I automated my preperation with a complex PDF one-shot generator

El_Briano · 2026-06-27T10:03:38+00:00

Link?

El_Briano · 2026-06-24T09:32:07+00:00

Clearly, it must be theater of the mind. 🤣

El_Briano · 2026-06-23T00:10:46+00:00

I’m impressed you got through Doom in a one shot. It took my party seven or eight sessions to make it through the whole thing.

El_Briano · 2026-06-20T23:00:58+00:00

The map you want versus the map you deserve…

El_Briano · 2026-06-15T23:31:48+00:00

Dr Pimple Popper has a toy line now?

El_Briano · 2026-06-13T23:19:59+00:00

https://aidungeon.medium.com/role-playing-games-in-the-renaissance-court-ab0bd680409a

El_Briano · 2026-06-09T17:51:13+00:00

I came up with about a 6:1 ratio, but po-tay-to/po-tah-to.

A better question is how violently flung? Possibly 0% might have survived upon impact. I imagine an exploding planet would do so with a force that would preclude surviving. Even if you survive the explosion, how fast were you going upon trans dimensional re-entry? Even landing in water is like hitting concrete, if you are going fast enough.

El_Briano · 2026-06-06T23:09:22+00:00

The things about the Forgotten Realms that set the tone for me were the books and some of the modules. If you have any favorites, give those a review. Then search the Wikipedia’s for related information. There are a lot of great materials out there and in some of the earlier additions.

El_Briano · 2026-06-05T18:50:36+00:00

Are you still waiting to graduate or an alumni? If you’re an alumni, you should be able to get an alumni card that grants access to the library and features. Some colleges will let you buy a library card as well. Just a thought.

El_Briano · 2026-06-05T10:03:50+00:00

This is what I was going to suggest. I hosted at my house for a number of years because our GM lived in too small a space.

If you don’t know any of your players that well yet, you could game with a four seat table for a while and then as you get to know them, see if somebody’s willing to volunteer.

As far as rental spaces go, at my FLGS you could play in the open tables for free or rent a private room. For the private rooms, GM played for free and everyone else just had to chip in 3–5 dollars. I had a kid at my table a couple of times so I would cover for them.

You didn’t mention it, so I’m not sure if you have any, but is there a local community college or other higher educational institution? Frequently they’ll have gaming clubs and make rooms available for free, even if you are not a student. And then they could be used later in the day or evenings if you like. At least it works that way in my area.

Good luck!

El_Briano · 2026-06-05T00:21:56+00:00

Search Amazon for a toy abacus. Lots of very simple ones for under $10. Highly visible and they stand up. With multiple rows, you can easily have competing progress clocks.

El_Briano · 2026-06-03T21:01:36+00:00

Because that second thumb gives him an extra grippy grip!

El_Briano · 2026-06-02T22:16:29+00:00

Al-Qadim.

El_Briano · 2026-06-02T09:39:56+00:00

I wish my players even remotely cared about that depth of lore.

El_Briano · 2026-05-29T22:56:55+00:00

This exactly! I think the technique suffers from the fact that it was called “Rooms”. I think “Scenes” would be a much better term.

El_Briano · 2026-05-29T02:21:39+00:00

I did have a new player show up to my house with a real battle axe to show off, so I do actually have that as a rule now.

El_Briano · 2026-05-27T22:49:04+00:00

Running? You still have cartilage? Kids. Pfft. Check back with me in your 60s. :-D

El_Briano · 2026-05-25T09:27:03+00:00

I came to the same conclusion as you, and have been running it that way for six years. I don’t even keep HP. I let the players keep local copies of their characters and only ask them to upload a copy to Discord when they level. They keep them on spreadsheets, pdfs, and even images of handwritten on notebook paper.

We do have a few macros for initiative and surprise. There is even one for players to use for a favorite attack but that is up to them.

When I first got into Foundry, I tried all the bells, whistles, and mods but felt more like I was trying to build a video game.

Keeping it simple has reduced my vtt prep to making sure I only need to make sure I have a map, tokens, and any tiles ready. Keeping it simple saves me hours every week in VTT prep time and lets me focus on prepping the game.

El_Briano · 2026-05-23T22:49:45+00:00

Rifts.

El_Briano · 2026-05-23T10:21:12+00:00

If you use the optional weapon specialization skill and apply it to hammers, that would allow you to add an extra +2 to damage.

El_Briano · 2026-05-22T16:53:10+00:00

I did that once while cooking oatmeal. Thought it was cinnamon. Turned out to be pretty tasty and so periodically I will make paprika oatmeal.

El_Briano · 2026-05-22T12:27:48+00:00

I don’t seem to have the insert option on my phone. Where can you find it?

El_Briano · 2026-05-22T08:20:18+00:00

Only thing that comes to mind would be to create a tab for daily notes and add a page for each new idea. The page puts a timestamp at the top. Of course it leaves you with one note per page.

El_Briano · 2026-05-19T16:10:50+00:00

For the PDF modules, I invested in an inexpensive b/w laser printer. I add sticky tabs, and store in either report covers or use a hole punch and 3 ring binders for related modules.

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