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TTRPG Tools for GMs
Session Zero Kit (5E)
A printable + fillable toolkit to run a proper Session Zero: DM checklist, campaign pitch, player expectations, safety tools, lines & veils, content matrix, backstory prompts, party connections and a group covenant to sign.
- Players and time
- Any group size (one player sheet per seat); Express 30 min / Standard 90 min / Full 3 h
- Pages
- 11
- Format
- US Letter, designed one-sided
- Language
- English
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What's in the download
- How to Use: three ways to run it (Express / Standard / Full)
- 01 DM Pre-Zero Checklist (before / during / after the meeting)
- 02 Campaign Pitch & Premise (working title, tone in two words, one-sentence pitch, themes to touch/avoid)
- 03 Player Expectations questionnaire (one per player)
- 04 Safety Tools Agreement (X-Card, Lines & Veils, Open Door, Stoplight, Script Change, Check-in)
- 05 Lines & Veils worksheet
- 06 Content Preferences Matrix (Green / Neutral / Veil / Line for 15 topics + custom rows)
- 07 Character Backstory — Personal
- 08 Party Connections & Hooks
- 09 Group Covenant to read aloud and sign
Inside pages
Lines from the book
Short answers beat clever ones." / "Hooks beat novels.
A campaign where the PCs have prior reasons to stick together lasts longer than one that starts in a tavern.
The campaign that survives isn't the one with the best plot. It's the one where everyone knew what they were signing up for.
