I realized that I was thinking of the combat rules in terms of player vs. player, but since the PCs are always the one rolling (when the monsters attack, the PCs roll to defend with the monster stats providing the Challenge Dice), I could actually simplify things in most cases. This way of doing it…
This is the first of two new C10KD posts today. Next up: Eyeders! View at World Anvil Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
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Maybe it’s the never-ending D&D review (though I think it might have more to do with Leighton and I having a long fanboy discussion about Lankhmar at DieCon) but lately I’ve been itching to do some fantasy world-building. Since I don’t have time to run a game and the world needs another fantasy RPG supplement…
Since people seemed to like last week’s Dumb Table, and since I’ve got jujitsu chauffeur duty soon, I’m going to do another one this week. There’s been a little forward momentum on Cinemechanix in the last few days, so hopefully I’ll get back to the design journal next week. Just like last week, I’m going…
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Sometime last year, I got involved in a reddit thread about women in gaming and ended up getting interviewed by Jamie from The Lonely d12. She posted the interview earlier this week, and I think I’m officially the first non-lady to be interviewed for their Ladies of Gaming series. Since I’m still easing back into…
Supporting characters are a lot more interesting when there’s something weird about them. While you don’t want to give every single GMC the characters meet a quirky trait (unless you’re playing a David Lynch-style game), important or recurring characters will be more memorable if they’ve got an unusual trait. The list below is for…
There’s a school of thought in certain books, comics, movies, and RPGs that giving a character one random obsession makes them well-rounded. While this is not remotely true, it’s at least a step in the right direction, and can sometimes even lead to something approaching three-dimensionality. Here’s a random table to get you started on…
A lot of GMCs have a handful of standard types they use whenever an unplanned minor character appears in the game. If your fallback GMCs are getting old, roll on the following tables to come up with something a little different. The first table describes the GMC’s personality, the second describes what general category…
