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Milestone Play
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Добавлен 5 фев 2021
Storyteller, game master, game creator, juggling & flow arts companion, facilitator of play. We create RPG instructional videos, GM Diaries that develop insights into the hobby, and occasional quirky videos inspired by the stories we share. For our circus flow and additional information, check out our side channel MP Sidetrek! ruclips.net/channel/UCqcjIbT-hMtDiY8DzvUZk9Q
Title and End cards animated by MrSchnagglz
Channel music composed by Jon D. Nelson: jondnelson.com/
Title and End cards animated by MrSchnagglz
Channel music composed by Jon D. Nelson: jondnelson.com/
Making D&D Props for International In-Person Game | Invisible Ink Letter & Astrology Puzzle
In preparation for my In-Person game during my Europe Player Tour, I made two (four) new props: a letter with invisible ink and an astrology/elements puzzle.
Join the Discord to find a game: discord.gg/usGWtqZFn3
Europe Trip Vlog with Players: ruclips.net/video/c5Ux8irC3vs/видео.html
Follow me everywhere below and feel free to reach out for a game of your own!
Website: milestoneplay.com
Twitter: milestoneplay
Facebook: milestoneplay
Patreon: www.patreon.com/milestoneplay
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction
2:16 Letter
10:09 Astrology Puzzle
Join the Discord to find a game: discord.gg/usGWtqZFn3
Europe Trip Vlog with Players: ruclips.net/video/c5Ux8irC3vs/видео.html
Follow me everywhere below and feel free to reach out for a game of your own!
Website: milestoneplay.com
Twitter: milestoneplay
Facebook: milestoneplay
Patreon: www.patreon.com/milestoneplay
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction
2:16 Letter
10:09 Astrology Puzzle
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GenCon 2024 Events & Surprise Cosplay Reveal
Просмотров 90Месяц назад
A brief rundown of our 2024 GenCon events and then an overextended reveal of the first cosplay I have decided to do for a convention! Join the Discord to find a game: discord.gg/usGWtqZFn3 Follow me everywhere below and feel free to reach out for a game of your own! Website: milestoneplay.com Twitter: milestoneplay Facebook: milestoneplay Patreon: www.patreon.com/milest...
Using Accents in TTRPGs | ProGM Discussion with European Players
Просмотров 36Месяц назад
Accents can be a fun addition to character design and stepping out of yourself and into a character. Game Masters can use accents to quickly distinguish which NPC is talking without having to narrate every transition. But having watched plenty of talk shows discussing actors with bad accent work, using European accents with a non-American players suddenly makes me feel exposed. My European play...
Basic TTRPG Prop Crafting: Pipe Cleaner Tentacles | Kraken Week
Просмотров 192Месяц назад
While I have made more beautiful and more involved accessories for D&D, these prehensile tentacles are the winner when it comes to the cost/time efficiency for player enjoyment. I walk through the fun of using this easy-to-make prop before showing a step by step guide to make them. Kraken Week is a TTRPG content creator event started by @pointyhatstudios and @GinnyDi to explore the wonders of t...
Professional GM Interviews Their European Players
Просмотров 252 месяца назад
Online gaming has given me my career but there is something about hanging out in-person that can't be beat. I have begun a journey to meet as many of my players as possible! This video is the interviews I had with most of my Midwest players on my journey to their region of the US. A vlog of the journey and our time together can be found on our side channel below: ruclips.net/video/JtscBrjDvtU/в...
Helping Rules Lawyers Make Their Case | GM Diary
Просмотров 892 месяца назад
This entry focuses on my reaction to a rules combination that didn't set right with me and then finding a way to tell a better story instead of the default story. SendingKenku is a GM diary that reflects the stories back on the GM's life. Rather than focusing on a singular campaign, SendingKenku draws from all of the different campaigns and one-shots the GM has run to view the collective art an...
Telling a Bigger Story To Let the PCs Do More Without Losing Your Key Pieces
Просмотров 132 месяца назад
This entry focuses on three elements you can add to your stories to make them bigger without making them longer. It will let your PCs oppose the enemies and overcome the challenges to be heroes while keeping your core challenges challenging. SendingKenku is a GM diary that reflects the stories back on the GM's life. Rather than focusing on a singular campaign, SendingKenku draws from all of the...
Telling a Smaller Story to Finish Your Oneshot on Time
Просмотров 193 месяца назад
This entry walks through some techniques to reign your story in to make sure you can finish a oneshot in a single session. The same techniques can be used to make longer plotlines more manageable as well. SendingKenku is a GM diary that reflects the stories back on the GM's life. Rather than focusing on a singular campaign, SendingKenku draws from all of the different campaigns and one-shots th...
Let Scheduling Affect Your Games | GM Diary
Просмотров 1213 месяца назад
Today's GM Diary is inspired by some alterations in a group's play time as well as navigating the plot of multiple games as we approached a hiatus in play. SendingKenku is a GM diary that reflects the stories back on the GM's life. Rather than focusing on a singular campaign, SendingKenku draws from all of the different campaigns and one-shots the GM has run to view the collective art and exper...
How to Play a New TTRPG | Actions, Action Economy, and Tactics
Просмотров 1554 месяца назад
The rules of tabletop roleplaying games are often hundreds of pages long. How do you learn to play a new one? This the basics of how I learn a new game. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction 1:37 Creating a Character 2:12 General Actions 3:39 Moves 4:40 Action Economy 5:12 Specific Action Economy 7:53 Currency Action Economy 9:10 Open Ended Action Economy 11:51 Conditional Statements 12:21 Flanking 12:5...
Whose Story is Being Told in a TTRPG | GM Diary
Просмотров 445 месяцев назад
From who the protagonists are to who is responsible for creative direction, there are many ways to look at whose story is being told in a TTRPG. SendingKenku is a GM diary that reflects the stories back on the GM's life. Rather than focusing on a singular campaign, SendingKenku draws from all of the different campaigns and one-shots the GM has run to view the collective art and experience from ...
Do You Actually Want to Roll Dice? | GM Diary
Просмотров 456 месяцев назад
Do you ever want to make a die roll for something but the GM won't make it that simple? Are you ever asked to make a roll when you would rather describe what you are doing rather than letting fate take the wheel? Let's talk about it. SendingKenku is a GM diary that reflects the stories back on the GM's life. Rather than focusing on a singular campaign, SendingKenku draws from all of the differe...
Understanding Drama & Climaxes in RPGs | GM Diary 27
Просмотров 1757 месяцев назад
Understanding how narratives are structured can help players orient themselves within a session or arc. By knowing what to expect, they can both play the game more efficiently as well as be prepared for the big moments. SendingKenku is a GM diary that reflects the stories back on the GM's life. Rather than focusing on a singular campaign, SendingKenku draws from all of the different campaigns a...
TTRPG Props: Two Level Dungeon Map
Просмотров 3047 месяцев назад
We make a player handout that has both layers of a dungeon map in a fold out design that hides secrets! Join the Discord to find a game: discord.gg/usGWtqZFn3 Follow me everywhere below and feel free to reach out for a game of your own! Website: milestoneplay.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/milestoneplay Twitter: milestoneplay Facebook: milestoneplay
Milestone Play 2023 Wrap-Up & 2024 Perspective | Three Year Anniversary
Просмотров 347 месяцев назад
We look back on our plans for 2023 and then outline our plans for 2024. The second half of the video is a Q&A! Our First Patreon Post of the year: www.patreon.com/posts/95967094?pr=true Join the Discord to find a game: discord.gg/usGWtqZFn3 Follow me everywhere below and feel free to reach out for a game of your own! Website: milestoneplay.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/milestoneplay Twitter: twi...
GM Diary 26: Defining Through Negation | My Precious World Syndrome & Ban Lists
Просмотров 638 месяцев назад
GM Diary 26: Defining Through Negation | My Precious World Syndrome & Ban Lists
Turning of the Age: An Entire Planescape Campaign in a Single Oneshot | Crossover Codex
Просмотров 848 месяцев назад
Turning of the Age: An Entire Planescape Campaign in a Single Oneshot | Crossover Codex
Professional GM Interviews Their Players South Edition
Просмотров 699 месяцев назад
Professional GM Interviews Their Players South Edition
Interview with Greg of Lofty Pursuits | From Juggling to Candymaking & Everything Geeky In-Between
Просмотров 649 месяцев назад
Interview with Greg of Lofty Pursuits | From Juggling to Candymaking & Everything Geeky In-Between
GM Diary 25 Should You Plan? | Road Trip Underplanning vs Improvisation
Просмотров 309 месяцев назад
GM Diary 25 Should You Plan? | Road Trip Underplanning vs Improvisation
GM Diary 24 The Scariest Part of GMing | Mistakes vs Problems
Просмотров 44910 месяцев назад
GM Diary 24 The Scariest Part of GMing | Mistakes vs Problems
GM Diary 23: Frame & Focus | Regathering a Fractured Party
Просмотров 3711 месяцев назад
GM Diary 23: Frame & Focus | Regathering a Fractured Party
Crossover Codex Testplay 2 Food for Thought
Просмотров 3311 месяцев назад
Crossover Codex Testplay 2 Food for Thought
Crossover Codex Testplay: A Fast-Paced Narrative RPG
Просмотров 34Год назад
Crossover Codex Testplay: A Fast-Paced Narrative RPG
GM Diary 21: Conventional Wisdom | GM Rules Calls and Glass Ceilings
Просмотров 21Год назад
GM Diary 21: Conventional Wisdom | GM Rules Calls and Glass Ceilings
Professional GM Interviews Their Players Midwest Edition
Просмотров 61Год назад
Professional GM Interviews Their Players Midwest Edition
GM Diary 20: Aligning Alignment | Performing Your Philosophies
Просмотров 36Год назад
GM Diary 20: Aligning Alignment | Performing Your Philosophies
GM Diary 19: Being Heard & Truly Hearing
Просмотров 47Год назад
GM Diary 19: Being Heard & Truly Hearing
GM Diary 18: Preparing to Improvise | Chaotic vs Lawful GMing
Просмотров 30Год назад
GM Diary 18: Preparing to Improvise | Chaotic vs Lawful GMing
Don’t know why you don't have more subs
Thank you for the kind words! It might be because I don't post regularly, hit the hot topics as the crop up, or do a lot of the other things content creators are supposed to do.
And the suspicious texts lmao
THE TENSION
I think they reprinted the book with edits, I got a physical one recently and it doesn’t have some of the misprints you mentioned. The video is super helpful though, I’m more of a visual and audio learner, so long reading for rulebooks is hard for me.
Awesome, thanks for the heads-up!
I love that you involve your community in your videos! Very enjoyable!!
Well Sir please accept this humble Like for your amazing explanation
Thank you! I'm glad people are finding it helpful!
I really appreciate how you set the stage in this video! That context makes your players opinions shine, and using three perspectives made this shine :) I am very glad for your channel, while I am never a DM, it's an interesting niche topic that you cover and you do it well, making it accessible to a wider variety than just those that DM. Nice work, thanks for the video!!
Thanks! It's something that I had been internally struggling with for the last few years. For home games with friends, things like accents and using European history for worldbuilding is just fun. But when I thrust myself into professional GMing and opened my art up to strangers across the world, a bunch of different things started to feel exposed or vulnerable. This seemed like a good opportunity to address one of them rather than hiding from it.
this is amazing do you have any open campaigns lol
Thanks for the interest! We have a few games looking for players. Some are longer term, story focused narratives, others can be more episodic or challenge focused. I have all of the current stuff listed at milestoneplay.com/lookingforgame After GenCon happens the first week of August I'll also be looking to start up another possible longform campaign. All depends on what you are looking for and what your availability looks like.
@@MilestonePlay nice I did join the discord ^>^
Ah, finally a good explanation that isn't full of snide asides aimed at other systems. Maybe i can actually get people to start playing.
I'm glad you found it then!
I love u
How kind!
Great video! I cant recall if I've fought one of these, have just been in proximity, or am fabricating the entire memory lol
I always thought that the +2 performance would be outside of the five points in social
Based on my understanding, your Essences score will ALWAYS be the total of the skill increases beneath it. With that understanding, the +2 in Performance would sync up with the Social increase option. But I am certainly not an expert in the system, just trying to help my player and then everyone else :)
@@MilestonePlay I can see where you are coming from, my thought was that if, for some reason, you decided not to focus on social for the black ranger. that 2 performance would eat a lot of the points you could put into that.
sweet 🎉thank you
I've seen rules lawyers shut down a game for up to 30ish minutes arguing with the DM about something. I've never seen it done benevolently. It's people who want to get an edge, trying to find any means to do so.
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This is great perspective, and is a wonderful tool to help empower the players narratively at the same time as being mechanically fair. Literally win-win. I'll be checking this channel for more wisdom in the future.
Thank you for the kind comment! I've got a whole playlist of GM Diaries that are all about the muddied-waters of applied GM advice and GM moments rather than the pristine, theorycraft of great GMing!
I no longer run any D&D, but back when I did I used to be open to creative use of game mechanics. Since I never understood my position as the one running the game to be adversarial to the players, but as cooperative. Well, that is why I moved even further to narrative focused games, and design my own system to work without the need for a game master. And advantage or the like is not needed since I discarded the notion of rolling for competency or to check for capabilities of the character altogether. My system is about who the characters are and not so much what they can do.
The rules provide a framework for modeling combat dynamics in a fantasy setting, and your initial mistake was deciding that the mechanic (sneak attack bonus from an adjacent ally) could only be explained in one way. The mechanics are an abstract model, so try asking the player to narrate how they are getting their bonus within the fiction. Your second is in assuming that “your job is the story.” Your job is to handle the mechanical elements of the game, and provide challenges for the players to overcome as they live out the story. Leave it up to them to describe how and why their abilities work in the world, and both sides of the table will be happier.
Thank you so much!! I sent this to my players before our 0 Session. I think I'm going to allow a few changes and implement some house rules to allow more customized charcter creation. I fell like they were trying to pigeon hole the players into the og team. I have my complaints but it will still be fun
Thanks for reaching out and letting me know the video will be useful! And yeah, most problems with the system can be hand-waived away with house rules.
Even though I concur on the premise that too often newer GMs have not enough steps in their adventure, I would say that all the suggestions miss a crucial element. it just blows up the scope but adds no depth to it, thus I would say to make all the added stuff, the foils, the obstacle, the thematic factions, they all need to tie into an underlying meaning -- a leitmotif. Without that you just added garbage to get through, but if there is a through-line that transforms the conflicts into something more than just conflict for the sake of it, then the larger scope will translate into a more memorable fiction.
Somehow missed this one; glad I came back to watch it! I feel like this topic is the interpersonal/IRL version of the "my precious world" problem. Always appreciate your insight :)
Experience for gold, treasure and defeated monsters!
Sorry for the pedantry, but it should be 'Affect' in the title.
For a view and a comment, I will accept pedantry any day! Thank for the call out :)
Story is in my opinion something that is emergent in the roleplay hobby and not being told. My approach is that I provide the payers with a thematic framework and then let them play in a character driven manner, exploring the theme how they see fit.
A very "present tense" story that can only be seen in hindsight afterwards (please correct me if I am wrong).
I thought this said "fonts". Still watched it though.
That would be a super niche video! Thanks for the view despite the disappointment :)
This game is fun but I had to wing a few things for the first session
That actually defines most of my experience with the game.
This is a great example of a prop that is easy and cost-effective that most DMs can make. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for backup!
top notch roleplay ideas
Thanks! I shot the whole series over two days and hoped my ramblings made sense to other people!
Holy smokes it’s real
Dodging is a a super underestimated power move, especially on a raging barb if your party makes sure to slap you and keep your rage going.
Thanks for input! I have also seen a wizard Dodge with the shield spell as a backup as a one-round tank to buy time for the rest of the party to deal with another situation
I love this. Thank you. ❤
Thank you for taking the time to let me know you enjoyed it!
I would appreciate a part two plz
Thanks! I'm finishing up a mini-campaign of this game next week and then will be looking into what I am comfortable making for a part 2! I want to be as helpful as I can without overstepping my mastery of the system.
I understand what you were doing but the tropes in MMPR means that the leader of the power team would be Red/White/Green. Making it Black Ranger doesn't fit the trope and even your build seems more like the second in command to me.
You are correct! I had an idea that I wanted to play out showing that you could mix some things around to do your own thing as they do switch up the leader color in some later seasons. That said, having played a bit more in preparation for a part 2 video, the game super super wants you to mechanically stick to the MMPR tropes. Red is totally the default leader especially with the group initiative ability. White is a specialy role that you have to upgrade into while green serves more as an add on or solo character.
About to start a PR campaign, in fact having zero session later today. This was eminencely helpful! Thank you very much for making this!
Thanks! I am most of the way through playing a miniseries and when I am done I plan to make Part 2 of this video with more rules and corrections. Check out the other comments for insight from other players with more experience than me! One of thr biggest things I missed that no on has commented on is the fact that there are Med Kits in the Equipment section for healing so it isn't quite as difficult to heal as I made it out to be.
I definitely have a preference for role-play when GMing, especially with social encounters... going so far as to remove Charisma as a stat. Not saying it's for everybody but I'm a rather theatrical GM and I try to bring my NPCs to life, such that it feels icky for me to allow them to be manipulated by the roll of the dice (c.f. the outrage if a GM were to roll a Persuasion check against the PCs and expect them to abide by it). So I asked my players, "Do you want high-rez NPCs or do you want Charisma? Cause, to be fair to myself and the effort I put into prep, I can't let you have both." Now, knowing that not all players are comfortable with heavy role-play, I make some concessions... 1. Players may still use their mental stats to try and get hints. 2. Players may also "slip into exposition" (i.e. I lie to the shopkeeper, telling him that his sister was involved in an accident and urgently needs his help). There were some growing-pains but, after a few sessions, we don't miss CHA at all. That, at least, is what worked at my table! 🙂
I definitely understand the moment of, "I know you rolled high, but I can't abandon who this NPC is." I can see similarities of your comparison but I do think that the general default way of thinking about TTRPG social encounters has the play asymmetric where players are meant to roll against NPCs. A lot of games aren't designed for Players and GMs to truly have symmetric play mechanics. That said, if you have a table that is willing to let go of that mind set, that can be utterly fantastic. As for Slipping Into Exposition, that is another wonderful skill for tables to practice. There is always that weird moment of "Have I narrated too far?". GM's get more practice at it learning how much world action to do in exposition and the line of how close they can get to PCs before it becomes Player territory, but with time and an open table players can also find out how broad of a range is possible with shifting from in-character RP to exposition and back.
Drama queen
The Yin and Yang of the story telling games
Great video! Very insightful
Thanks! I hope I explained what I was going for enough. I had more examples before I turned the camera on but in the middle of recording it felt a bit bogged down.
Thanks this was super helpful, also i think the mew edition rule books have fixed some of the issues, sush as light weapons are now in the book, it explains when to do the upgrades
Thanks for the correction! So I can cite it in the follow up video, which book has those rules?
Plz more
Thanks for the comment! I am current playing through a mini campaign to get more experience with the system and then part 2 will be on the way!
Fairly solid explanation, but turn up your RECORD VOLUME!!!
This is a really good idea! I’m definitely making something like this for my DnD group now!
Thanks for the engagement!
Real cool!!
😢beautiful 🎉
I wanna play at the amazing table
9:22 getting your “immediate friends” to play is awesome lol
The hardest part of running any game like this, is capturing the original "vibe" of the IP. Unless you personally have never had anything to do with the IP in its original form, because then you have no theme accurate expectations. I myself would only want to run this game with players that would be willing to do the homework of watching 5 or more episodes of one of the Power Rangers seasons, in order for us as a group to capture the feel of Power Rangers. One of my chief aims when running an IP related rpg, is accurately seizing the theme of that IP.
Oh, definitely. I am running a miniseries of this game right now with three players and it is imperative that everyone bites the hook of the game. In the very first session, they had the typical two-beat bad guy encounter where you meet the villain, fight a little, the villain gets away, and then have a second showdown later. The way we built the scene and knew the expectations of "Something is going to happen to interrupt this fight, but we WILL be seeing him again shortly in differing circumstances."
This helped a lot, trying to understand the rules and how it works with the lack of defined terms it was hard for me to conceptualize. Character creation is fun and my players like that as well but it doesnt matter when the gm section feels like a rough draft. This helped a lot thanks
Thanks for the comment! I am doing a short campaign of the system right now so I should be able to get a part 2 to the video made sometime in the spring.