by chuckdee68

SeaofStars wrote:

Smell is one of those things that tends to cause things to stick in the memory, so it should be used more often. Writing that again as a reminder for myself.

Totally agree. I should make a list of the GM tips that I tell myself I'm going to implement and put them somewhere it will remind me in play. Just not sure how to do that.

The ones offhand I can think of:

1. Engage all the senses. Smell, taste and touch are three of the most neglected senses in descriptions.
2. Use synesthesia more in descriptions in order to evoke different reactions than normal and to put players off balance, i.e. a smell triggering a coppery taste to indicate a messy scene ahead.
3. Make use of players imagination in describing situations and scenes, i.e. What's one thing you see that catches your character's attention? What's one memory triggered when you see a certain scene?
4. Engage the character's story in scenes, plotlines and story.

by TomTi89

Synopsis: Everybody in one particular city suddenly become very interested in collecting playing cards.

by SeaofStars

What general (non-system specific) resources, tools, or tricks do you find helpful for building characters? Character background generators, name tables or sites, whatever. Share your ideas and tools.

by Bifford

asdfg8901 wrote:

Thanks again everyone for this amazing opportunity. Thanks Bifford and really sorry for the delay that I caused in the start. And a big thanks Bahasa for throwing me under the bus on this one.

Have you got a person willing to be the next GotW?

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