We thought we'd take a slight detour this week to reflect on some interesting things we learned during the year and prompt you for ideas."

"This is a campaign where there is one player and one game master, with the player character story arc being the central arc of the story."

"Switching the narrator plays to the strength of the scene, as the best voice for that scene is the voice to the players."

When you start as an alpha, your starting pack will be one CR1/4 creature, two CR1/8 creatures, or four CR0 creatures. You can tame others.

"It removes the whole issue of the Charm Nuke: if the player makes one good roll they magically charm the person into doing what they want."

"So realize that when you decide to throw out realism - because there are good reasons to do that at times - that you are taking a risk."