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  1. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,149 | 3 Round Combat Plans For Lightning Combats – Part II

    3 Round Combat Plans For Lightning Combats – Part II From JohnnFour | Published March 30, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,149 How do you make your next combat fast and exciting effective 3 Round Combat Plans? And what are we supposed to do in each round? What is our strategy here? That’s...
  2. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,182 | Encounter Mapping Software - 3 Tips For Choosing The Best One

    Encounter Mapping Software - 3 Tips For Choosing The Best One By JohnnFour | Published November 29, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,182 A great conversation came up in the monthly Wizard of Adventure chat Saturday on what encounter mapping software to choose. (Wizards of Adventure who...
  3. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,157 | How To Handle Hack & Slash and Plot-Breaking Character Powers

    How To Handle Hack & Slash and Plot-Breaking Character Powers From JohnnFour | Published June 24, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,157 How can you make travel and exploration more interesting? And what can we do about players who like to kill everything and ignore roleplay? I’ll share a...
  4. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,176 | How To Start Every Session With A Bang!

    How To Start Every Session With A Bang! From JohnnFour | Published October 18, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,176 I was excited to play but bored within minutes. It became difficult to focus. I noticed other players starting to zone out too. We were on Zoom, making it even harder. Ideas...
  5. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,180 | 5 Ways To Warn Players Of A Deadly Challenge

    5 Ways To Warn Players Of A Deadly Challenge From JohnnFour | Published November 17, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,180 Brief Word From Johnn We received our first blanket of snow this week, indicating perfect gaming weather is upon us! Why not turn on the lantern and tell tall tales by...
  6. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #012 | Top 6 Ways To Use Encounters to Build a Compelling Campaign

    Top 6 Ways To Use Encounters to Build a Compelling Campaign From JohnnFour | updated January 9, 2020 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #012 Encounters are like pieces of a grand jigsaw puzzle that you build with your players over time into a story. Imagine then, if some of the pieces didn’t fit...
  7. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #011 | Top 6 Ways To More Compelling Encounters

    Top 6 Ways To More Compelling Encounters From Da'Vane | updated February 21, 2019 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #011 I believe encounters (some roleplayers also call them “scenes”) are the workhorses of roleplaying. Campaigns are simply the sum total of all the individual encounters that you...
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