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For questions about the practical arts and methods applied to gamemastering (GMing).
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How can I best invoke the trope of a foe who radically outclasses the heroes in Fate without...
There have been a number of other good answers, but I want to throw one more idea into the mix. As @mneme points out, you can't necessarily just give the bad guy crazy awesome stats and expect things …
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What do you do when your players guess your plots?
First of all, I'll agree with others that this is probably a good sign overall, showing that your players are invested in the story and paying attention.
One technique you might consider comes from t …
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How to occupy imprisoned PCs?
Some of this might not fit with other things you have in mind, but hopefully something here will be useful.
The first and most obvious possibility is to provide a way for them to escape. Two things m …
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GMing with an overtuned skill monkey
Introduction
As I understand it, you and your players are largely okay with the fact that this guy has incredible skills. Your problem is specifically that you want the other players to have a reason …
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Can we be game master as a couple?
Advantages
I've only seen this done rarely, but it definitely has advantages. Two GMs can keep the game running at a faster pace by:
controlling different groups of monsters
assisting PCs with calcul …
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How can I make players still feel rewarded after looting a dragon hoard?
You Have What You Hold
The next quest isn't about earning money - broadly speaking, it's about letting them keep it.
I'm presently running a Pathfinder Kingmaker campaign. In that adventure, the first …
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The BBEG wants to delay the party in the final battle... (spells)
Foreword
Some parts of this answer will probably depend on DM rulings and the like. The spells aren't always clear about what they do. For example, see this discussion of what exactly freedom of movem …
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How to manage a party that runs better in smaller groups?
Foreword
Let me start by saying that you know your group better than I do. I have some suggestions, but ultimately its your and your players' game, and you'll have to figure out what works best for y …
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Make NPC death most dramatic
The Tone
First of all, do you think you've done a good job of establishing the tone so far? Is this just one step in creating the fear and paranoia that you're going for, or is the core that most of …
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How do you better keep track of enemy abilities and tactics during combat?
First of all, the high-level wizard encounter you're describing is probably among the hardest kinds of encounters to run, for exactly the reasons that you mentioned - the bad guy has lots of options, …
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