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Becoming a great Story Guide takes time and practice. In the beginning many think of themselves as Game Masters. It is an apt description, but it comes with an illusion of a misleading quality. The Story Guide is a narrator. We set the scene and provide our audiences, the players and observers, with the story at large.
We are only one of the storytellers at the table. Taking the promotion from Game Master to Story Guide is a simple step in the right direction. Be humble even if your world is cruel. Don’t spare your players the trials you’ve prepared for them. Consequences are the ultimate entertainment. Let’s keep the pages turning.
Becoming The Story Guide
As the Game Master we have responsibilities! Tons of them. As we grow into Story Guides we cultivate the broad range of skills necessary to run a table. From setting the scene to making judgement calls. Improvisational skills and narrative redirection to keep our Players, our Co-Writers, moving in the plotted direction. We have many tools to make things work, and we have nearly unlimited resources to review to sharpen these skills.