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New Arrivals Perhaps an hour after our return to the village, Kyril returned and we reported to her what had befallen us. She was appalled to hear of the dragon skeleton, which she hadn’t seen before going to fetch us. When she asked how we defeated it, I replied, “It was a blessing of the Lady...

What he said.

Just because he may have some type of cognitive disorder doesn't mean he shouldn't still be held accountable for his behavior. It's been my impression - not being an expert here, but I have worked with developmentally disabled adults in the past - that sometimes you can actually be more blunt...

Thanks for all the responses, everyone. I was curious how my group's handling of recapping compared with other groups, and it's given me some interesting things to think about. We recap every session, even if we play weekly. I record our sessions, and on many occasions the recap takes from 15 -...

I know this one's been mentioned elsewhere in Meta, but I thought I'd throw it in here: When attempting to edit a very long post, I get this message: The following errors occurred when this message was submitted: 1. Please complete both the subject and message fields. Press the back button...

Letter 48, pt. 1 4th Ready'reat Zeir-i-Zeif Dearest brother; As I told you in my last letter, the innkeeper Kouroush had arranged for us to meet someone who formerly belonged to the Black Flame cult. At the appointed time, Kouroush introduced us to a man named Babak. He seemed to know a...

Didn't somebody do some WoW minis already? Not CMG, just some generic character minis. And what about Reaper's Legendary Encounters? Don't they count as competition for DDM? I hope the WoW minis are of a scale suitable for use in RPGs. My friends and I like a big variety. We use some DDM...

For the GMs out there, do you recap your previous session when you begin a new session of an ongoing campaign? How long do you spend recapping if you do? Do you do the recap yourself or have the players do it? I'm just curious. I realize that this may be impacted by how often you play, so...

We had a good one in a campaign several years ago - an NPC named Sidney Adpool. Sidney Adpool = Deadly Poison ;)

We do the same. It usually doesn't slow combat down that much because we commonly don't have a lot of characters with iterative attacks.

1994. I was 34 years old. That'll skew your results! :D

I understand where you're going with this, I think. But I have two points to make in response: 1) A roleplaying game isn't real life, and the player is not his character. Alignment helps to define a character's personality and should help to determine how you feel the character should be...

Letter #47 Patv: “So, nothing happened last time, nothing at all.” Sniffles: “Just like always!” ------------------------ Patv: “Let’s summarize. No, no, that takes too long.” 24th Patchwall Zeir-i-Zeif Dearest brother; I'm sorry my last letter ended on such a dismal note. As it turned out...

I maintain a group of Story Hours, and I like to indicate in the thread titles when I've updated them. But since the development that prevents overlong posts from being edited, I can't update the thread title of one of my Story Hours. I attempted to delete some of the text to shorten the...

Life After Death After my experience with Sir Tyrion's living sword, Covenant's remark did not take me by surprise. But of course I was as eager as my friends to learn how my wife and her traveling companions had returned to life. When we had been escorted to a private chamber in the temple...

It's probably already been said better by others, but I would contend that, depending on what you want out of your gaming experience, removing mortality from the game can actually make it more fun. If players like to see their characters grow and develop over time, and look forward to each...

Let's be honest here: if the spotlight-hog is the DM's SO, discussing it with the DM isn't likely to be fruitful. The DM probably doesn't want to risk being made to sleep on the couch just to keep you happy. I'd recommend finding a way to reward the player for staying with the group. This is...

Oops, double post.

Azlin's tale, part 16 This entry chronicles what will be our last session for a while. We're taking a break to return to another campaign. In order to get the story up to date I've compressed this entry a bit. I've tried to make the narrative very stream-of-consciousness to give a sense of...

Azlin's tale, part 15 Artemis's invisible servants gathered up all the coin. They unblocked our path, too. Handy things to have, those servants. We're going deeper and deeper. It's getting hotter and we can see orange light sometimes. Oh, the Host preserve me! Now we have to cross a...