Your party of characters facing off against an overwhelming tide of monsters is scary. If all those monsters are zombies it becomes way scarier, because now any PC who dies will also come back and join the zombies trying to kill everyone!
Do you sometimes wish people would just hurry up? Shamefully, I admit that I do. Worse, sometimes I feel like that in some tabletop RPGs.
Perhaps the most hated trope in the entirety of roleplaying is the DMPC, a character created by the DM as a party member.
In the last article, we talked about the idea of villainy and how it comes in lots of different forms. We gave a few examples, but I want to outline some of those types more precisely in the following few articles.
We’ve never really talked about NPCs. They’re a valuable resource, and there’s a lot written about them by a lot of other people, so I’ve never really approached it before out of fear of repeating what others have looked into.
The latest Genre Police RPG tips post looks at New Horizons, talks about why people pick D&D and how you can get a group to consider something else.
The latest Genre Police RPG tips post looks at New Horizons, talks about why people pick D&D and how you can get a group to consider something else.
You have, against all odds, dragged the story to its natural conclusion. Got the players together and kept them hooked. It wasn’t all easy, and you might have even made a few missteps. But you did it. You delivered a satisfying conclusion with a cathartic payoff. Now it’s all over. The game is done. And you already miss it.
Year Zero World Building creates campaign settings using Free LeagueтАЩs RPGs, many of which use the Year Zero system (Year Zero Engine OGL). This month continues exploring Middle-earth, this time going beneath the waves using The One Ring Second Edition (which doesnтАЩt use the Year Zero system).
Immersion is something I see GMs talk around a lot. How тАШintoтАЩ the game their players are, how much they do or donтАЩt like the тАШroleplayтАЩ side of things. How to create an experience that really hits players in the emotional place rather than just be a beer and pretzel style monster stomp.
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