Tag Archives: GM Advice

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

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 →

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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

Hunter… (Unusual Starts: Monster Hunters)

Posted on July 18, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

Sometimes the group wants a break from rescuing royalty or delving the Dark Lord’s Tower. A lot of commentary in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game community revolves around the concept of “murder hobos” reducing the tales of heroism and adventure to a … Continue reading →

Posted in Game Mastering, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Player Advice | Tagged Campaigns, GM Advice, mercenary PCs, monster hunters, murder hobos, new campaigns, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Unusual Starts | Leave a comment

Summer Skin (Re-Skinned Sci-Fi in Pathfinder)

Posted on July 14, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

Lightly touched on in yesterday’s look at androids, there is often a sense of the otherworldly, alien or intrusiveness to the worlds of “classic fantasy.” This attribute can prove decidedly resilient even when these elements are skinned to be more … Continue reading →

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Lost in a Crowd (GMing Large and Ensemble Cast Games)

Posted on July 11, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

Sometimes a story’s natural progression takes a GM into a development that fields a large number of characters in play. Even the principle Pathfinder Organized Play environment places the players’ party as one of many in a far larger pool … Continue reading →

Posted in Game Mastering, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Uncategorized | Tagged ensemble gaming, GM Advice, GMing organizations, large casts, Large Group Games, multiple characters, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game | Leave a comment

We Go Together (10 Reasons Why Prestige Classes Still Matter…)

Posted on July 10, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

During the 3.5 iteration of the ancestral system that birthed the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, prestige classes entered a golden age. Dozens of specialists and hybrids, niche powers or divine inspirations flooded our games. And shortly thereafter, perhaps, things moved beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in Game Mastering, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Player Advice | Tagged Archetypes, Book of Beyond, GM Advice, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Player Advice, prestige classes | Leave a comment

Gravedancer (Unusual Starts: Heroes of the Tomb)

Posted on July 5, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

Sometimes it is hard to reconcile the desires of various character classes and genre interests between the players in a GM’s group. People want to play races, archetypes or prestige classes that don’t easily make sense in the campaign you have … Continue reading →

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