Reddit article on advice to new GM's

[RustyAngel]

Found this via Kotaku and thought it would be a good read for any future/current GM's. I like some of his ideas, especially the one on giving NPC's actual names instead of 'Generic guard #54533298'.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comment...ce_to_new_gms/

[ballan4]

Thanks RustyAngel, that is some very good advice!

[Trenloe]

I like some of his ideas, especially the one on giving NPC's actual names instead of 'Generic guard #54533298'.

And if you're stuck for an NPC name in the middle of your game, Ardem's Random Extension can help create names and other random "things": https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...ndom-Extension

[seycyrus]

*Trips over himself, running to the keyboard to give Ardem some much deserved rep*

Err, so are there any more hidden treasures like that floating around?

[RustyAngel]

*Trips over himself, running to the keyboard to give Ardem some much deserved rep*

Err, so are there any more hidden treasures like that floating around?

I'm sure there are a few, however the amount of unhelpful information out there is staggering. Like my English professor says when grading freshman papers: "Its like digging for gold in a septic tank"

[seycyrus]

I'm talking about the FG extension, not the article!

[Trenloe]

*Trips over himself, running to the keyboard to give Ardem some much deserved rep*

Err, so are there any more hidden treasures like that floating around?

Look at the sticky threads at the top of each sub-forum in the "Game Systems" section. There will usually be a sticky for "Extensions" that work with that ruleset and also one for modules (if the data for that ruleset can be shared - e.g. there is an OGL/creative commons license).

For example:

• CoreRPG and derived ruleset compatible extensions: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...RPG-Extensions
• 3.5E/Pathfinder compatible extensions: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...-of-Extensions
• 3.5E/Pathfinder compatible library modules: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...ist-of-Modules

Explore the other Game Systems sub-forums and check out the "sticky" threads (the different coloured threads at the top of each forum).