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RustyAngel
July 18th, 2014, 05:38
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/comments/2aynff/advice_to_new_gms/
ballan4
July 18th, 2014, 13:23
Thanks RustyAngel, that is some very good advice!
Trenloe
July 18th, 2014, 13:45
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/forums/showthread.php?17072-Random-Extension
seycyrus
July 19th, 2014, 00:26
*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
July 19th, 2014, 00:31
*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
July 19th, 2014, 00:36
I'm talking about the FG extension, not the article!
Trenloe
July 19th, 2014, 01:06
*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/forums/showthread.php?20320-FG-3-0-CoreRPG-Extensions
3.5E/Pathfinder compatible extensions: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?15925-List-of-Extensions
3.5E/Pathfinder compatible library modules: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?16074-List-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).