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In Prince Valiant, by default everyone plays a knight errant. There are two ability scores (distribute 7 points between Brawn and...

Why don't a party of adventuring NPCs recruit a few PCs to fill their gaps? The way you're describing it seems to import a type of...

In our Fabula Ultima prologue today, I rolled on the Seekers table and got: Late at night in a warm tavern, you are all discussing your...

Yes, each playbook is a singular (as in "one of a kind/exceptional") person. You are the living Saint of Helior, or the Stormblessed...

There are many games where this just isn't a thing, as in "roles;" or there's a wide variety of classes that can fill roles. Eg: in 3/4...

For me, it's not necessarily collaborative PC creation - or, at least, not in a strict sense. But the starting situation has to have...

I’d say play resources. Like reference sheets and the like that can be used at the table. Some games do this and it’s very helpful...

Most of the games I’ve played over the last few years have some element of collaborative PC creation. It works so well that I don’t...

Yeah, I’ll note that I don’t really run any direct “D&D” product right now, so for my games action doesn’t mean combat but a grabby...

All but one of the games I’m running right now build this into the core design. It works so well.

Nowadays I like my PCs to have connections to one another set up as part of session 0. The actual starting session will usually be a...

I like to have a Session Zero that includes group PC creation wherein the players decide on preexisting relationships between the PCs. I...

I've had the PCs show up at a specific place, at a specific time, all having received letters suggesting they should be there, then. The...

My two Stonetop campaigns, with a set of provocative questions at a few of the PCs to set the scene ("Judge, when the last kid went...