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Writing RPG encounters without combat

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One of the limits I set myself for the Mad Science setting was encounters without combat. It’s right there in the introduction: There is no combat – solve your problems like a grown up. Encounters without combat: harder than it sounds S3 (which needs a better name) and the Mad Science …

Checking for a sense of place when Beta Reading

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How do you know when you have written a story with a vivid sense of time and place? That’s where asking the right questions comes in. The sense of place is what brings a story to life. It is what makes Hogwarts seem like a school for wizards and the Star …