Getting started
Your first two weeks of epic open-rules play
A calm path for players and GMs starting a multi-year campaign on public/open rules spines.
Day one
Start with one public SRD overview such as SRD overview, then skim our glossary for tier and domain terms. Skip the trilogy bible on day one.
Pick a scope
Date domain ledgers, faction clocks, and which open document revision you used. Guest GMs inherit paper, not vibes.
Teach the table
One-page house rulings plus a cite of which SRD revision they sit beside. Repeat calls get written.
After session one
Guides for pacing; Glossary for tier/domain terms; Resources for outbound SRD reading. Then close the outline and play.
Date domain ledgers, faction clocks, and which open document revision you used. Guest GMs inherit paper, not vibes.
Spoiler labels for finales. Separate rules literacy from legal certainty. Escalate to mods.
If a high-tier subsystem slows every fight without raising stakes, cut it. Fairness beats sacred tome fidelity.
One-page house rulings plus a cite of which SRD revision they sit beside. Repeat calls get written.
Steal a West Marches door or faction map if it feeds a multi-year table—leave trademarks and invented permissions behind.
Related desks in this neighborhood
Lean on SRD crate/fast/extended siblings and fifth-edition crates when you need shorter references.