Mark Seifter, Director of Game Design

Battlezoo Director of Game Design, former Design Manager for Paizo, and a lead creator of Pathfinder 2nd Edition.|

[Mark Seifter, Director of Game Design @MarkSeifter]

@MrDrewskiKeski The idea of the diehard is it was made for people who thought it was silly for dragons to hold really *anything.* They wondered what benefits they could gain in exchange for essentially not really having "hands" to hold stuff. If you want to hold things, go ravager classic imo.

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Come design a spell with us on Arcane Mark! We'll take your ideas from chat and weave them together into magic you can use in your game! Or you can check out the link after the show and see what we built and how we built it! https://t.co/9V2p2DYIfs

[Mark Seifter, Director of Game Design @MarkSeifter]

Come join us on Arcane Mark for TTRPG Weapon Design Secrets! Want weapons that feel less samey and martial characters feel like their choice changed their playstyle? We'll show you how! Examples from multiple games, including the system we designed for PF2 https://t.co/oFKu3YF4Ts

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The @CosmereRPG Kickstarter is ending soon. Should you back? Come join us for today's Arcane Mark (8/24 1PM EDT) and find out. We'll share our analysis and playtest impressions, and you can ask any questions you have! https://t.co/mSii2HWzpu

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Come join us on Arcane Mark and build an NPC together tonight (8/20 8PM EDT) live! We'll take your ideas and votes and transform them into a brand new NPC. https://t.co/BYLn5F1n4D

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@TheMaskedFerret Maybe "The spell rank of the spell you cast after dispelling the spell is equal to the number of letters used when spelling the dispelled spell's spell rank."

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In the continuing annals of no context game design text, here we have a triple spell:

"but using the dispelled spell’s spell rank"

[Mark Seifter, Director of Game Design @MarkSeifter]

@breadbutt It did have a special meaning and was a little better to use since it was on a "Dispelling <BLAH>" ability, but I changed it to "counteracted spell's rank" anyway to avoid the double or triple spell shenanigans.

[Mark Seifter, Director of Game Design @MarkSeifter]

@NSeanchai Yes, and I also changed dispelled to counteracted, so I killed the triple, but it was fun while it lasted.

[Mark Seifter, Director of Game Design @MarkSeifter]

As a GM, how do you handle your plans coming in contact with the players? Bring more than one plan! Join us tonight (8/13 8PM EDT) for Arcane Mark and learn how to plan out possibilities like a pro! https://t.co/JV2uSrechH

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What makes game content cute and how does it make for effective game design? Join us and discuss on tonight's (8/6 8PM EDT) first ever Youtube Live Arcane Mark stream! Join us to celebrate and hear about cuteness in game design from the Queen of Leshies https://t.co/7LidBflOoI

[Mark Seifter, Director of Game Design @MarkSeifter]

@gleicher27 Not yet, but we'll put it up on youtube in a while. And moving forward, now that youtube made us partners a couple days ago, we are likely to switch new livestreams to youtube!

[Mark Seifter, Director of Game Design @MarkSeifter]

In some TTRPGs, you always fail forward and move the action along, while in others (e.g. PF/D&D), failure can mean nothing happens. On today's (7/30 8PMEDT) Arcane Mark, we talk about failing forward to spice up your GMing for TTRPGs that don't default it! https://t.co/YQ7JwnWH7B

[Mark Seifter, Director of Game Design @MarkSeifter]

Light the candles, draw the circle, and burn the incense: Let's build a ritual together! Join us tonight (7/23 8PM EDT) for a Build a Ritual Workshop where we'll take ideas and votes from chat and design a ritual together. https://t.co/YQ7JwnXeX9

[Mark Seifter, Director of Game Design @MarkSeifter]

Let's build a magic item together on today's (7/20 1PM EDT) Arcane Mark Build an Item Workshop! Join us and have your ideas and votes translated into a new item (maybe two, or with a greater version...) https://t.co/YQ7JwnWH7B

[Mark Seifter, Director of Game Design @MarkSeifter]

Large scale rituals often appear in the narrative of various TTRPGs and are part of the rules of Pathfinder2e, but how do you design a new one for your own use? We'll be explaining how on today's (7/16 8PM EDT) Arcane Mark! https://t.co/YQ7JwnXeX9

[Mark Seifter, Director of Game Design @MarkSeifter]

@DavidEd0285 It sounds like you are right on the same track with the suggestions we gave in the video! I expect a lot of experienced GM use that technique as well, but I also wanted to discuss what to do if you don't know all the feats in advance.

[Mark Seifter, Director of Game Design @MarkSeifter]

In discourse I see on TTRPGs, a recurring worry is that the existence of feats can make it hard or impossible to improvise rulings for characters who don't have the feat (or you don't know about it). Linda and I made this 7 minute video explaining how: https://t.co/ciaksSpzo1

[Mark Seifter, Director of Game Design @MarkSeifter]

On today's Arcane Mark (7/13 1PM EDT), Let's talking about running aquatic and underwater adventures in the next episode of GM Tools! https://t.co/YQ7JwnWH7B

[Mark Seifter, Director of Game Design @MarkSeifter]

In any #ttrpg, player character minions and companions are a challenge for design and implementation. Join us tonight on #ArcaneMark (7/9 8PM EDT) as we discuss some of the challenges and solutions to dealing with them! https://t.co/YQ7JwnWH7B