How Pro GMs End Every Session on a Cliffhanger (Pacing & Streaming D&D) | Guy Sclanders (Pt 4)

"You open the door and a body falls out. That's the end of the session." In Part 4, Guy Sclanders, creator of How to Be a Great GM, explains why time management is the most important skill a paid GM has, and how he ends every session so players and viewers come back. In this episode: • Making the rules lawyer your helper: they track flanking and cover so you can run 12 goblins • "If I don't say we're using a rule, we're not using it" • Time management: three fights left and half an hour to go • Turn a combat into an NPC conversation to save the session • Why you should stop right before the big encounter • Have the players recap last session, and learn what they think matters • What to do when you forget where the party is • Streaming: your audience spots NPC links the players miss • The cliffhanger rule: "You hear a click as you open the door. That's it, we're done." • Even a shopping trip needs a cliffhanger: "You reach for your purse, and it's gone" 📺 Part 1:    • What It's REALLY Like to Be a Full-Time GM...   📺 Part 2:    • Don't Run D&D Adventures As Written | Guy ...   📺 Part 3:    • How Pro GMs Handle Rules Lawyers, Min-Maxe...   📺 More pro GM interviews:    • Paid DM Interviews   Recorded in 2020. How to Be a Great GM:    / @howtobeagreatgm   Find us: 🎲 Run paid games & find players: https://theroleplayersguild.com 💬 Discord:   / discord   👥 Facebook group:   / 577410296508144   Subscribe to learn what it really takes to be a professional Dungeon Master.