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Advanced Play – Part 2 – Chapter 3 – HYOOTRD RPG GM’s GUIDE

By Philip RobothamPosted on August 10, 2018August 12, 2018Posted in Blog, RPGTagged actions, adjudicating, advanced skills, consequences, game mastering, passive skills, querying, roleplaying game, rpg, skills, sub-actionsNo Comments

QUERYING YOUR PLAYERS When you have presented the scene to the players it is time to find out what they want to do next (query them). The easiest way is to simply ask. “What do you want to do?” is a perfectly satisfactory way to begin eliciting the actions your players want to carry out. […]

FUNDAMENTALS – CHAPTER 2 – HYOOTRD RPG GMs GUIDE

By Philip RobothamPosted on July 28, 2018July 29, 2018Posted in Blog, RPG, UncategorizedTagged adjudication, communicating results, concluding, game mastering, improvisation, narration, pacing, querying, roleplaying, rpgNo Comments

Three Key Skills There are three basic skills (fundamentals if you will) that every beginning GM must have… 1. Narration – the ability to set the scene, roleplay the world, report the results and consequences of actions, and transition to new scenes. 2. Querying – the ability to draw out of players their goals and […]