they truly enjoy doing within the structure of […]
Continue readingAeon V-Team S01E04 – …I’ll Be the Mad Hatter
Aeon V-Team S01E03 – You Can Be Alice… Dramatis Personae Ciera A. Maeweather aka Weather Girl (played by +Christian Gelacio): Considered the weather manipulator (and News Channel 4’s meteorologist). Ciera can control the local weather in a variety of ways including earthquakes and the oceans. Highly trained original member of the Valiants and master of Capoeira. Sigyn A. “Ginny” […]
Continue readingDesigner’s Notes:Terry Toucan & the Puzzle Pals – The House of 10,000 Sock Monkeys!
My involvement in this article was mostly as a format checker and “crunch” meister. Though I did help J. hammer out some of the details. I spent maybe 10 hours total, with 0.5 hours writing, 5 hours editing/format-checking, 0 hours for research, and maybe another 4.5 hours of revision. I had a blast working with […]
Continue readingAeon V-Team S01E03 – You Can Be Alice…
Aeon V-Team S01E02 – Down the Rabbit Hole Dramatis Personae Ciera A. Maeweather aka Weather Girl (played by +Christian Gelacio): Considered the weather manipulator (and News Channel 4’s meteorologist). Ciera can control the local weather in a variety of ways including earthquakes and the oceans. Highly trained original member of the Valiants and master of Capoeira. Sigyn A. “Ginny” […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Ritual Path Magic Knacks
Those with ritual path magic have an infinitely flexible magic system at their fingertips. So how to make a one-spell johnny? Or those who have an innate ability to do one particular thing. To create such abilities use the following method: • Determine the ritual normally using the standard rules for ritual path magic. • […]
Continue readingAeon V-Team S01E02 – Down the Rabbit Hole
Aeon V-Team S01E01 – Mall Madness Dramatis Personae Ciera A. Maeweather aka Weather Girl (played by +Christian Gelacio): Considered the weather manipulator (and News Channel 4’s meteorologist). Ciera can control the local weather in a variety of ways including earthquakes and the oceans. Highly trained original member of the Valiants and master of Capoeira. Sigyn A. “Ginny” Locke aka […]
Continue readingAeon V-Team S01E01 – Mall Madness
Dramatis Personae Ciera A. Maeweather aka Weather Girl (played by +Christian Gelacio): Considered the weather manipulator (and News Channel 4’s meteorologist). Ciera can control the local weather in a variety of ways including earthquakes and the oceans. Highly trained original member of the Valiants and master of Capoeira. Sigyn A. “Ginny” Locke aka Valkyrie (played by +Ann LS): Original member of […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: Skull Crab
The skull crab begins life as a tiny crustacean the size grain of rice and resemble large, bulky crabs when fully grown. They inhabit beaches, lakeshores, and other areas where land meets water. Skull crabs are voracious eaters and grow to full size in less than three weeks. Once at full size they look for […]
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