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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 10:22:02 No.43369542 View Reply Report Delete

So tonight will be the second night of me GM'ing my homebrew campaign.

Week 1 went by mostly without a hitch save for a few kinks when trying to keep my players on task with the campaign without having to railroad them. I also stumbled a bit a few times when having to improv something up on the spot.

So I humbly come to ask any veteran GM's for advice. Especially when it comes to improv

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 10:35:53 No.43369682 Report Delete

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Learning how to improv sadly only really works by doing it. Way I started was by reducing the load on what I had to improv. By having clear ideas about one concept beforehand (what kind of towns and hooks are by the players, or what kind of aesthetics of the world, or what personality of random NPCs) can help you focus on less per session. Another good idea is to get in the habit of reading things out loud in your spare time. By reducing the amount of uhs/umms in your common speech, you will feel a lot more comfortable.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 10:55:24 No.43369900 Report Delete

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>>43369682
Excellent and succinct. I would add that at least for me, improving well gets easiest when you know your own setting and it's actors, factions,etc.

I find it much more coherent when I improv on what people will DO rather than what they ARE.

Being creative on the spot sucks, being comfortable enough to alter what you already have rocks.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 11:03:50 No.43369975 Report Delete

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I can't tell you much without more insight into what you play, how, and how it went specifically.

Railroading is such a loose term, it's like saying North without saying where you start from.

Generally you want to give the players agency in the story. That can mean many things, but at least it should mean that when a direction has to be chosen in story terms, they should realize that and make an informed decision. As GM it is your job to convey that.

So in general... Do accents and not voices.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 11:06:06 No.43369996 Report Delete

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Oh my god owl's are awesome!!!

About improv, one way i found easy for me was to plan a small scale for the adventure and try to plan how my players would work so i mostly made small quest untill i knew well my group. But if you're trying to make a small campaing you could make then in chapters, chapter 1 you introduce the npc's and the situation the second part you make who the PC's can reach the goal, trying to make small safes incase your pc's miss stuffs, tip then at specific encounter if you want then to suspect especific npc, tell then to roll the equivelent of sense motive, if you want then to find a clue at a place TELL THEN to make a test, but never say to then for what the test is. If they come with idea themselfs and you find it's reasanoble you could put it together on the campaing, and chapter three would be the final encounter the conclusion.

At least that is how i do it.

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