the players have houses now. characters, i mean. and also some of them bought actual houses in real life during the runtime of this campaign. the big bad i designed before half of them could legally drink is finally showing up next month. GM with a forever campaign here. i've sto…

I spent two weeks building a villain with a tragic backstory and a three-act arc. My players spent the entire session helping an NPC innkeeper I improvised — they renovated his kitchen, found him a business partner, and named the inn. The villain has now been waiting in his tower…