Tag Archives: Narrative Storytelling

Storytelling 101 : Creating Investment

September 7, 2022Storyteller Conclave175, DM Advice, GM101, Narrative Storytelling, September 2022, Storytelling 101storyteller-conclave

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Great TTRPG stories pull the players in, get them invested, and make them care about the NPCs, the conflict, and the world. How do we, as Storytellers, create that investment?

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Stories with no Villains

September 1, 2022Storyteller Conclave174, DM Advice, Narrative Storytelling, September 2022storyteller-conclave

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Stories are born from adversity, and usually in TTRPGs, that’s the ubiquitous “Big Bad Evil Guy.” But, can we tell stories that have no BBEG? No villain to conquer? Where would the adversity come from? This week, Sara & Rob discuss how to tell stories with no villain

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Beginnings and Endings

August 25, 2022Storyteller Conclave173, August 2022, DM Advice, Narrative Storytellingstoryteller-conclave

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Writing stories for your game is a complex task. Hours of discussion have been devoted to making the body of the plot flow well. Two often overlooked aspects, though, are beginnings and endings. This week, Sara & Rob discuss how to introduce a story, and how to wrap it up.

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System Spotlight : Dune – Adventures in the Imperium

June 9, 2022Storyteller Conclave162, June 2022, Narrative Storytelling, System Spotlightstoryteller-conclave

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Rob and Sara take you into a far future where fear is the mind killer. The Imperium is a place of deadly duels, feudal politics and mysterious abilities in a universe where a blade can change the fortunes of millions. This month’s System Spotlight is focused on The Dune: Adventures in the Imperium.

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Building a Mystery

May 19, 2022Storyteller Conclave159, Gumshoe, May 2022, Narrative Storytelling, Story flowstoryteller-conclave

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Murder to lost children, political truths and campy old people scaring kids off their property as monsters, mysteries have been part of stories. But in TTRPG storytelling your players have to figure it out on their own. This week Rob and Sara review the Do’s and Don’ts when writing and telling TTRPG mystery stories.

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System Spotlight: Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall

May 12, 2022Storyteller Conclave158, May 2022, Narrative Storytelling, System Spotlightstoryteller-conclave

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Your family has been in this community for three generations. Serving the community food and hospitality. All the while managing a business and racism…oh and protecting people from the jiangshi! This week Sara and Rob are spotlighting a narrative heavy system where “combat is limited, but horror, drama and sometimes comedy” may be your best weapons.

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“A Magic Item Destroyed My Game”

April 28, 2022Storyteller Conclave156, April 2022, DM Advice, Narrative Storytelling, Tactical Storytellingstoryteller-conclave

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Players are crafty and can pretty much make anything you give them into an “ultimate weapon”. We have all heard the tales of something simple becoming game changing. But is that the fault of the item? Or a fault at all? This week, Sara and Rob will be discussing the pro’s and con’s of magic items and how they can “destroy games”

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Tactical vs Narrative Storytelling

June 17, 2021Storyteller Conclave7thsea, dice, dnd5e, dungeonmaster, Dungeonsanddragons, DungeonWorld, gamemaster, GNS Theory, MagpieGames, miniatures, Narrative Storytelling, PoweredbytheApocalypse, roleplaying, roleplayinggame, rpgs, shadowrun, storyteller, tabletop, tabletopgaming, Tactical Storytelling, ttrpg, UrbanShadows, whitewolf, worldofdarknessstoryteller-conclave

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Each RPG has a feel and tone when it comes to how its rules play into the way the story is told. D&D, White Wolf, 7th Sea, and Mouse Guard all have very different takes on what a challenge is, how you can overcome it, and what the results are to the story. Some of these systems focus heavily on the narrative, and allow for a broad interpretation of how the rules play out, whereas others strive to describe in detail the interactions and consequences of each action. This week Sara and Rob explore the in’s and out’s of Tactical and Narrative styles of Storytelling.

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