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What Nature Brings to the Table
A simple example of how nature can help make your TTRPGs more engaging, fun, and thematic for your players, in an introductory post for The Nature Game Master. Read more
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Side Quests for Wilderness Travel: Mountain & Swamp
Travelling through the wilderness should feel exciting, dangerous, and explorative. The next few posts will be a series of side quests to place in wilderness travel that reward players for… Read more
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5 Memorable Magical Trinkets (And Two Regrettable Items)
Some magic items are memorable because they were the object of a lengthy quest. Some magic items are memorable because they were used in a pivotal moment. And some are… Read more
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Monster: Ethereal Life-Draining Spirits
Picture a black, malevolent spirit with flowing tendrils and stretched-out limbs like a starfish the size of a monkey. Picture it latched on to someone’s back, slowly draining their life… Read more
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Better Nature Themed Monsters: More Than Entangle
Friends, we all like a sinister vine that softly creeps up behind someone and snakes around their ankle. I take no issue with this. What I take issue with is… Read more
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House Rules
A game should be alive. It should breathe. Like a recipe, it offers a baseline which can be adjusted to suit one’s taste. And thus was born the house rules.… Read more
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Combat System for Text-Based D&D
I am currently running a text-based solo adventure for a friend, and the delay between messages is often several days. If not weeks. This causes a dilemma. Combat in D&D… Read more
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Low Level Nature Dungeon
From one perspective, every time characters journey through the wilderness, they are in a natural dungeon. The walls are made of rivers, cliff edges, and tree lines, and the traps… Read more
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The First Rule of Being a Goblin is that a Dead Person Does Not Need a Sword
Several years ago I asked a group of friends if they wanted to play a short campaign as goblin characters. It turned out to be one of the dumbest, most… Read more
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Two-Headed Snake Stat Block
Here is the two-headed snake that I did not get to use because my players were clever enough to skip the mini boss and head straight into the serpents’ nest… Read more
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How Far Can You See in a Forest
The characters are sneaking through a forest, looking for a band of goblins that are rumored to be in the area. Just as they spot a campfire with several small… Read more
Lace up your boots.
We are headed through twisted forests, dank swamps, and rugged mountains searching for inspiration from the natural world to make our TTRPGs more enjoyable for us game masters and our players. I am your guide Novina, and this is The Nature Game Master.
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