Hi there! I'm Jack! Currently, I'm preparing to write my first adventure (System Agnostic since One D&D isn't fully out yet, but we'll see how it goes writing it without a system in mind. I spend most of my time doing work for my current semester of college, so I'm going to do the actual adventure during the winter break.

Hey everyone! I'm running my first real campaign and on my second session. I had the idea to (later) give my players some sort of special power due to the way the story's unfolding. I was hoping to do something based on wild magic since these powers come from a godlike sorcerer (like giving them a one time use of a wild magic surge specific to each character) but I'm honestly not sure what to do. This might be a bit ambitious of me for my first game too haha. Any ideas from you all? And have you ever done something like this before? I'm open to just about anything long as I can make it fit.

That is, how many TTRPG campaigns that you were a part of reached a conclusion where you'd say the fiction of the game was finished? Story told, done, complete, etc? Instead of fizzling out (due to scheduling conflicts, loss of interest, moving on to a new game, etc). I'm trying to figure out if my experience is typical or not. I've played in or run 20+ campaigns since I got into TTRPGs about 20 years ago, but I've only ever "finished" 3 campaigns. One-shots don't count! I mean something that was meant to be episodic and take a long time to unfold. (I made this a post instead of a poll because I'm interested in specifics if you have them!)

...and justify why you have it, if you dare haha. I moved recently and gave away or donated about 70% of my books, including the hard copies I had of the Game Master’s books. I kept only the essentials for games I'm actively running (from left to right) - Ideas notebook for all campaigns, mostly for plotting arcs and world building ideas - Core rules for 5e - I get asked to run this from time to time, usually in person, and I don't really know the rules very well so I keep my copies around. They're first printings and in really bad shape - Tomb of Annihilation for 5e - my next big published module campaign that I am running, probably next year - I am working on a 13th Age conversion for it - 13th Age core rules and some extras - my favorite fantasy game and the Bestiary in particular has some fantastic monster ideas in it - My collection of vintage and modern Conan comics, mostly used as bookends but occasionally for ideas - A few books on writing and storytelling generally - I STRONGLY recommend Lajos Egri's "The Art of Dramatic Writing" if you haven't read it yet Post a picture of your shelf! (PS. It is easy if you have the Skool app on your phone)

So a few of your were part of either the playtest of my World Building or you have seen me talk about it. A big thing I am working on on the first public test document that I should have out early next year is story seeds. Little jumping off points that can be used indivually or mixed together to help groups think of the kind of story they want to tell together. Anyone want to contribute an idea? I would credit anyone that adds to the post in the publication even if you idea gets cut.