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Interesting. For me, characters overcome with moral dilemmas is half of roleplaying. If every decision is a simple cut and dry pragmatic assessment of all the components, then you're talking about a puzzle. Not a game (short of the dice not falling in your favor). But isn't that what makes a...

Interesting analysis. If I had to classify myself, I'm a storytelling-roleplayer. I think what is happening is just as important as how I react to it. Deadwood strikes me as the best kind of TV show because it's about both things at the same time. Sometimes slow, the episodes are almost artful...

more charts okay i'm jonesing for some more charts jeff and i need themes, please

It won't hurt to do it. And it'll keep the thread at the top. :)

Yeah. Originally, these were overly complicated pickpocket charts. I turned them into backpacks (remembering the old D&D backpacks in adventures like U1 and U2) and then we edited and compiled 40 of them, trying to make sure they didn't duplicate too many of the same themes. Some are randomly...

Good post. I wrote an essay once on how the morality of the world is mostly reflected in the actions of the PCs. If you magnify the PCs actions you get a barometer for how people in the world treat one another. PCs that are jerks are going to find that everyone else is. PCs that help out others...

Good post. First. I'm not trying to bash anyone. I have a philosophical opinion that 99% of RPG playing isn't about anything morally substantive. Example: We kill the orcs, because they are orcs. That comes up in discussions of mine as a result. I wasn't trying to tangent. Nor am I trying to...

If you add rumors, then that's not choosing to go left or right. That's choosing to go to the witch's hunt or a goblin's lair. I have to now assume that's what you meant from the beginning.

For the record, I am that GM that can maintain an entire world and 30 NPCs in my head for the duration of a campaign. My notes usually add up to a few scraps of paper that I never refer to in game. Don't believe me? Game with me and see if I break eye contact with the group. Second. Choosing...

that's why we made the book we hope you enjoy all the plotting advice, as well

Uh-oh. *adjusts collar* Um. Well. Ahem. We hope you like it. Sir?!?! Did you download all the free PDFs from the site?

Fantastic world. There's a reason it's still around. Now. Onto your post. I'm reading a lot of opinion and feeling about what you like. Which is important, of course. You'd never watch a TV show about people who polish chrome bumpers. Assuming you like the show, would you watch Battlestar...

next time stick with the cat excuse that was more believable

*worst post ever, etc.* :)

soapboxing… I know I've covered this before in a lot of other threads, because so many problems (in my opinion) dovetail together... things are systemic. At least, I see patterns. So. Even if I'm wrong… Systems, designers, and gaming (in general) fail many times to take into consideration how...

Korgath. I respect this point of view. And I actually like gaming this way once in a while. Part of my contention about the "experience and discovery" model is that too often PCs take advantage of a GMs hard work and instead of making his job more enjoyable, they pull the fireball trick for no...

Let me be very clear about one thing... the PCs should always be allowed to burn down the inn. I'm not advocating any kind of censorship. But they should also be aware that the driver can pull the car off to the side of the road anytime he wants. The problem with the DO ANYTHING YOU WANT...

before i forget… years ago, white wolf did a set of cards called the Story Path. absolutely fantastic game device… very similar to the purple cards mentioned earlier, except very specific in tone. check them out. i was actually toying with the idea of making some decks of cards for GMs and...

thanks, hussar a totally underrated read in my opinion sadly it was one of the last we did and it wasn't marketed at all. when it came out, it should have sent gamers into a tailspin, the amount of "options" we handed out. sigh.

You should see me role-play Power Grid… or Agricola. I seriously could roleplay while I'm in a checkout line at the market. I live in my head so much, it's not impossible for me to imagine myself roleplaying without a system but using the tools of form to manipulate the stories I want to tell...