Category Archives: Game Mastering

Damage Control

Posted on July 1, 2020 by lostspherespublishing

Is it: “The blast does 15 points of damage to Ogre #3.” Or is it…. “Vocu draws deeply through the planar conduits in his body… and in answer the boiling power of the Elemental Planes launches from his fingers to … Continue reading →

Posted in 3rd Party Options, Game Mastering, Player Advice | Tagged damage resolution, GM Advice, GM Best Practices, narrative momentum, Player Advice | Leave a comment

Stay (10 Random Tips to Help Games Reach 20+ level)

Posted on September 29, 2017 by lostspherespublishing

While we toil away making City of Seven Seraphs progressively more amazing, here is a list of a few of our tips for GMs and Players who want to buckle-down for a full 1st to 20th level campaign: 10 Random Things for … Continue reading →

Posted in Game Mastering, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Player Advice | Tagged Game Mastering, Gettingto20, GM Advice, Pathfinder RPG, Player Advice | Leave a comment

Almost…. (City of Seven Seraphs: Bloodhulk Spawn Preview)

Posted on September 7, 2017 by lostspherespublishing

(ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT! 95% Funded! Visit the Kickstarter Here!) “That is a vampire? But shouldn’t it… sparkle?” -Primeworld Recruit to the Wardens on their first visit to the Chapel of the Faith Devoured. This is it! Less than 5% … Continue reading →

Posted in 3rd Party Options, Game Mastering, Horror Adventures, Occult Adventures, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planar Adventure, Uncategorized | Tagged Bloodspawn Hulk, City of Seven Seraphs, Kickstarter, Planar, Plane of Shadow, Sanguine Sovereignty, vampires | Leave a comment

Time to Reflect (Enemies of the City of 7 Seraphs: The Sarrosians)

Posted on August 25, 2017 by lostspherespublishing

(64% Funded! Kickstarter Here!) “Some say that Sarros is a magical map gone wrong… other tales say it’s what lies on the other side of an Opposing Mirror… either way if you see yourself outside a mirror’s reflection…. RUN!” -Warden … Continue reading →

Posted in 3rd Party Options, Game Mastering, Lost Spheres, Occult Adventures, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planar Adventure | Tagged blue magic, clones, dopplegangers, echo, Enemies of the City of Seven Seraphs, Eyes of Five, Mirror World, Sarros, Sarrosians | Leave a comment

A Glint of Metal (City of Seven Seraphs: Preview Judow Shadewalker)

Posted on August 21, 2017 by lostspherespublishing

(Kickstarter Here) On the road home from Gen Con so we will “just” leave you with Vincent Coviello’s amazing render of Michael Sayre’s second base class the shadewalker and as a bonus she is a member of the judow race … Continue reading →

Posted in 3rd Party Options, Game Mastering, Occult Adventures, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planar Adventure | Tagged City of Seven Seraphs, judow, Mythic Paths of the Lost Spheres, PathfinderRPG, Planar Adventures, Plane of Shadow, Psychic Magic, shadewalker, shadow magic, Shadow Plane, third party mechanics | Leave a comment

Only 48 hours for early adoption AND Nexus playtest!

Posted on August 14, 2017 by lostspherespublishing

(46% Funded by Day 5! Visit campaign here!) Greeting Spherewalkers, Backers and other awesome people! We are 46% percent funded on Day 5!!! We are so excited that our team has gone into OVERDRIVE trying to give you preview material … Continue reading →

Posted in 3rd Party Options, Game Mastering, Lost Spheres, Mythic, Occult Adventures | Tagged City of Seven Seraphs, david n. ross, Kickstarter, michael sayre, Nexus, Planar, Plane of Shadow | Leave a comment

Dirty Little Secret (Secrecy in RPGs)

Posted on January 12, 2017 by lostspherespublishing

Recently a friend asked us, “As a PC do you enjoy keeping secrets from other players?” We offered up some answers and seemed to have some disagreements about the nature of secrecy in RPGs. Not 24-hours later another GM lamented … Continue reading →

Posted in Game Mastering, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Player Advice | Tagged GM, GM Advice, GM Best Practices, GM Sovereignty, Party Dynamics, power dynamics, Roleplaying, secrets, trust | Leave a comment

Royals (Who Rules Your Rules? 6 System Sovereignty Types)

Posted on July 28, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

In the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game there are a lot of rules. Even with the Paizo core books alone there are dozens of hardcovers, twice as many Player Companions and over 100 campaign supplements. Add in the diversity of third-party play … Continue reading →

Posted in Game Mastering, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game | Tagged Game Style, GM Advice, GM Sovereignty, GM style, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Player Advice, Rules Sovereignty, ruling styles, System Sovereignty | Leave a comment

My Way… of the Highway? (5 Pitfalls of “Author GMing”)

Posted on July 21, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

GMs in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game often become focused on telling “their story” or running “their adventure” particularly when they take the time to create their own settings or encounters. A smaller part of this group treats their creation more … Continue reading →

Posted in Game Mastering, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Player Advice | Tagged Author GMing, Author GMs, Campaigns, consent, GM Advice, new campaigns, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Player Advice, player agency | Leave a comment

Two is Better Than One (Altered State: Spell Sourcing)

Posted on July 19, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

Sometimes a gaming group in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game wants to engage a party that diverges from the normal metabalance of the game. Frequently this arises when a majority of the party (or all of it) want to play spellcasters. … Continue reading →

Posted in 3rd Party Options, Game Mastering, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game | Tagged 3rd Party Options, metabalance, metagame, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, spell sourcing, spellcasters, spells, third party mechanics | Leave a comment