Tales From the Hydian Way

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241 – The Conflicted Party Tale Apr 15, 2019

Show notes

An explosion of discussion happens in this episode about using the conflict mechanic as two GMs talk about their strategy for completely integrating the mechanic into their adventures and sessions.

Things discussed in this episode

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240 – The Momentum Tale Apr 08, 2019

Show notes

We talk about how to end a scene and how to keep narrative momentum up when interest feels like it’s flagging. From adventure starts and getting that spur into adventure to the pacing when your player group is traveling.

Things we talked about in this episode

Mask of the Pirate Queen
Oceans Eleven

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239 – The Narrative Tale Apr 01, 2019

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We talk about getting your players to narrate their actions more, from beginners who have never played an RPG before, to dungeon crawlers, to GMs who are there to relax.

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238 – The Explosive Character Tale Mar 25, 2019

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Ben and Rissa watched a live stream of Star Wars the RPG and things happened, over the top things, things that made us want to talk about it. Here we are talking about what happens when a group that’s combat heavy comes to your more moderate adventure.

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237 – The Starting Character Tale Mar 18, 2019

Show notes

A longtime patron got in touch with us about something that was on their mind and we thought it would make a good episode. This is talking about what do you give characters to start with and how do you guide them into directions your story might want to put on display.

We only talked about the topic today, no outside links on this episode

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236 – The Force Majeure Tale Mar 11, 2019

Show notes

We have Adam Beltane on from the Force Majeure Podcast to talk about their experience with running their games, how they prepare, and how they got into the fun of Star Wars Roleplaying

Things we talked about in this episode

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235 – The Escort Tale Mar 04, 2019

Show notes

We looked to a list of RPG plots and figured out many ways of making them work, from escorting NPCs to transporting items, to what happens when you find a ghost ship?

Things discussed in this episode

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234 The Variable Party Tale Feb 25, 2019

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We talk about the need of theatrics at the table and how and why the need grows the less you know the players at the table as well as how it can become harder to do at the table.

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The Trope Tale Feb 18, 2019

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Tropes get brought up quite a bit, we’ve heard it so much, from how a scene is hollow because there isn’t anything else attached to the trope to how some tropes repeated enough can be harmful to your own gaming table.

We talk about how this happens and how to deal better with tropes.

Things talked about in this episode

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The Writers Block Tale Feb 11, 2019

Show notes

Rissa ran into writers block and we go through a few ways of inspiration while doing a very good method of talking out what lead to the indecision.

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