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What the Heck is This Game?  Welcome to Patriot Springs  The Rules Creating a Character  How To Play This Game Monsters -- Levels 1-3 Monsters -- Levels 4-7 Monsters -- Levels 8-10

Finally (but not really)

Maps Experienced RPG players will have noticed a lack of maps in this game. The modern-day world is filled with GPS and a variety of ways of getting around. That's true. GPS will help you get around when traveling, but it's deficient in floorplans. Yes, there are online sources for finding floorplans and players can always go downtown and pay for the floorplans of a public building. In which case the GM will need to either provide a floorplan or give an excuse as to why they can't have it. Point is, don't rely on maps. No, they are not prohibited, but isn't it more fun that the players enter a building not knowing its layout? Other Deficiencies Coming from other TTRPGs you may find some aspects of this game deficient. In some ways that is true. There are no tables for equipment, weapons, transportation, treasures, or simple basic needs. However, it isn't so difficult to provide a player certain items and services through roleplay off the top of your head. This i

How To Be a Game Master

If you've never played a TTRPPG (that's Table Top Role Playing Game) before this will be informative to you. On the other hand if you have you're probably already good to go and should stop making your players wait on you. Get the game started already.  Much of this game is self-explanatory and it's designed specifically to be played in a few hours of gameplay. That is, you and your players can create characters in under ten minutes and play a single adventure in roughly two hours. It is divided into three adventures. So if you all finish the first adventure and want to continue advancing the characters, their story will pick up where you left off the next time you get together. And if you all want to continue playing after the third adventure this book makes that possible. The fun doesn't have to end with the finale, although once the players reach level 10 they will need to retire those characters and create new ones.  As the Game Master you are both the storytel