Rule Gm Campaign Adjudication

GM Campaign Adjudication Rules (Thematic)

Scope

Use this skill for GM decision-making: encounter pacing, pressure timing, sandbox flexibility, and narrative continuity.

Encounter pacing philosophy

• Mix easy/standard/difficult encounters intentionally.
• Use attrition encounters before high-stakes set pieces.
• Keep combat dynamic with reinforcements, hazards, and objective shifts.

Resource governance role

• GM controls supply pressure for credits/gadgets/specimens/nutronium.
• Scarcity and recovery should both exist; neither should dominate.
• Tension improves when players must choose between tactical power now vs travel/security later.

Setting and plot operations