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Offline devonapple

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Re: I'm just not a good gm...
« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2011, 04:36:14 PM »
Plus, the DFRPG section for writing adventures is actually a fairly loose approach which could sustain a more improvisational style. But there is a difference between "improvisational" and "unprepared." And the players can feel it at the table.

One helpful resource is the Three Clue Rule.
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Re: I'm just not a good gm...
« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2011, 04:51:31 PM »
Plus, the DFRPG section for writing adventures is actually a fairly loose approach which could sustain a more improvisational style. But there is a difference between "improvisational" and "unprepared." And the players can feel it at the table.

One helpful resource is the Three Clue Rule.

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Re: I'm just not a good gm...
« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2011, 05:18:24 PM »
More good resources: This indie-rpgs.com thread on building mysteries;
and this roleplayingtips.com article: 8 Tips For Creating Good Clues In Your Stories.
"Like a voice, like a crack, like a whispering shriek
That echoes on like it’s carpet-bombing feverish white jungles of thought
That I’m positive are not even mine"

Blackout, The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets