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Guide to Building a System Reference Document
This is just a quick guide on how to make a system reference document for a ttrpg.  I made it for the TTRPG Resource Jam hosted by Ken Davidson.Hope it's helpful. ---Pricing note: this guide is free, with a small suggested donation as it was a small amount of work.
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