Boy is this one a hot topic. Fortunately I have the definitive answer. Don’t fudge in your games. Thanks for reading. Feel free to follow me on twitter @lines_panny and let me know what you think there or in the… Read More ›
RPG game master advice
Tips on becoming a better games master in tabletop role playing games.
Surprise, it’s an ambush!
Ambushes seem to be a ubiquitous part of RPG’s. The 5E starter module The Lost Mines of Phandelver begins with the party being ambushed by a group of goblins while ambush monsters have been a part of the game from… Read More ›
Stop Telling Stories.
Every RPG rule book seems to have a chapter at the start that describes what a roleplaying game is and a huge number of them miss the point entirely by calling it in one way or another a ‘story telling game.’… Read More ›
Everything you cherish will perish-Acceptance of death within Tabletop RPG’s.
I’ve been thinking a lot about death recently. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older and I can see the gaping maws of oblivion inexorably closing in on me as my optimistic shell of youth fades away, the aching inevitability of that… Read More ›
Against Milestone Leveling.
Milestone leveling rubs me the wrong way. There’s something strange about the GM just deciding my character just levels up. Sometimes a better a GM will at least create a series of paced plot links that, other GM’s seem… Read More ›
10 Foot Pits.
Googling around in regards to 5E D&D rules I found a thread where a Dungeon Master was actually complaining that since in 5E players can by RAW jump their strength in feet that meant all 10-foot pits were now not… Read More ›