Rules Index | GM Screen

GameMastery Guide / Getting Started / Preparing to Run a Game / Seven Essentials for Good Preperation

Know the Characters and the Players

Source GameMastery Guide pg. 16
Sit down with all the character sheets and look them over carefully. Consider what each character can do in the game—major powers, secondary powers, special abilities, and inherent traits. This helps you anticipate what your players might do in any given situation.

Pay special attention to powers that work automatically or passively—for example, an ability to detect impending danger or notice concealed doors. It falls to you to make sure such abilities work when and how they should.

Knowing your players can prove as important as knowing their characters. Many players develop favorite tricks and stunts with their characters’ powers, or wellingrained misconceptions about what their characters can or cannot do. Knowing these quirks can help you keep the players engaged and challenged and can deflect problems before the dice hit the table.

Archives of Nethys

Rules Index | GM Screen

Know the Characters and the Players