Descriptive combat can be tough, and even the best GMs and players occasionally fall back on “I swing at it.” “You hit it.” If you’re having trouble keeping a fight scene interesting, roll and either introduce the new element, give a player a chance to take the action rolled, or have a bad guy…
“I think I should warn you all, when a vampire bites it, it’s never a pretty sight. No two blood suckers go out the same way. Some yell and scream, some go quietly, some explode, some implode. But, all will try and take you with them.”–Edgar Frog Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Because sometimes you just need something for the players to chase after. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
I’ve been running Hobomancer at conventions and have discovered that sometimes it’s hard to come up with names for the generic small towns that the characters end up in. Now I can just use this script whenever I need to know what town the characters are walking into. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
A lot of times, I’ll start off a game by asking the players to describe what their characters are doing. While this always works out well with the Hex group (with the intro scenes often becoming the focus of the adventure), I’ve found that groups who are used to more typical mission-based role-playing don’t…
Since I can’t think of an interesting table theme this week, here are some random tables to use when you need to come up with Words for a Sword & Sorcery character (expect more like this in the future). Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Since I’ve been knee-deep in hobos and haven’t gotten around to posting a table in the last few weeks, I’m going to post 3 today. Use these to come up with an idea for a one-shot. The first table gives you the genre, the second the plot, and the third the style of the game….
In most stories and movies, the heroes rarely go through the pockets of their fallen foes unless they’ve got good reason to do so–for example, if they need a weapon or ammo or they need the enemy’s key card to make their escape. Thanks to D&D, however, characters in RPGs regularly heroically search through the…
As anyone who remembers the old “Medical Bag” feature in Fortean Times knows, people suffer from a lot of strange and bizarre medical conditions. These can be used to crank up the quirkiness of an adventure GMC, or (for particularly brave players) even a PC. Except for conditions with obvious effects, I’ve provided very…
A lot of games deal with strange phenomena, but even games that take place in a completely rational world can benefit from the occasional reference to strangeness. Weird happenings (and the inevitable stories about them) can provide local flavor, give an eccentric GMC something to rant about, or can serve as a cover for…
