{"id":18597,"date":"2022-04-18T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/?p=18597"},"modified":"2022-05-07T22:14:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T21:14:28","slug":"how-you-can-use-tone-atmosphere-in-your-rpg-gm-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/game-master\/2022\/how-you-can-use-tone-atmosphere-in-your-rpg-gm-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"How You Can Use Tone &#038; Atmosphere In Your RPG &#8211; GM Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>When you look at tone, or also known as atmosphere or feeling, we show you why its vital in your tabletop role-playing game and how you can utilize it to give off a certain feeling within your games but also help differentiate adventures, and campaigns from one another. We look at examples like Marvel movies and themes such as Warhammer 40k and how they work and how you can apply it in your game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How You Can Use Tone &amp; Atmosphere In Your RPG - GM Tips\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BSCmcPfpTsw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we are looking at tone \u2013 how to make your players have all the feels.<br>Tone can be referred to as many things \u2013 the theme, atmosphere, mood. Whatever you<br>label it as \u2013 tone refers to the feeling that your players get when they are in your world<br>space. You want your players to feel like they are in a different world space and in a<br>different adventure too.<br><strong>Some important notes regarding tone in your roleplaying games:<br><\/strong>\u2022 Changing tone \u2013 changes your adventure completely. So, it is important to<br>understand tone.<br>\u2022 Tone = constraints. We want constraints! We want them all, and we want them to<br>change from time to time, to give us alternatives.<br>\u2022 Use comfortable tones \u2013 never force tone upon your players, and always make sure<br>everyone is comfortable with the tone.<br>\u2022 Tone can drift \u2013 over time your tone might drift, remember to refocus it or to lean<br>into the new tone if everyone likes it.<br>\u2022 Choose tones that you find interesting and that you enjoy \u2013 do not force yourself to<br>play a tone that you don\u2019t like. You are just as important as the players.<br>\u2022 Express your tone \u2013 display your tone in your world space, in your adventures and<br>make sure that what you include is in alignment with your tone.<br>Now that you have your tone \u2013 you are ready to start planning your campaign. 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