Not related to any one particular system of rules.
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Where can I find a horror adventure/campaign writing guide?
I seem to remember an old (ebook format?) book I read, with instructions on how to write a quality adventure based in the Ravenloft universe. The book was distinguished by writing in a general style, ...
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7answers
2k views
How do I make my own battle mats?
Premise: I live far from the US, and for me, paying U$S20+shipping for Chessex Battle Mats is out of the question (I just spent U$S 114 for a full lineup of DnD Essentials, and this extra expense ...
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8answers
367 views
What are the pros, cons, and hitches of having only the players roll dice?
I ran a variant of DnD3.5 a few years a go with this house rule Player Only Rolls. The basic of the idea was that the referee never rolls at all. The players roll to attack vers the creatures AC. They ...
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4answers
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How can I encourage a style of play where enhancing others' fun is the most important goal?
Let's assume that we can break play styles into two categories: "selfish play," where you want to have fun, and "less-selfish play," where you want to have fun but you want everyone else at the table ...
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9answers
2k views
How can my character coerce uncooperative player characters?
Occasionally in games we find ourselves in a situation where the player characters might not want to co-operate even if their players do.
How do you handle the party coercing those characters into ...
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3answers
196 views
Looking for suggestions for quick character generation
I am considering setting up a semi-casual zombie-apocalypse game in which the player's characters will be based on "normal" people. [Rather than heroic characters.] This is not a game that I expect ...
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2answers
343 views
What are the pros and cons of having a party leader?
What are the pros and cons of having a player party leader, or leaders? Is it more fit for some situations than others?
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9answers
732 views
What real world skills can RPGs improve?
What real world skills can be improved by playing Role-playing games? What skills have you or others in your experience improved through gaming?
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9answers
775 views
What games have good treatments of sub-Saharan Africa, or fantasy analogues?
I'm aware of Atlas Games' Nyambe, and I read the Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom sourcebook that White Wolf released for Vampire some years back. Which other books treat the area well, or at least as a ...
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12answers
851 views
Do role-playing games have to be fun?
There is a hypothesis that entertaining activities (like role-playing games) should be "fun." Quotes like "It doesn't matter, as long as you're having fun" and "The rules aren't important as long as ...
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14answers
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How to deal effectively with a player unable to lose?
How do you effectively handle a player that overreacts to any loss of his character (level drain, death) ?
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8answers
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Can a high charisma/social score save you from acting like a bastard?
I'm talking about PC.-vs.-NPC interaction; presumably, PC-PC interaction ignores 'social score' almost always (although counterexamples may exist).
This has been a real life 'issue' in one of my ...
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Do you use character sheets? Or, do you use a blank sheet of paper?
Also, what are the advantages and disadvantages for each approach?
