Tag Archives: Narrative Storytelling

System Spotlight : Brindlewood Bay

June 14, 2023Storyteller Conclave215, June 2023, Narrative Storytelling, System Spotlightstoryteller-conclave

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This month, Sara & Rob shine the System Spotlight on Brindlewood Bay. The players take the place of an elderly women’s mystery club, drawing inspiration from “Murder, She Wrote” and others like it!

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Do We NEED Combat?

June 1, 2023Storyteller Conclave213, Combat, Narrative Storytellingstoryteller-conclave

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There are many settings where combat just shouldn’t be done. Maybe the characters are children. Perhaps the enemies are unstoppable monstrosities. In the last of our Combat miniseries, Sara & Rob discuss games where combat ISN’T an option!

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Combat Without Combat

May 17, 2023Storyteller Conclave211, Combat, May 2023, Narrative Storytelling, noncombatstoryteller-conclave

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From initiative, to armor, to maneuvers to damage, combat is a core pillar of many systems. But is it necessary? Can combat be handled narratively? In the first episode of our miniseries on TTRPG combat, Sara & Rob discuss having Combat WITHOUT Combat!

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Storytelling 202 : Multifaceted Encounters

May 3, 2023Storyteller Conclave209, May 2023, Narrative Storytelling, Storytelling 202storyteller-conclave

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When discussing encounter design, we often break them into their simplest archetypes : combat, social, chase, etc. But, do encounters need to necessarily be only one of those categories? Can we mix a chase scene with a puzzle encounter? What would it look like? How would you go about balancing it, and playing it out? This week, Sara & Rob discuss multifaceted encounter design in this month’s Storytelling 202

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Reactive play vs Proactive play with Jonah & Tristan Fishel

April 19, 2023Storyteller Conclave207, April 2023, Narrative Storytellingstoryteller-conclave

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Reactive play vs proactive play: what they are, why it matters, and why playing proactively is more fun. We are joined by Jonah and Tristen Fishel, authors of Game Master’s Handbook of Proactive Roleplaying.

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Storytelling 202 : Workshop: Session Zero prompt

April 5, 2023Storyteller Conclave205, April 2023, Narrative Storytelling, Storytelling 202storyteller-conclave

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This month’s storytelling 202 is a workshop, well at least for Rob & Sara. Session Zero’s have been discussed but what is it like to actually come up with the prompt for your players? How much do you disclose? This week the duo will challenge each other, assist, and compile some prompts for Session Zero!

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Advancement and Power Escalation

March 29, 2023Storyteller Conclave204, March 2023, Narrative Storytellingstoryteller-conclave

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When the characters are level 1, a goblin is a scary beast. But by level 5 they may be able to shake off a few rounds with a dragon. By level 10, they might be looking for what gods have been itching for a butt kicking. Expanding on last week’s topic of progression and advancement, Sara & Rob will be joined by Autumn M. Birt and Jesper Schmidt, award winning authors, to discuss how characters leveling up inevitably changes the plot and storytelling.

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System Spotlight : Blades in the Dark

March 8, 2023Storyteller Conclave201, March 2023, Narrative Storytelling, System Spotlight, Tactical Storytellingstoryteller-conclave

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Brought up multiple times by our community and the RPG community at large, we are proud to be reviewing Blades in the Dark. This game of daring scoundrels, in a fledgling crew, seek fortunes in the haunted streets of an industrial-fantasy city. A long time coming, this System Spotlight is one Sara & Rob have been looking forward to!

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Agency Within Hierarchies / Organizations

February 22, 2023Storyteller Conclave199, DMrant, Narrative Storytellingstoryteller-conclave

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Militias, police, mega corps, and even school teams have at least one thing in common – structure. There is a pecking order, command, or policy that has to be followed to keep order and flow practice. But how do you bring something this rigid into a story, with imaginative players, without taking away from their agency? This week Sara & Rob stand tall, salute, and fill out the request form necessary to discuss the fine art of storytelling in a defined organization.

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Storytelling 202 : Splitting the Party

February 1, 2023Storyteller Conclave196, Narrative Storytelling, Storytelling 202, Tactical Storytellingstoryteller-conclave

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Do your players commit the cardinal sin of “Splitting the Party”? Do you have a lone wolf that likes to stray from the group and do their own thing? In our next Storytelling 202, Rob & Sara discuss the art of splitting the party without causing confusion and boredom at the table!

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