Writer · Educator · Storyteller
Mark Ezra
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Infusing social-emotional learning into tabletop roleplaying games — one story at a time.
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Under the Skin
Magical tattoos are a great concept — but how do you bring them to life at the table? Under the Skin delivers 90 richly imagined tattoos for tabletop RPG players, each with its own mechanics for vanity, power, and consequence.
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July 5, 2026
How EALDSMYTH Prepares Teens for Real-Life Heroism
I regularly work with teenagers as a high-school theatre teacher. Though I wish I could just lecture them into learning life skills, it’s unfortunately not that easy. Teens, like all humans really, need a story worth stepping into to effectively learn how to live.
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Safety Tools Are SEL Goldmines
There’s something really vulnerable about sitting at a shared table and communicating what you think should happen in a story you’re telling together. There’s potential for judgment, for resentment, and for genuine discomfort when someone takes the story too far.
Read More →May 3, 2026
The Magic of Mirrors: Using NPCs & Story Beats to Reflect Inner Growth
Have you ever introduced an NPC at your table that just really clicked with your players? Maybe it was a gobliness left behind by a war party that was supposed to foreshadow their bloodthirsty nature but instead became a recipient of their empathy. As Stewards, we can’t always predict what NPCs will connect with our players, but we can certainly give them the depth that inspires connection. Great storytelling isn’t just about what players do. It’s about what they see reflected back.
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