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What's a good game (not a board game or card game, but a pen and paper roleplaying game, dice optional) for two people to play, one that's simple enough to learn in one day and good for playing a one-shot? Any genre!

Raised_Character_Theme The Raise Dead ritual requires the subject to have been dead for no longer than 30 days. A month still gives a lot of time for something to happen to a wandering soul in the afterlife, and it could return to its body with newfound powers! Also, as you can see...I...

My Goal: Make hit points even more metaphorical than they are now. A creature can take "damage" when an opponent, for example, makes a successful Intimidate check against it. The way a creature is reduced to 0 hit points determines the way its opponents win. Using a sword means the creature...

All characters and monsters can use the higher of their Constitution or Wisdom for hit points and healing surges, and can use the higher of their Dexterity or Intelligence for initiative.

The menacing avenger is based on the idea of an inquisitor (y'know, one of the ones from Spain), working through threats and fear, using one creature as an example for the others. Level_1 Levels_2-10 As someone brought up, since they use Wisdom and Charisma, they'd fall behind in AC...

I'm going to be starting a short story series on my blog, Half-Orc Bard. I've already got two adventurers ready to fight the monsters (and sometimes each other), and I want at least one more character to join them. I'd like to see what the gamer and reader community thinks. The two...

Unless it is a one-shot, I would definitely prefer starting at 1st level. I like to feel that my character has actually been through the toils to get to a higher level instead of simply being created already having lots of power. It's also good for a completely new group, because you have less...

What are some examples of a tabletop rpg that uses a dn - dn method of dice rolling? As in, to make a check you roll two dice of different colors (say, red and green). You add the green die to your stat and subtract the red die, getting an average of zero. Another way to achieve this is to...

I would assume it were a plot point of some kind. I would use my skills to try and see if I know anything about it, ask around when I got to a town, etc. Whatever my character would do to learn more. If it was a dead end, I'd tell the DM that it was a poor decision to put into great detail a...

I'd like to hear if the conflict at the table of @rethgryn has settled down. Did the rogue's player accept that he deserved what he got? Or did he leave in a huff? Or is he some place in between, saying that it was unfair but continuing to play (perhaps in a more passive way)? EDIT: I just...

I like runepriests. They can do things that no other class can, both mechanically and flavorfully. I have an idea for a runepriest that doesn't worship the gods, but thinks he can do better than them, so he uses runes as a tool to usurp their power. You can't do that with a cleric or any...

The rogue was clearly metagaming in a world where orcs clearly could be helpful. I'm impressed that you let him survive. That's the perfect way to teach him a lesson, and if I was the player, I'd enjoy that and roleplay it as the character learning a lesson too. My question is why didn't the...

Sounds ambitious. If this is something you're not serious about, it will fall through. I, however, have high hopes, and as this is the kind of thing I want to do with my life, I am willing to make it a commitment (either by helping write articles or by subscribing)!

Then why didn't they go the route of the revenant? You choose another race and you gain the average height, weight, and size of that race, but you still have a class (and the DM could decide if warforged or other races could be allowed to be vampires). If a fighter gets bitten by a vampire...

By the way, does anyone know why Mr. Gygax chose to call himself Col Pladoh?

Hm, I'll have to check them out some more. I've only read a few free things and haven't been impressed enough to subscribe. Anything interactive on KQ (like the adventure thing I talked about)?

Maybe it's an indirect side effect of 4e's design. Combats are much more about tactics in 4e than in almost any other game, and that means they could take a long time. To speed things up, flatten everything, so everyone can easily see what's where when and move them around without knocking the...

Yes! What I'd really like would be to write for that magazine. It could be a great start for forging new ideas for games or add-ons to current games, with short fiction, maybe even ongoing stories, and if it was marketed more to kids, there could be little puzzles or adventures like the "If...

This is why I will change it from being a vampire class to being a blood mage or something. Vampires are inherently monsters. They're evil, which is fine if you're playing an evil campaign. I like the monstrous races such as shifters and revenants, because they let you play "monsters" without...

Vampires as a class? HOW?!?! I'm not one to be annoyed by things WotC does. I'm not bothered by the flood of races and classes. I'm not bothered by Essentials. I'm not bothered by the seeming lack of material this year. I'm not bothered by Fortune Cards. But a vampire CLASS is actually...