Methods for Developing Characters - Role Playing Games
When designing a character from scratch, it is important to think of three things: what was the character's past, what is the character now, and what will the character advance towards? Often it is easiest for the player to start at the end with ... [... more]
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Dice Rolling Tips - Role Playing Games
This is a fact that all gamers know. Many are the times that I've been riding high on a wave of high rolls, only to get cocky and have the dice take me down a peg with a critical failure. Dice have a mind of their own, and personalities. Like any ... [... more]
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Finding Local Gamers - Role Playing Games
You've moved into a new town, and want to get connected with other local gamers. You look up in the phone book, only to find that "gaming" in this town means stores that sell computer games or slot machines. There are no stores selling role ... [... more]
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Basic Fantasy RPG Review - Role Playing Games
I'm of that age range when Advanced Dungeons & Dragons was my first role playing game. The old 2nd edition boxed set was a Christmas present one year. I still have the old Dieties & Demigods book with the Cthulhu mythos deities included. Those ... [... more]
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RPG Campaign Software - Role Playing Games
RPG campaign software has come a long ways from the early days of character generators. The popularity of D & D; 3.5, with its more complicated rule set, spurred software developers to hide as much of the complexity as possible. Don't get me ... [... more]
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Buying RPG Dice - Role Playing Games
Dungeons & Dragons set the stage for using different sorts of RPG dice back in the day. When we talk about dice, we use a convenient sort of shorthand. We use a lower-case 'd', followed by the number of sides the die has. So d6 is a regular six ... [... more]
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Getting Back Into Role Playing - Role Playing Games
So you role played as a teen, or in college, but then you moved away from your gaming group, got a full-time job, and generally had too much else going on to keep up with it. That happens to all of us eventually, unless you're fortunate enough to ... [... more]
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Creating Unique Characters - Role Playing Games
Clichï¿1/2s are used in a similar way to build role playing characters. You immediately know what to expect from the shifty rogue, or the noble paladin. Here a clichï¿1/2 is a shortcut for the player, to make it easy for them to [... more]
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RPG FAQ - Role Playing Games
Lots of people role play. Doctors do it when they learn how to discuss sensitive topics with patients. Police officers role play when they learn how to defuse potentially deadly domestic disputes. We make a game out of it. In a role playing game ... [... more]
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Sign up for the Role Playing Games Newsletter - Role ...
As a hobby, role playing games are always changing and evolving. It's easy to get stuck in our own ruts, playing the games we like and ignoring other ones. Part of my job here is to let you know what's going on and to review games you may not ... [... more]
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Handling RPG Character Death - Role Playing Games
Players throughout RPG history have had to face the sad fact that characters can die. In the early days of Dungeons & Dragons, character creation was simply a matter of rolling 3d6 half a dozen times and picking a name and class. When a character ... [... more]
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