Category: Gamemastering

• The Orb of Fledalious: An Experiment

  I gave my players a powerful magic item with some terrifying drawbacks, hoping to give them tools to think outside the box. We’ll see if it works.

  By

  Dylan Wolf

• Boxed Text: The Orb of Fledalious

  An adventuring party finds a lost city (and a long-lost ancestor), and is asked if they are worthy to wield an item of immense power.

  By

  Dylan Wolf

• MTAC 2026 Panels

  Slide decks and references

  By

  Dylan Wolf

• Supporting other GMs: Be the “training wheels”

  You can share in some of the GMing duties to make it easier on other GMs–but be careful you don’t overstep your bounds.

  By

  Dylan Wolf

• Run and play mock encounters

  If you’re not sure how a particular game mechanic works, take the pressure off by practicing it outside of your normal session.

  By

  Dylan Wolf

• Supporting other GMs: Read the book and write references

  Nothing shows buy-in to a new campaign than buying and (more importantly) reading the core rulebook. And writing quick references helps both you and the rest of the table.

  By

  Dylan Wolf

• Supporting other GMs: Be enthusiastic (or at least engaged)

  Sometimes, supporting another GM’s game can be as simple as making some choices when analysis paralysis sets in at the table.

  By

  Dylan Wolf

• Supporting other Gamemasters (as a GM)

  The cure to being the “forever DM” is letting other people run games in their own voice and style. How do we help encourage that?

  By

  Dylan Wolf

• Building trophy cases

  When you start burning out on a hobby, it’s important to recognize and step away, even though that feels like bad advice.

  By

  Dylan Wolf

• Working through “Blank Page Syndrome”

  To help with blank page syndrome, keep a variety of tools that help you avoid starting from a blank page.

  By

  Dylan Wolf