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Everything You Need To Know About StartPlaying's Safety Tools

If you’re a new GM, you might be wondering how to bring up safety tools to your group or how to make using them a habit without feeling awkward.
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How Stealth, Invisibility, And Hiding Work In DnD 2024

Here’s how the Hide Action, the Stealth skill, and the Invisibility condition work together in the 2024 rules. 
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How To Play Elden Ring In DnD And Other TTRPGs 

Is there a way to capture the sense of discovery, danger, and deep lore of Elden Ring in your tabletop RPG? The short answer is yes, with caveats.
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How Roll20 Characters Can Be Your New Session Zero Essential

It can be used for remote games in Roll20’s VTT, theater of the mind sessions over Zoom, or in person.
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The Top Lore Tracking Apps For Game Masters

You can make wikis that plot out various factions and countries in ways that flow for the reader. You can upload maps and even pin them as the campaign progresses. Your party can create and maintain conspiracy boards of important NPCs (shoutout to my Strixhaven crew).
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Alchemy VTT - What Is It And How Do You Use It?

The visual direction of Alchemy is already focused on big pictures and simple scenes, making it great for actual play shows.
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Beginner's Guide To Quest Portal

Quest Portal is a virtual tabletop, or VTT, aimed at welcoming new players and making things easier for Game Masters.
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How To Use Content Warnings For A Safer, More Welcoming Game

GMs prefer different ways to create safe spaces in game, but it’s equally important to set up the foundations pre-game.