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Swell And Lull – Emotional Pacing in RPGs Part 1

Filed in Combat, Game Mastering, Mike, PCs, Planning & Preparation, Players, Tools & Techniques, Writing & Authoring & The Games Industry, Campaign Creation on Mar.21, 2014

This entry is part 1 in the series Swell And Lull

Swing Swing Dodge Swing Scurry Duck Scurry Scurry Dodge Kick Swing Leap Swing Parry Swing Duck Swing Scurry Dodge Swing… …it gets a bit dull and repetitive after a while, doesn’t it? Every adventure, every combat, heck, every campaign needs to have its highs and its lows, its frantic periods and its lulls of inactivity. […]

Tags: PCs, Campaigns, DM-Advice, Encounter-Design, Game-Mastery, Play, Players, RPG-Theory, Running-Encounters, Scenario-Creation, Campaign-Admin, Tools & Techniques, NPCs, Writing, Adventure-Creation

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Swell And Lull – Emotional Pacing in RPGs Part 2

Filed in D&D / Pathfinder, Game Mastering, Mike, PCs, Planning & Preparation, Players, Tools & Techniques, Writing & Authoring & The Games Industry, Combat, Campaign Creation on Mar.25, 2014

This entry is part 2 in the series Swell And Lull

I didn’t want to split this article in two. You really need to have read part one before you can get full value from what’s below. So I’m going to assume that you’ve done just that, and don’t need a synopsis to refresh your memory, and just dive straight in… Transitions & Global Emotional Flow […]