If your game is going to have a long-winded "Principles of Play" section, of course the GM needs one too.
(Standard disclaimer: first draft, all text subject to change, typos are deliberate unless they're not.)
(Standard disclaimer: first draft, all text subject to change, typos are deliberate unless they're not.)
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Eat God's emphasis on random outcomes may leave you stuck on how to interpret a given outcome. This is especially likely to be the case when a player's test would introduce new information and you have nothing specific in mind. When this happens, throw the question back to the group for a quick brainstorm; as GM, inviting players to assume the narrator's role is your prerogative.
Build a World of Hostile Architecture
God-eaters are both social and metaphysical misfits. The world is not built for them, nor they for the world; often, they will find challenges where others would not think to look. Eat God models physical locations using the same rules and qualities as NPCs for several reasons, and allowing the inanimate to play the role of antagonist is one of them.
Be A Little Bit Mean
The framework of Eat God is not failure-oriented. Players have the tools to push their odds of success well above ninety percent on nearly any roll they please – provided they are indifferent to the prospect of accruing Calamity Points. One of your jobs as GM is to give players a reason to keep an eye on the Calamity Clock, and complications are your blunt instrument to that end.
[begin sidebar] Familiarity with other games may lead you to expect an encouragement to ignore the rules as you see fit. You will not find it here; while Eat God is not complex, it has enough moving parts that incautious changes will often make more work rather than less. As such, you are encouraged to try it as written; if, having done so, you see fit to tinker, this text has no power to restrain you, so you need not seek its permission. [end sidebar]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2eo6pqby4dzwy4lz2f44p53x/bafkreihq34t5pqd74aiudef36cshwh6jxj7cmx3m7zoj4l36r5pg22c7da)
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If your game is going to have a long-winded "Principles of Play" section, of course the GM needs one too.
(Standard disclaimer: first draft, all text subject to change, typos are deliberate unless they're not.)
(Standard disclaimer: first draft, all text subject to change, typos are deliberate unless they're not.)
Speak With Haunt
You stir a haunt (Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide 242) to a limited sense of awareness and consciousness, allowing it to answer questions. The spell's range must reach any square within 10 feet of the haunt's area. You must be aware of the haunt prior to casting the spell, and
You stir a haunt (Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide 242) to a limited sense of awareness and consciousness, allowing it to answer questions. The spell's range must reach any square within 10 feet of the haunt's area. You must be aware of the haunt prior to casting the spell, and
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Speak With Haunt
You stir a haunt (Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide 242) to a limited sense of awareness and consciousness, allowing it to answer questions. The spell's range must reach any square within 10 feet of the haunt's area. You must be aware of the haunt prior to casting the spell, and
You stir a haunt (Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide 242) to a limited sense of awareness and consciousness, allowing it to answer questions. The spell's range must reach any square within 10 feet of the haunt's area. You must be aware of the haunt prior to casting the spell, and
Sense Madness
You can sense the presence of mental disturbance in creatures within range, focusing your detection on one creature each round. If the target is currently suffering from any form of madness (see page 182) or addiction (GameMastery Guide 236), has total sanity damage greater than or
You can sense the presence of mental disturbance in creatures within range, focusing your detection on one creature each round. If the target is currently suffering from any form of madness (see page 182) or addiction (GameMastery Guide 236), has total sanity damage greater than or
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Sense Madness
You can sense the presence of mental disturbance in creatures within range, focusing your detection on one creature each round. If the target is currently suffering from any form of madness (see page 182) or addiction (GameMastery Guide 236), has total sanity damage greater than or
You can sense the presence of mental disturbance in creatures within range, focusing your detection on one creature each round. If the target is currently suffering from any form of madness (see page 182) or addiction (GameMastery Guide 236), has total sanity damage greater than or
It's not a "Miss" - their opponent used their armor to reflect the arrow.
It's not a "Miss" - attack was redirected by a party
It's not a "Miss" - they only struck fat instead of muscle
Your players are competent martials and practitioners; Help them feel like it.
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It's not a "Miss" - attack was redirected by a party
It's not a "Miss" - they only struck fat instead of muscle
Your players are competent martials and practitioners; Help them feel like it.
#ttrpg #gamemastery
August 19, 2026 at 5:47 PM
It's not a "Miss" - their opponent used their armor to reflect the arrow.
It's not a "Miss" - attack was redirected by a party
It's not a "Miss" - they only struck fat instead of muscle
Your players are competent martials and practitioners; Help them feel like it.
#ttrpg #gamemastery
It's not a "Miss" - attack was redirected by a party
It's not a "Miss" - they only struck fat instead of muscle
Your players are competent martials and practitioners; Help them feel like it.
#ttrpg #gamemastery
Rotgut
You transform the target into a cheap alcohol of your choice, such as beer, grog, mead, rum, or wine. The alcohol doesn't taste good, but it's drinkable and just as effective as normal alcohol in making creatures inebriated (Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide 237). This spell doesn't work on
You transform the target into a cheap alcohol of your choice, such as beer, grog, mead, rum, or wine. The alcohol doesn't taste good, but it's drinkable and just as effective as normal alcohol in making creatures inebriated (Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide 237). This spell doesn't work on
August 19, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Rotgut
You transform the target into a cheap alcohol of your choice, such as beer, grog, mead, rum, or wine. The alcohol doesn't taste good, but it's drinkable and just as effective as normal alcohol in making creatures inebriated (Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide 237). This spell doesn't work on
You transform the target into a cheap alcohol of your choice, such as beer, grog, mead, rum, or wine. The alcohol doesn't taste good, but it's drinkable and just as effective as normal alcohol in making creatures inebriated (Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide 237). This spell doesn't work on
penalties to your actions for being drunk (GameMastery Guide 237). Magical and alchemical methods (such as detect poison) still detect you as inebriated. Time spent under the effect of this panacea do not count toward the time necessary to sober up (it merely delays your intoxication). Tenacity:
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penalties to your actions for being drunk (GameMastery Guide 237). Magical and alchemical methods (such as detect poison) still detect you as inebriated. Time spent under the effect of this panacea do not count toward the time necessary to sober up (it merely delays your intoxication). Tenacity:
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I like Angry GM a lot. Gamemastery 101 at The Alexandrian is also very helpful. And while The Lazy Dungeon Master didn't help me personally with D&D, I'll probably revisit it now that I'm up to my ears in Daggerheart.
Is that the kind of thing you meant?
Is that the kind of thing you meant?
July 5, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I like Angry GM a lot. Gamemastery 101 at The Alexandrian is also very helpful. And while The Lazy Dungeon Master didn't help me personally with D&D, I'll probably revisit it now that I'm up to my ears in Daggerheart.
Is that the kind of thing you meant?
Is that the kind of thing you meant?
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Horrifying Visage
You channel residual feelings of terror into the minds of creatures within the area, causing those fears to manifest when confronted with a specific object. All creatures in the area must succeed at a Will save or acquire a phobia (Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide 250) for the
You channel residual feelings of terror into the minds of creatures within the area, causing those fears to manifest when confronted with a specific object. All creatures in the area must succeed at a Will save or acquire a phobia (Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide 250) for the
June 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Horrifying Visage
You channel residual feelings of terror into the minds of creatures within the area, causing those fears to manifest when confronted with a specific object. All creatures in the area must succeed at a Will save or acquire a phobia (Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide 250) for the
You channel residual feelings of terror into the minds of creatures within the area, causing those fears to manifest when confronted with a specific object. All creatures in the area must succeed at a Will save or acquire a phobia (Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide 250) for the
GameMastery Module D1: Crown of the Kobold King
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I know I'm asking the wrong Jason, but why do so many of the dungeon/Darklands maps have majority or all 5-foot corridors? It's so AD&D1E!
I know I'm asking the wrong Jason, but why do so many of the dungeon/Darklands maps have majority or all 5-foot corridors? It's so AD&D1E!
April 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I own almost all of those, many of them bought with the GAMEMASTERY branding! I have over 100 Flip-Mats. Such a good product, and people should buy yours!
I know I'm asking the wrong Jason, but why do so many of the dungeon/Darklands maps have majority or all 5-foot corridors? It's so AD&D1E!
I know I'm asking the wrong Jason, but why do so many of the dungeon/Darklands maps have majority or all 5-foot corridors? It's so AD&D1E!
DC listed in the common versions of the drug. For more information, see Drugs and Addiction on page 236 of the Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide. As a special use of this spell, a lawful evil worshiper of Mahathallah, the Dowager of Illusions, can create doses of the drug adyton (see the sidebar
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DC listed in the common versions of the drug. For more information, see Drugs and Addiction on page 236 of the Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide. As a special use of this spell, a lawful evil worshiper of Mahathallah, the Dowager of Illusions, can create doses of the drug adyton (see the sidebar
at the normal rate in your demiplane. By selecting this feature, you may make your plane have the erratic time, flowing time (half or double normal time), or timeless trait (see Time, GameMastery Guide 185). You can make this spell permanent with the permanency spell, at a cost of 22,500 gp. If you
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at the normal rate in your demiplane. By selecting this feature, you may make your plane have the erratic time, flowing time (half or double normal time), or timeless trait (see Time, GameMastery Guide 185). You can make this spell permanent with the permanency spell, at a cost of 22,500 gp. If you
magic, impeded magic, or wild magic planar trait (see Magic Traits, GameMastery Guide 187). If you selected dead magic, you are trapped within your plane unless it has a permanent planar portal (such as the portal feature, below). If you selected enhanced or impeded magic, choose one type of magic
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magic, impeded magic, or wild magic planar trait (see Magic Traits, GameMastery Guide 187). If you selected dead magic, you are trapped within your plane unless it has a permanent planar portal (such as the portal feature, below). If you selected enhanced or impeded magic, choose one type of magic
instantaneous duration. Energy: Your plane gains the (minor) negative- or positivedominant energy trait (see Elemental and Energy Traits, GameMastery Guide 186). A plane cannot have both the negative-dominant and positive-dominant energy traits. Magic: Your plane gains the dead magic, enhanced
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instantaneous duration. Energy: Your plane gains the (minor) negative- or positivedominant energy trait (see Elemental and Energy Traits, GameMastery Guide 186). A plane cannot have both the negative-dominant and positive-dominant energy traits. Magic: Your plane gains the dead magic, enhanced
self-contained so it loops upon itself when a creature reaches one edge (see Shape and Size, GameMastery Guide 185). You may designate areas or locations on the edges of your plane where this occurs (such as a pair of secret doors or a path in the woods) or apply it to the entire plane. Structure:
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self-contained so it loops upon itself when a creature reaches one edge (see Shape and Size, GameMastery Guide 185). You may designate areas or locations on the edges of your plane where this occurs (such as a pair of secret doors or a path in the woods) or apply it to the entire plane. Structure:
most creatures are used to on the Material Plane. By selecting this feature, the plane's gravity is heavy, light, none, objectively directional, or subjectively directional (see Gravity, GameMastery Guide 184). Seasonal: The demiplane has a seasonal cycle and a light cycle, usually similar to those
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most creatures are used to on the Material Plane. By selecting this feature, the plane's gravity is heavy, light, none, objectively directional, or subjectively directional (see Gravity, GameMastery Guide 184). Seasonal: The demiplane has a seasonal cycle and a light cycle, usually similar to those
plants adapted to near-darkness or underground locations. Elemental: Your plane gains the air-, earth-, fire-, or water-elemental dominant trait (see Elemental and Energy Traits, GameMastery Guide 186). Gravity: By default a demiplane's gravity is normal and oriented in one direction, like what
April 8, 2026 at 1:17 PM
plants adapted to near-darkness or underground locations. Elemental: Your plane gains the air-, earth-, fire-, or water-elemental dominant trait (see Elemental and Energy Traits, GameMastery Guide 186). Gravity: By default a demiplane's gravity is normal and oriented in one direction, like what
evil-, law-, or neutral-aligned alignment trait (see Alignment Traits, GameMastery Guide 187). You cannot give your demiplane an alignment trait for an alignment you do not have. Bountiful: Your demiplane gains a thriving natural ecology, with streams, ponds, waterfalls, and plants. The demiplane
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evil-, law-, or neutral-aligned alignment trait (see Alignment Traits, GameMastery Guide 187). You cannot give your demiplane an alignment trait for an alignment you do not have. Bountiful: Your demiplane gains a thriving natural ecology, with streams, ponds, waterfalls, and plants. The demiplane
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TIL that Pathfinder has DID as an effect of "insanity".
February 21, 2026 at 4:57 AM
TIL that Pathfinder has DID as an effect of "insanity".