Part III: Running the Game
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So you know how to create characters and you know how to resolve all the action you could throw at them. But the question remains: how do you actually run the game? There’s an awful lot of time to fill between when players are rolling dice, and it’s up to the GM to not just fill that time, but to help the players make it fun too. Part III seeks to help GMs create the game that ties all of the rules of d20 Advanced together.
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For the Player
This part of the book details information that is largely unimportant for players, so it can be safely overlooked. However, if you're interested in how the game is put together, or perhaps in running a game of your own some day, then by all means browse Part III for advice on putting a game together! This part will also outline some guidelines and benchmarks the GM might use in helping to build your character.
For the GM
Part III was written with the GM in mind. It details how you actually run the game, how to adjudicate rules disputes, and how to keep things moving. It also provides guidance for combining the elements and options in d20A to create the game you want for your group, and extra tools that a GM might find useful for helping to keep the game running.
What's in this Part
Part III is rules-light, and is instead focused on providing tools to GMs to help them run their games. It provides guidance and advice rather than hard-and-fast rules.
Chapter X: Gamemastering
Sometimes an art, sometimes a science, sometimes a major headache, Gamemastering is both challenging and rewarding all at once. Chapter X details how you can go about running a game for your group, what you need to consider, how to adjudicate player actions, and so on and so forth.
Chapter XI: Campaign Building
The plethora of options in d20A can be intimidating, but Chapter XI is designed to help GMs sort through these options quickly and efficiently when starting a new game. It gives a GM all the tools he needs to create a game for nearly any genre with the d20A rules.
Chapter XII: Stock Characters
In Chapter XII, a huge plethora of stock characters are presented, giving the GM some help in quickly populating his world and encounters with interesting and challenging enemies (or helpful and capable allies). This chapter helps to take some of the burden of creating large numbers of NPCs off of the shoulders of GMs.
