F. Randall Farmer

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I was primarily an AD&D 1st edition DM and campaign designer for over 20 years then "retired" for about 10. I'm now getting back into it because my professional illustrator/daughter and I are building a game-world/campaign and we're building it for 4th edition.

As for me, I've been doing online game design off an on for that entire period. Do a google search of "Randy Farmer" or "F. Randall Farmer" and you'll find that I'm one of the co-inventors of the avatar and the virtual world, as well as a published author on various topics.

Google pointed me to rpg.stackexchange.com as a resource (I was trying to understand Skill Challenges) - and now I'm here to stay!

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99 Answers

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116	How does a player correct a GM mistake without being a rules lawyer or pushover?
42	How do I quit a game gracefully?
38	How does a DM correct the balance after accidentally giving the players too much gold?
22	GMing a setting when your players are more familiar with it than you
20	My group's misunderstood opportunity attacks for years; what to do now I know this?

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+10	How does a player correct a GM mistake without being a rules lawyer or pushover?
+30	Is it fair to press the players for decisions during combat?
+10	How do I make my role playing group a not exclusively male one?
+10	How do you handle verbal exchanges between NPCs without taking the PCs out of the spotlight?

20 Questions

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26	What are the most important differences for a 1st Edition AD&D Dungeon Master learning to run D&D 4E?
17	In D&D 4th Edition, how numerically close should party member levels be? What happens if they aren't?
17	What are the main differences between Gamma World and D&D 4e?
17	Can players use crafting to improve beloved magic items instead of churning gear?
14	GM confusion: The n-dimensions of Clerics. Or: The nightmare of errata

102 Tags

313 dnd-4e × 67	119 problem-players × 2
198 gm × 12	116 system-agnostic × 10
177 social × 6	55 balance × 3
166 gm-techniques × 26	49 groups × 3
134 players × 4	42 combat × 6