At the last meeting of the gaming group I play in something happened that I didn’t plan on, Devlin my PC, the duskblade everyone at the table had come to count on for the big hits when they were needed (have to love that channel ability) was killed. I was given fair warning by the…
In some of my past posts I’ve mentioned the use of portable applications to manage things such things as your character sheet or, if you run a character that wields spells, your spell list or book and while these work well for me I know that others would prefer to use online applications. The topic…
It’s something that I’ve seen frequently, all the opponents that the PCs face are creatures. Why is that? Why do many GMs insist on bringing out the monster book for a given role-playing system, select the creature of the week and then set things up to make sure you encounter this particular foe? First off…
It’s a question often asked, so I thought I would poll folks here, do you hide your die rolls or not when you GM? Personally, I think dice rolls should be hidden and that’s the way I play. There are a few reasons for this: Keeping results from the players – you don’t want them…
Does your RPG group use a computer during game night? More than one? My group on the whole is paper and pencil, I’m the only one that uses a computer (in my case a laptop) at every session. As a player I use it to track my character information typically in a spreadsheet (see this…
The folks over at Wizards released their latest preview article and I have to say some of the items definitely look interesting. Among the upcoming offerings are City of Peril which is part of their Fantastic Locations series, and a couple of what they are calling super-adventures, Expedition to the Demonweb Pits and Eyes of…
