GM Resources

One day I’ll write a proper GM section, but for now this is just a bunch of links to articles I found useful, mostly on the Alexandrian.

• Three Clue Rule

• Smart Prep

• Prepping Bangs

• Art of Pacing

Node Based Scenario Design

• Node Based Design

• Advanced Node Based Design

• The Secret Life of Nodes

• 5 Node Mystery

Tools

• Big List of RPG Plots - by S. John Ross, its original home seems to have fallen off the Internet and landed in the wayback machine, but it is also still available as a free PDF from DriveThruRPG.

• Hexbones - By Rob Donghue - The pdf seems to only exist on the wayback machine now, but it is what I used for years to build complex relationships.

  • Relationship maps are basically a strict subset of Node Based Design.

Railroading / Player Agency

• Railroading Manifesto

• Abused Player Syndrome

• Don’t Prep Plots