Recent content by Boris2112

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    A review on how to find gamers (for a gamer in need)

    I feel for you man. I am having trouble finding players these days too. I'm not even trying to find a group, just some more players and it's tough. Seems like the crowd has just gotten smaller ten and twenty years ago I used to Gm groups between 10 and 15 players. Things happen, people move...
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    Help! I Have An Indecisive Player!

    I suggest getting her out of her comfort zone. In my group we had one player who was indecisive and kinda just went through the motions. So we made him the leader of the group. I know this sounds intense but he eventually came out of the shell and is one of the best players at the table now...
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    How to design a game where players don't seek to min-max

    My only suggestion is that you have the player flush out their characters some before they roll dice. That is to say, what is the characters drive, class, simple background. In the game I run when characters are being made the players have already decided what they are going to make for a...
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    Negociating with a villain

    The only suggestion that I can make. Come up with a personality matrix. What drives the NPC. Likes dislikes aspirations. For me I simply have a set system 1.0-6.0 range on a few different attributes of any npc that will do any interactions that require personality. Joy, energy, social...
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    As a GM, How Often Do You Fudge Dice Rolls?

    Usually never. I will on occasion if I am trying to go in a certain direction, but even then I use the roll to determine what direction. Which I decide pre-roll so I guess my real answer is never. Example: In combat a PC is about to get injured so bad that he/she is going to die. Is it better...
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    Need some advice on homebrew campaign

    Well from what you posted it seems that first you need to clear up a few things in your own mind. 1. How have the troops of the invading army in the city been received by the general populous?(The citizenry, town guard, merchants) 2. How have the invading troops been treating the populous so...
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