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Location Centric or Character Centric?

September 2, 2021Storyteller Conclave7thsea, Character Centric, dice, dnd5e, dungeonmaster, Dungeonsanddragons, DungeonWorld, gamemaster, Location Centric, MagpieGames, miniatures, PoweredbytheApocalypse, roleplaying, roleplayinggame, rpgs, shadowrun, storyteller, tabletop, tabletopgaming, ttrpg, UrbanShadows, whitewolf, worldofdarknessstoryteller-conclave

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When telling an RPG story there are many places to start, and the ending doesn’t have to be far, but the focus is important. Do the characters exist in a preexisting world and they are just watching and helping events unfold? Or is the world wrapped around your characters every move, do they move the world. This episode, Sara and Rob work through the differences between location or character centric games.

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Player-Assisted World Building

August 26, 2021Storyteller Conclave7thsea, dice, dnd5e, dungeonmaster, Dungeonsanddragons, DungeonWorld, gamemaster, MagpieGames, miniatures, PoweredbytheApocalypse, roleplaying, roleplayinggame, rpgs, shadowrun, storyteller, tabletop, tabletopgaming, ttrpg, UrbanShadows, whitewolf, World Building, worldofdarknessstoryteller-conclave

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Players often come to the table with ideas of where their characters came from. But not all systems have good ways to include this for the Storyteller, or even how much they should accept. Sara and Rob will carve out some of the tools that various systems use as well as some guidelines you may wish to include yourself when allowing players to help craft the world.

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The Players’ Burden

August 19, 2021Storyteller Conclave7thsea, dice, DMrant, dnd5e, dungeonmaster, Dungeonsanddragons, DungeonWorld, gamemaster, MagpieGames, miniatures, PoweredbytheApocalypse, roleplaying, roleplayinggame, rpgs, shadowrun, storyteller, tabletop, tabletopgaming, ttrpg, UrbanShadows, whitewolf, worldofdarknessstoryteller-conclave

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As a storyteller, it is hard to get the setting, story, players and each game session going. But when players come to the table unprepared, ill equipped, or don’t know the system it can be a nightmare. Tonight Sara and Rob will be speaking to the players of games directly on being prepared for a session.

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System Spotlight : Through the Breach

August 12, 2021Storyteller Conclave7thsea, dice, dnd5e, dungeonmaster, Dungeonsanddragons, DungeonWorld, gamemaster, MagpieGames, Malifaux, miniatures, PoweredbytheApocalypse, roleplaying, roleplayinggame, rpgs, shadowrun, storyteller, tabletop, tabletopgaming, Through the Breach, ttrpg, UrbanShadows, whitewolf, worldofdarkness, Wyrdstoryteller-conclave

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In 2009, Wyrd Publishing produced the world of Malifaux, both a city-state and a world in a parallel dimension. This world was created in 1787 after our own world was threatened by the decline of magic, and magicians looking for a new source of magic discovered a world separated from ours by a thin barrier. Through the Breach is an RPG set in the world of Malifaux where you, the player, are thrust into the newly reopened breach back, seeking fame, fortune and riches.

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Roleplaying 102 : Encouraging Roleplay at the Table

August 5, 2021Storyteller Conclave7thsea, dice, dnd5e, dungeonmaster, Dungeonsanddragons, DungeonWorld, gamemaster, miniatures, PbtA, PoweredbytheApocalypse, roleplaying, roleplayinggame, rpgs, shadowrun, storyteller, tabletop, tabletopgaming, ttrpg, UrbanShadows, whitewolf, worldofdarknessstoryteller-conclave

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For newer players especially, slipping into roleplaying a character can be challenging or outright scary. It can be difficult to step outside of yourself, to find your character’s voice, or feel silly to talk to your friends in a made-up voice. This week, Sara & Rob examine what Storytellers can do to encourage roleplaying at the table, and make staying in character less intimidating and more fun for everyone.

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Creating Lifelike NPCs

July 29, 2021Storyteller Conclave7thsea, dice, dnd5e, dungeonmaster, Dungeonsanddragons, DungeonWorld, gamemaster, NPC, PoweredbytheApocalypse, roleplaying, roleplayinggame, rpgs, shadowrun, storyteller, tabletop, tabletopgaming, ttrpg, whitewolf, worldofdarknessstoryteller-conclave

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As a Storyteller you are the world around your players, and as such you give it life and tone. Each character you play – Non-Player Characters or NPCs – has to feel unique. But how do you come up with voices, traits, or quirks for this myriad of necessary characters? This week, Sara and Rob discuss methods of making your non-player characters feel less like talking heads, and more like living, breathing inhabitants of your story’s world.

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Plot Hooks and Breadcrumbs

July 22, 2021Storyteller ConclaveBreadcrumbs, dnd5e, dungeonmaster, Dungeonsanddragons, gamemaster, MagpieGames, Plot Hooks, roleplaying, roleplayinggame, rpgs, storyteller, tabletop, tabletopgaming, ttrpgstoryteller-conclave

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Oftentimes you will hear storytellers talking about hooks or linchpins, but what are they really? And how do you use them? This week Sara and Rob explore techniques to pull your players into plots, quests, and adventures, what makes them work, and how you can use them.

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System Spotlight : Star Wars

July 15, 2021Storyteller ConclaveD&D 5e, dice, dnd5e, dungeonmaster, Dungeonsanddragons, DungeonWorld, Fantasy Flight, gamemaster, miniatures, randomencounters, roleplaying, roleplayinggame, rpgs, shadowrun, Star Wars, storyteller, tabletop, tabletopgaming, ttrpgstoryteller-conclave

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Star Wars is an epic universe that spans a millennia of time, thousands of races, all from a galaxy far far away. But when did it become an RPG? And where can you start to tell a story within it? Well “strap in kid” as Rob and Sara jump back to the beginning with West End games and travel through to the current incarnation with Fantasy flight, where they will focus most of their force

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Conflict Resolution at the Table

July 8, 2021Storyteller Conclave7thsea, conflict resolution, dice, dnd5e, dungeonmaster, Dungeonsanddragons, DungeonWorld, gamemaster, MagpieGames, miniatures, PoweredbytheApocalypse, roleplaying, roleplayinggame, rpgs, shadowrun, storyteller, tabletop, tabletopgaming, ttrpg, UrbanShadows, whitewolf, worldofdarknessstoryteller-conclave

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We have all had players argue their interpretation of a rule, take fifteen minutes debating with another player on the proper tactics, or sit in silence because of another player’s robust play style only to rant in private later. Storytellers are there to keep the game going, but also to keep it fun. This week Sara and Rob review how to manage, de-escalate, and work through conflict at the table

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Organic Lore Exposition

July 1, 2021Storyteller Conclave7thsea, dice, dnd5e, dungeonmaster, Dungeonsanddragons, DungeonWorld, gamemaster, Lore, MagpieGames, miniatures, Organic Lore, PoweredbytheApocalypse, roleplaying, roleplayinggame, rpgs, shadowrun, storyteller, tabletop, tabletopgaming, ttrpg, UrbanShadows, whitewolf, worldofdarknessstoryteller-conclave

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Did you just spend 45 minutes explaining in detail the structures, culture and city of the Orc empire, while your players nodded off? Is there a better way to show the differences in your world versus the stock campaign settings presented in modern fantasy? This week’s episode is here for you! Sara, mostly, and Rob (because he is BAD at it) will try and help you weave through the difficult process of making your vast, detailed, and different world come to life without putting your players into a lore dump coma.

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