Recent content by StormKnight

Again; or the procedure was just fine, but the dice didn't happen to come up in a good way this time. Seriously, what kind of change do you think should be made in my demon-summoning example? Not all players care about a "fairly adjudicated challenge". I have some players (and this includes...

I normally make all rolls in the open (and often even the NPC stats are in the open!) so I normally couldn't "fudge a roll" even if I wanted to, which I usually don't. However, I have absolutely no hesitation about "fudging" in one form or another in the rare cases when it is required. The...

That's for the suggestions! I'm afraid that's pretty much backwards from what I'm experiencing. As mentioned, these tend to come up as part of the natural flow of the game. I haven't designed them from the PCs point of view. I've thought "here are these people, they are doing this stuff". I...

There are a lot of things I'm very comfortable about GMing, but investigations are a bit of tough spot for me. I often find I don't quite know how to prepare for or handle an investigation in an RPG well. Most of the advice I've seen centers on avoiding bottlenecks; making sure clues are...