The Game Master s Book of Non Player Characters

The Game Master s Book of Non Player Characters
Author: Jeff Ashworth
Publsiher: Media Lab Books
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2021-09-14
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1948174804

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From the #1 Best-Selling author, Jeff Ashworth, comes the latest addition to The Game Master series, with more than 500 NPCs ready to populate your campaign whenever you need them! As is often the case in tabletop roleplaying games, players often venture into locales or look for answers in places and among people busy Game Masters simply didn’t anticipate. Or, just as often, an adventure won't have fully fleshed out characters in place for the locations and encounters outlined for gameplay. The Game Master's Book of Non-Player Characters solves these issues and more by providing Game Masters with the information they need to “fill in the holes” in their campaign play. It will enable GMs to instantly add depth, color, motivation and unique physical characteristics at a moment's notice to unexpected or underwritten characters as they pop up during gameplay, ensuring every session is a memorable one for players and GMs alike. This edition also includes more than 50 hand-drawn illustrations of select NPCs detailed in the book, 3 bonus one-shot adventures, and a foreword by online influencer Jasmine Bhullar.

The Game Master s Book of Random Encounters

The Game Master s Book of Random Encounters
Author: Jeff Ashworth
Publsiher: Media Lab Books
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1948174375

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For many tabletop RPG players, the joy of an in-depth game is that anything can happen. Typical adventure modules include a map of the adventure’s primary location, but every other location?whether it's a woodland clearing, a random apothecary or the depths of a temple players elect to explore?has to be improvised on the fly by the Game Master. As every GM knows, no matter how many story hooks, maps or NPCs you painstakingly create during session prep, your best-laid plans are often foiled by your players' whims, extreme skill check successes (or critical fails) or their playful refusal to stay on task. In a game packed with infinite possibilities, what are GMs supposed to do when their players choose those for which they're not prepared? The Game Master’s Book of Random Encounters provides an unbeatable solution. This massive tome is divided into location categories, each of which can stand alone as a small stop as part of a larger campaign. As an example, the “Taverns, Inns, Shops & Guild Halls” section includes maps for 19 unique spaces, as well as multiple encounter tables designed to help GMs fill in the sights, sounds, smells and proprietors of a given location, allowing for each location in the book to be augmented and populated on the fly while still ensuring memorable moments for all your players. Each map is presented at scale on grid, enabling GMs to determine exactly where all of the characters are in relation to one another and anyone (or anything) else in the space, critical information should any combat or other movement-based action occur. Perhaps more useful than its nearly 100 maps, the book's one-shot generator features all the story hooks necessary for GMs to use these maps as part of an interconnected and contained adventure. Featuring eight unique campaign drivers that lead players through several of the book's provided maps, the random tables associated with each stage in the adventure allow for nearly three million different outcomes, making The Game Master's Book of Random Encounters an incredible investment for any would-be GM. The book also includes a Random NPC Generator to help you create intriguing characters your players will love (or love to hate), as well as a Party Makeup Maker for establishing connections among your PCs so you can weave together a disparate group of adventurers with just a few dice rolls. Locations include taverns, temples, inns, animal/creature lairs, gatehouses, courts, ships, laboratories and more, with adventure hooks that run the gamut from frantic rooftop chases to deep cellar dungeon-crawls, with a total of 97 maps, more than 150 tables and millions of possible adventures. No matter where your players end up, they'll have someone or something to persuade or deceive, impress or destroy. As always, the choice is theirs. But no matter what they choose, with The Game Master's Book of Random Encounters, you'll be ready.

The Game Master s Book of Traps Puzzles and Dungeons

The Game Master s Book of Traps  Puzzles and Dungeons
Author: Jeff Ashworth
Publsiher: Game Master Series
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-06-21
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781948174985

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All the information Game Master's needs to create compelling dungeon crawls, deadly fortress traps and clever riddles or puzzles to activate players’ critical thinking skills alongside their critical rolls during tabletop RPG play.

NPCs

NPCs
Author: Drew Hayes
Publsiher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-04
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: 1499307713

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Four Non-Player Characters (NPCs) find themselves forced to pretend they're adventurers in order to save their town and loved ones.

The Lazy DM s Workbook

The Lazy DM s Workbook
Author: Michael Shea
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2018-11-09
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 1731107501

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The Lazy DM's Workbook contains a wide range of tools, maps, and reference sheets to help you run your fifth edition fantasy roleplaying game--and is designed to be useful right at the table. This book contains numerous fifth edition rules references, guides, and random generators to help fire up your imagination as you prepare and run your games. The workbook also contains ten lazy lairs: full-color maps and quick descriptions of locations common to most fantasy roleplaying games. When the characters take a game session in a direction you didn't expect, you can use any of these lairs with minimal prep time, running it straight out of the book. The Lazy DM's Workbook is an indispensable reference, designed to be kept at your side as tales of high adventure unfold at your gaming table.

The Ultimate Random Encounters Book

The Ultimate Random Encounters Book
Author: Travis "Wheels" Wheeler,Logan Jenkins,Lee Terrill,Greg Leatherman
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781507216378

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"Playing a role-playing game is a delicate dance. If everything runs smoothly, it feels like you and your friends are able to maneuver effortlessly through dramatic, epic, and uproariously silly scenes where everyone gets a chance to shine. And yet, other times it just doesn't come together. Combat slows to a repetitive grind, the Game Master runs out of good Non-Player Character (NPC) ideas, or after twenty-six rounds maybe even the most beautifully designed encounter just gets a bit stale. Sure, you could prep an absolute powerhouse of an all-killer-no filler role-playing session. Spend time getting fun character voices ready for every NPC. But that sounds like way too much work. This is the book you turn to for help. It's a big book of ideas designed to slot right into your existing campaign, organized into neat little tables. If you salivate at chaos magic effect tables and daydream about wild, unexpected die results, you already know it can also be fun to throw caution to the wind and let randomness determine as much as possible. Even the most organized GMs and the tightest adventure modules benefit from a little spice!"--

Live to Tell the Tale

Live to Tell the Tale
Author: Keith Ammann
Publsiher: Gallery / Saga Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2020-07-07
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781982122690

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From the author of The Monsters Know What They’re Doing comes an introduction to combat tactics for Dungeons & Dragons players. In his first book, The Monsters Know What They’re Doing (based on his popular blog), Keith Ammann unleashed upon the D&D world a wave of clever, highly evolved monster tactics. Now it’s only fair that he gives players the tools they need to fight back…and prevail! An introduction to combat tactics for fifth-edition Dungeons & Dragons players, Live to Tell the Tale evens the score. It examines the fundamentals of D&D battles: combat roles, party composition, attacking combos, advantage and disadvantage, Stealth and Perception, and more…including the ever-important consideration of how to run away! Don’t worry about creating a mathematically perfect character from square one. Survival isn’t about stats—it’s about behavior! With four turn-by-turn, roll-by-roll, blow-by-blow sample battles, Live to Tell the Tale breaks down how to make the best choices for your cherished characters so that they can survive their adventures, retire upon their accumulated riches, and tell stories about the old days that nobody will ever believe.

Dungeon Maps for Game Master

Dungeon Maps for Game Master
Author: Silent Wave Silent Wave Press
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2021-06-25
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9798526563413

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Looking for inspiration for your next tabletop RPG campaign? Discover 50 premade dungeon maps and start the adventure! Dungeon Maps for Game Master book contains 50 unique and customizable dungeon maps. It's a perfect asset for tabletop role-playing game players and Game Masters. Maps can be filled with additional objects, loot, monster and location features. Each map has an additional dot grid notebook-style page for story description, encounter details or extra space for mapping. The index page helps with navigating to the desired map quickly. About This Book 50 unique maps additional dot grid pages index page convenient size: 8.5 in x 11 in (A4) premium matte-finish cover design high-quality white paper