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I feel like I've talked a lot about things I feel confident in with ttrpgs and things I think I'm good at so now...now is the time to admit what I think is my greatest failing: NPCs. Now, to be entirely clear, creating NPCs is not my problem. I enjoy planning NPCs and I do think my improved NPCs are relatively great. The issue I have is consistency. I have a very hard time remembering how NPCs acted, how they should react to the players, the world around them etc. To me,

Today is a short one, mostly because today is Christmas day in my neck of the woods. I don't have much to give you all except to wish you all a Happy Holidays and hope that your dice roll true! Looking forward to your sentiments. See you next session. Julia

So! We are now three sessions into the Crooked Moon. The players have kicked off the cobwebs and started leaning into their characters a bit more. How is it going? What kind of plans do I have cooking up? Have I been enjoying the module? Generally, everything has been really good but let me give some more details on each. Warning: everyone. There will be likely spoilers of the campaign ahead. The Beginning of the Module I've been really enjoying how it's set up. I thi

I have something to admit: I have a serious addiction to TTRPG Kickstarters. It started innocently enough, I think. When I started up my real dive into TTRPGs I had taken a pass through several "how to" videos and noticed in the backgrounds, people had bookshelves full of all variety of books that I couldn't find just with Wizard of the Coast. It got me thinking and wondering "where did they get those?" I don't live near a proper boardgame store and really hadn't been in

I've talked about it in a previous post but I am one of those GMs that really "caught the bug" from watching Critical Role. It really is a great place to learn not only how far you can push this hobby but also how to improve on your own skills as a GM. Do I think that they're the "be all end all" of Dungeons and Dragons references? Hardly. I do get frustrated by the lengths of their episodes often and they really have moved away from showing how inexpensive this hobby can

Improv or "improvise" is the cornerstone of ttrpgs. The ability to act on your feet, respond to unexpected questions and actions from your players is an absolute need. I feel like a lot of people think it is exclusively intended for humor, especially given things like improv comedy groups. But improvisation is anything theatrical that is spontaneous and without preparation. A very common rule used in improv is the "yes, and" rule which is that you should accept the reality

Ah yes, that fresh smell of something new and exciting! A new campaign for me is on the horizon. It is a premade campaign called The...

I talk a lot about being a Game Master (GM) and that is a synonymous word to mean someone that controls, writes, runs, etc. any sort of...

We've all had some bad experiences playing ttrpgs (some people have had some truly horrific ones). It's inevitable. You're playing with...

So, I mentioned I haven't been doing this whole "Game Mastering" thing for very long, right? Only a handful of years, specifically...

GM preparation! Probably one of the most important and key requirements to any successful ttrpg. I am a big supporter of constant...

Hello and welcome back to Sessions + Sentiments. I'd like to start off this first formal posting with what I would consider to be my "GM...

Hi! My name is Julia and welcome to my blog called Sessions + Sentiments; a website built on an idea and fine-tuned to function by my...