GentlemanJimGM
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🗺️ Building fantasy worlds where the geography, politics, and magic all make sense together. Rivers flow downhill, wars have reasons, and civilizations develop logically. Systematic worldbuilding for believable fantasy realms that come alive at the table.⚔️✨
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Released today: "Making Enemies"
Keith Ammann, author of The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, is back! In Making Enemies, Keith details how to design, build, and customize enemies for #DnD, #PF2, #Shadowdark, #Cypher, and #CallofCthulhu
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Keith Ammann, author of The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, is back! In Making Enemies, Keith details how to design, build, and customize enemies for #DnD, #PF2, #Shadowdark, #Cypher, and #CallofCthulhu
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Making Enemies: Monster Design Inspiration for Tabletop Roleplaying Games (The Monsters Know What They’re Doing)
In , the essential tactics guide for Dungeon Masters, and its sequel, , Keith Ammann reverse-engineered hundreds of fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons monsters to help DMs prepare battle plans for combat encounters before their game sessions. Now, in , he explores everything that goes in...
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October 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Released today: "Making Enemies"
Keith Ammann, author of The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, is back! In Making Enemies, Keith details how to design, build, and customize enemies for #DnD, #PF2, #Shadowdark, #Cypher, and #CallofCthulhu
Affiliate link:
Keith Ammann, author of The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, is back! In Making Enemies, Keith details how to design, build, and customize enemies for #DnD, #PF2, #Shadowdark, #Cypher, and #CallofCthulhu
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So while waiting for my son, I'm watching this guy repainting the curbs. What is interesting to me is how many people notice the bright new paint, look over to see the guy painting, and then *still* step right on the fresh paint...
September 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
So while waiting for my son, I'm watching this guy repainting the curbs. What is interesting to me is how many people notice the bright new paint, look over to see the guy painting, and then *still* step right on the fresh paint...
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I've got my preorder in, anyone else?
Who can it be knocking at my door
Oh, it's the UPS guy
with three boxes
full of
😁
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#MakingEnemies #TTRPG #DnD #Pathfinder #Shadowdark #CypherSystem #CallOfCthulhu
Oh, it's the UPS guy
with three boxes
full of
😁
(Want one of your own? Visit spyandowl.com/making-enemies !)
#MakingEnemies #TTRPG #DnD #Pathfinder #Shadowdark #CypherSystem #CallOfCthulhu
September 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I've got my preorder in, anyone else?
This is so foundational and, I think, not said enough.
It's why I have a quite lengthy document available online to any prospective player that covers, not only house rules a use and/or like, but also how I interpret the less concrete official rules - so players can know what to expect at the table!
It's why I have a quite lengthy document available online to any prospective player that covers, not only house rules a use and/or like, but also how I interpret the less concrete official rules - so players can know what to expect at the table!
September 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is so foundational and, I think, not said enough.
It's why I have a quite lengthy document available online to any prospective player that covers, not only house rules a use and/or like, but also how I interpret the less concrete official rules - so players can know what to expect at the table!
It's why I have a quite lengthy document available online to any prospective player that covers, not only house rules a use and/or like, but also how I interpret the less concrete official rules - so players can know what to expect at the table!
Level up your worldbuilding game!
This massive Humble Bundle includes guides for mythology, folklore, and tabletop RPG mastery. Perfect timing for any GM looking to expand their toolkit.
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This massive Humble Bundle includes guides for mythology, folklore, and tabletop RPG mastery. Perfect timing for any GM looking to expand their toolkit.
bit.ly/3JH2bIp
September 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Level up your worldbuilding game!
This massive Humble Bundle includes guides for mythology, folklore, and tabletop RPG mastery. Perfect timing for any GM looking to expand their toolkit.
bit.ly/3JH2bIp
This massive Humble Bundle includes guides for mythology, folklore, and tabletop RPG mastery. Perfect timing for any GM looking to expand their toolkit.
bit.ly/3JH2bIp
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I love using random encounters! But you can’t make them all combat or they become annoying time sinks.
#dnd #pathfinder #ttrpg #dmadvice
#dnd #pathfinder #ttrpg #dmadvice
September 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I love using random encounters! But you can’t make them all combat or they become annoying time sinks.
#dnd #pathfinder #ttrpg #dmadvice
#dnd #pathfinder #ttrpg #dmadvice
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September 2, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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World Lore🌍4
The Ancestral Wars began when younger races' expansion brought them into contact with dragons and giants. Initial territorial disputes over resources escalated into massive conflicts that scarred the world.
#AncestralWars #WorldHistory #DragonGiantWars #TerritorialDisputes #OriginalLore
The Ancestral Wars began when younger races' expansion brought them into contact with dragons and giants. Initial territorial disputes over resources escalated into massive conflicts that scarred the world.
#AncestralWars #WorldHistory #DragonGiantWars #TerritorialDisputes #OriginalLore
August 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
World Lore🌍4
The Ancestral Wars began when younger races' expansion brought them into contact with dragons and giants. Initial territorial disputes over resources escalated into massive conflicts that scarred the world.
#AncestralWars #WorldHistory #DragonGiantWars #TerritorialDisputes #OriginalLore
The Ancestral Wars began when younger races' expansion brought them into contact with dragons and giants. Initial territorial disputes over resources escalated into massive conflicts that scarred the world.
#AncestralWars #WorldHistory #DragonGiantWars #TerritorialDisputes #OriginalLore
Tiefling Worldbuilding 🔥 9
Every afternoon, Tieflings observe Epimeleia — sacred hours dedicated to learning and self-improvement. Shops close, workshops open for teaching, and communities gather for knowledge exchange.
#Epimeleia #Tieflings #DailyLearning #KnowledgeCulture #SacredTime
Every afternoon, Tieflings observe Epimeleia — sacred hours dedicated to learning and self-improvement. Shops close, workshops open for teaching, and communities gather for knowledge exchange.
#Epimeleia #Tieflings #DailyLearning #KnowledgeCulture #SacredTime
August 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Tiefling Worldbuilding 🔥 9
Every afternoon, Tieflings observe Epimeleia — sacred hours dedicated to learning and self-improvement. Shops close, workshops open for teaching, and communities gather for knowledge exchange.
#Epimeleia #Tieflings #DailyLearning #KnowledgeCulture #SacredTime
Every afternoon, Tieflings observe Epimeleia — sacred hours dedicated to learning and self-improvement. Shops close, workshops open for teaching, and communities gather for knowledge exchange.
#Epimeleia #Tieflings #DailyLearning #KnowledgeCulture #SacredTime
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I'm not sure I'll play it, but I'll definitely be adding this to my shelf. I love some Robin Hood.
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#ttrpg
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#ttrpg
August 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'm not sure I'll play it, but I'll definitely be adding this to my shelf. I love some Robin Hood.
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#ttrpg
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#ttrpg
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GM Tip: #WorldBuilding is something we do for ourselves most of the time, not for the players. There's no need to lore dump. Let it come out organically, in drips and drabs. The players will engage with the parts they're interested in; the rest is irrelevant.
#ttrpg #dnd #ttrpgCommunity
#ttrpg #dnd #ttrpgCommunity
August 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
GM Tip: #WorldBuilding is something we do for ourselves most of the time, not for the players. There's no need to lore dump. Let it come out organically, in drips and drabs. The players will engage with the parts they're interested in; the rest is irrelevant.
#ttrpg #dnd #ttrpgCommunity
#ttrpg #dnd #ttrpgCommunity
Harpton 🌾 4
Harpton's historic dormitory, built by the original settlers, still houses newcomers & young adults starting their careers. This communal living space builds connections while providing affordable housing and community gardens.
#Harpton #CommunityHousing #Community #WorldBuilding
Harpton's historic dormitory, built by the original settlers, still houses newcomers & young adults starting their careers. This communal living space builds connections while providing affordable housing and community gardens.
#Harpton #CommunityHousing #Community #WorldBuilding
August 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Harpton 🌾 4
Harpton's historic dormitory, built by the original settlers, still houses newcomers & young adults starting their careers. This communal living space builds connections while providing affordable housing and community gardens.
#Harpton #CommunityHousing #Community #WorldBuilding
Harpton's historic dormitory, built by the original settlers, still houses newcomers & young adults starting their careers. This communal living space builds connections while providing affordable housing and community gardens.
#Harpton #CommunityHousing #Community #WorldBuilding
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Shower thought: There enough thematically appropriate spells in #PF2 that you can make a full spellcaster whose whole spells focus entirely on giving enemies depression
August 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Shower thought: There enough thematically appropriate spells in #PF2 that you can make a full spellcaster whose whole spells focus entirely on giving enemies depression
Kingdom of Eglea 👑 3
Belrey, Eglea's capital, is situated at the convergence of the Merilan, Carboher, and Ellisder rivers. Home to 220,000 people, it features the prestigious Arcane Academy and districts connected by masterwork bridges.
#Belrey #Eglea #ArcaneAcademy #WorldBuilding #OriginalLore
Belrey, Eglea's capital, is situated at the convergence of the Merilan, Carboher, and Ellisder rivers. Home to 220,000 people, it features the prestigious Arcane Academy and districts connected by masterwork bridges.
#Belrey #Eglea #ArcaneAcademy #WorldBuilding #OriginalLore
August 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Kingdom of Eglea 👑 3
Belrey, Eglea's capital, is situated at the convergence of the Merilan, Carboher, and Ellisder rivers. Home to 220,000 people, it features the prestigious Arcane Academy and districts connected by masterwork bridges.
#Belrey #Eglea #ArcaneAcademy #WorldBuilding #OriginalLore
Belrey, Eglea's capital, is situated at the convergence of the Merilan, Carboher, and Ellisder rivers. Home to 220,000 people, it features the prestigious Arcane Academy and districts connected by masterwork bridges.
#Belrey #Eglea #ArcaneAcademy #WorldBuilding #OriginalLore
Magic Systems ✨ 2
The Weave flows through all of Krys, connecting magical practitioners across the realm. Dalrimor scholars study how it responds with unusual clarity at certain locations, enhancing magical research and communication.
#TheWeave #MagicSystems #Dalrimor #MagicalResearch #WorldBuilding
The Weave flows through all of Krys, connecting magical practitioners across the realm. Dalrimor scholars study how it responds with unusual clarity at certain locations, enhancing magical research and communication.
#TheWeave #MagicSystems #Dalrimor #MagicalResearch #WorldBuilding
August 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Magic Systems ✨ 2
The Weave flows through all of Krys, connecting magical practitioners across the realm. Dalrimor scholars study how it responds with unusual clarity at certain locations, enhancing magical research and communication.
#TheWeave #MagicSystems #Dalrimor #MagicalResearch #WorldBuilding
The Weave flows through all of Krys, connecting magical practitioners across the realm. Dalrimor scholars study how it responds with unusual clarity at certain locations, enhancing magical research and communication.
#TheWeave #MagicSystems #Dalrimor #MagicalResearch #WorldBuilding
Tiefling Worldbuilding 🔥 8
The "Kindling of Knowledge" ceremony marks Tiefling adulthood. Initiates extract burning embers from sacred flames, encasing them in jewelry that proves their scholarly status and divine connection.
#KindlingOfKnowledge #Tieflings #ComingOfAge #SacredFires
The "Kindling of Knowledge" ceremony marks Tiefling adulthood. Initiates extract burning embers from sacred flames, encasing them in jewelry that proves their scholarly status and divine connection.
#KindlingOfKnowledge #Tieflings #ComingOfAge #SacredFires
August 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Tiefling Worldbuilding 🔥 8
The "Kindling of Knowledge" ceremony marks Tiefling adulthood. Initiates extract burning embers from sacred flames, encasing them in jewelry that proves their scholarly status and divine connection.
#KindlingOfKnowledge #Tieflings #ComingOfAge #SacredFires
The "Kindling of Knowledge" ceremony marks Tiefling adulthood. Initiates extract burning embers from sacred flames, encasing them in jewelry that proves their scholarly status and divine connection.
#KindlingOfKnowledge #Tieflings #ComingOfAge #SacredFires
GM Foundations 💥 1
Always run a comprehensive Session Zero.
Discuss campaign tone, themes, house rules, logistics, character creation, and boundaries before play begins. Set expectations early!
#GMTips #TTRPG #SessionZero
Always run a comprehensive Session Zero.
Discuss campaign tone, themes, house rules, logistics, character creation, and boundaries before play begins. Set expectations early!
#GMTips #TTRPG #SessionZero
August 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
GM Foundations 💥 1
Always run a comprehensive Session Zero.
Discuss campaign tone, themes, house rules, logistics, character creation, and boundaries before play begins. Set expectations early!
#GMTips #TTRPG #SessionZero
Always run a comprehensive Session Zero.
Discuss campaign tone, themes, house rules, logistics, character creation, and boundaries before play begins. Set expectations early!
#GMTips #TTRPG #SessionZero
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An idea for a #DnD boss fight that I haven’t gotten to actually use. Trolls are such a staple fantasy monster, but we do so little with them beyond “they regenerate.” What if we explored that a little deeper?
This video features a mystery cat toward the end.
#dnd5e #2024dnd #ttrpg #dmadvice
This video features a mystery cat toward the end.
#dnd5e #2024dnd #ttrpg #dmadvice
August 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
World Lore 🌍 3
Every people in Krys was deliberately created for cosmic balance. Some provide stability, others bring chaos, and some drive change. All serve specific purposes in the divine plan.
#RacialDesign #CosmicBalance #WorldBuilding #FantasyRaces #OriginalLore
Every people in Krys was deliberately created for cosmic balance. Some provide stability, others bring chaos, and some drive change. All serve specific purposes in the divine plan.
#RacialDesign #CosmicBalance #WorldBuilding #FantasyRaces #OriginalLore
August 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
World Lore 🌍 3
Every people in Krys was deliberately created for cosmic balance. Some provide stability, others bring chaos, and some drive change. All serve specific purposes in the divine plan.
#RacialDesign #CosmicBalance #WorldBuilding #FantasyRaces #OriginalLore
Every people in Krys was deliberately created for cosmic balance. Some provide stability, others bring chaos, and some drive change. All serve specific purposes in the divine plan.
#RacialDesign #CosmicBalance #WorldBuilding #FantasyRaces #OriginalLore
Harpton 🌾 3
Founder's Green, a 25-acre park on the location where Harpton's first crops grew, includes an amphitheater where Lady d'Argenon hosts regular lectures and debates, drawing visiting scholars from across the realm.
#FoundersGreen #Harpton #Academics #OriginalLore
Founder's Green, a 25-acre park on the location where Harpton's first crops grew, includes an amphitheater where Lady d'Argenon hosts regular lectures and debates, drawing visiting scholars from across the realm.
#FoundersGreen #Harpton #Academics #OriginalLore
August 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Harpton 🌾 3
Founder's Green, a 25-acre park on the location where Harpton's first crops grew, includes an amphitheater where Lady d'Argenon hosts regular lectures and debates, drawing visiting scholars from across the realm.
#FoundersGreen #Harpton #Academics #OriginalLore
Founder's Green, a 25-acre park on the location where Harpton's first crops grew, includes an amphitheater where Lady d'Argenon hosts regular lectures and debates, drawing visiting scholars from across the realm.
#FoundersGreen #Harpton #Academics #OriginalLore
Just pulled the #Nimble5e boxed set from my mailbox! Can hardly wait to get a closer look at the materials. First glance there's some great artwork in the books, the gm screen is a shorter format than my preference but seems to have actually useful stuff on it!
#TTRPG #DnD #Nimble
#TTRPG #DnD #Nimble
August 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tiefling Worldbuilding 🔥 7
Tieflings serve as neutral custodians of knowledge that aligned beings cannot safely handle. Their unique divine-infernal heritage makes them natural scholars, diplomats, and mediators between opposing forces.
#Tieflings #Knowledge #DivinePurpose #Sophaxos #TTRPG
Tieflings serve as neutral custodians of knowledge that aligned beings cannot safely handle. Their unique divine-infernal heritage makes them natural scholars, diplomats, and mediators between opposing forces.
#Tieflings #Knowledge #DivinePurpose #Sophaxos #TTRPG
August 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Tiefling Worldbuilding 🔥 7
Tieflings serve as neutral custodians of knowledge that aligned beings cannot safely handle. Their unique divine-infernal heritage makes them natural scholars, diplomats, and mediators between opposing forces.
#Tieflings #Knowledge #DivinePurpose #Sophaxos #TTRPG
Tieflings serve as neutral custodians of knowledge that aligned beings cannot safely handle. Their unique divine-infernal heritage makes them natural scholars, diplomats, and mediators between opposing forces.
#Tieflings #Knowledge #DivinePurpose #Sophaxos #TTRPG
Creation Myth🌄3
The Material Plane emerged as neutral ground between Beauty's radiant Feywild and Enigma's mysterious Underdark. Here, the dichotomous deities Equity & Order created the first dragons and giants.
#MaterialPlane #Dragons #Giants
The Material Plane emerged as neutral ground between Beauty's radiant Feywild and Enigma's mysterious Underdark. Here, the dichotomous deities Equity & Order created the first dragons and giants.
#MaterialPlane #Dragons #Giants
August 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Creation Myth🌄3
The Material Plane emerged as neutral ground between Beauty's radiant Feywild and Enigma's mysterious Underdark. Here, the dichotomous deities Equity & Order created the first dragons and giants.
#MaterialPlane #Dragons #Giants
The Material Plane emerged as neutral ground between Beauty's radiant Feywild and Enigma's mysterious Underdark. Here, the dichotomous deities Equity & Order created the first dragons and giants.
#MaterialPlane #Dragons #Giants
Orc Culture ⚔️ 2
Khazdor created orcs to provide "controlled chaos" -- enough conflict to prevent world stagnation without threatening civilization. Their aggressive nature serves a cosmic purpose in maintaining balance.
#Orcs #ControlledChaos #Khazdor #CosmicPurpose #DivineDesign
Khazdor created orcs to provide "controlled chaos" -- enough conflict to prevent world stagnation without threatening civilization. Their aggressive nature serves a cosmic purpose in maintaining balance.
#Orcs #ControlledChaos #Khazdor #CosmicPurpose #DivineDesign
August 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Orc Culture ⚔️ 2
Khazdor created orcs to provide "controlled chaos" -- enough conflict to prevent world stagnation without threatening civilization. Their aggressive nature serves a cosmic purpose in maintaining balance.
#Orcs #ControlledChaos #Khazdor #CosmicPurpose #DivineDesign
Khazdor created orcs to provide "controlled chaos" -- enough conflict to prevent world stagnation without threatening civilization. Their aggressive nature serves a cosmic purpose in maintaining balance.
#Orcs #ControlledChaos #Khazdor #CosmicPurpose #DivineDesign