Tag Archives: Role-playing
Death by Red Herring……
Amongst the many aspects of role playing games, taking and losing life is a big part of most. Whether you are running or participating in games you can almost always predict that at some point, somebody or something is going to die (and invariably it will be extraordinarily messy). Lets face it, the manner of [...]
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Plot Lines and Politics
I recently posted my tips for getting the most out of playing monsters in an article called fantasy creatures without commenting on my favorite theme – politics. Monsters Have Lives Too! When you think about it, monsters will have their own trials and tribulations before the arrival of a blundering group of characters makes life [...]
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4 Tips for getting the most from Fantasy Creatures
As a GM, the fantasy creatures you add to your gaming sessions are your characters and for this reason probably the most important aspect of the game as well as the one that can give you the most pleasure. In practice and as a player, I’ve seen even the best GM’s floundering with their creations [...]
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Also tagged Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy, monsters, Treasure
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Three Historical Roleplaying Name Generators
I recently put up a post about roleplaying names and talked about online name generators without going into depth. I thought I’d share with you some links I use and some I’ve found that are all based around historical cultures or their meaning. Name Generators with History and Meaning Behind the Name does not have [...]
Five Resources for Fantasy Themed Roleplaying Names
Here are some more name generators in the context of my recent article about roleplaying names. This time I have collected together those with a fantasy theme. The Bards Tales appears to be very popular and therefore should feature in my list. I however am not a huge fan. Whilst this generator does provide a [...]
Roleplaying Names
Coming up with plausible names for characters, NPCs and even the villages, towns and cities in a scenario or campaign can be a bit of a bind. I love to think I have a creative mind but I often go blank when faced with this challenge. When you think about it, the roleplaying names used [...]
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Poll: How often, how long, where and how many?
This Sunday’s poll is about you and your games. Where do they take place, who with and how often? [poll id="19"] [poll id="20"] [poll id="21"] [poll id="22"]
Wizards and schools of magic
Some further points concerning wizards cropped up this weekend in an interesting thread on the RPGNet forums started by Count_Rugen. I posted my thoughts on wizards a few weeks ago including how I voluntarily limited myself to the unfashionable Necromancy School for my character Corvell. The thread on RPGNet asked for readers views on ranking [...]
It's Friday, So What Is In The Bucket?
The best of this week’s RPG blogs. Great advice from RPG Centric on How to talk to non-gamers about playing RPGs though personally I think Tip #1 applies just as well when talking to gamers. DND Corner ponders on the most vital question of our time What is the Perfect DnD Snack Food? The Recursion [...]
5 Roleplaying Tips
Staying in character is perhaps the hardest part of roleplaying and after many years gaming I still find it hard, especially when confronted with a brain teasing challenge. Here are my tips for staying in character. Tip #1 – It’s all in the plan! Roleplaying begins with character generation and that usually starts with a [...]
