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This comes from a writing exercise I learned back in undergrad. Three details is about how many items a reader can fit into their head after a first impression, and the same holds true in the oral landscape of the tabletop. If you choose wisely, we should get a coherent picture of your PC and...

I guess that's an important lesson from the world's most famous DM. Part of being the man behind the curtain is making the world run smoothly. When the internet at large rolls their eyes about the cast missing rules, Mercer himself keeps his cool. Not a bad trait to pick up.

What it says on the tin. On the one hand, you want a welcoming environment where new players can settle in and learn. On the other, it's not unreasonable to expect a bit of effort. So here's the question: Where do you guys draw the line between, “Learn to play!” and, “Dude, can I have a second...

Weirdly, I think I can understand where this dude is coming from. Not that I endorse this kind of tom foolery, but when you get a clear idea in your head of a "fun moment," you wind up trying to make it happen. "Sure," you think to yourself. "It's a little railroady, but the payoff is worth...

What is the worst case of a "Gotcha GM" that you've experienced? Did they ever get better? (My go-to Gotcha GM example.)

Is that a pay service?

Hey guys. I could use some help. My folders are disorganized. My record-keeping system is non-existent. My handwriting is so bad that it once cancelled game night. So here's my question: How do you go about handling the party loot sheet? Any software recommendations, bookkeeping resources, or...

Now see, I thought the phrase, "Are you sure?" was synonymous with, "Your character shouldn't do that." If they proceed anyway it's all aboard the consequences train. I'm just talking about making the warning a little more explicit.

I recently had a band of Dead Suns PCs go all cold-blooded-killer on some KO'd goons. A few more details in the write-up over here, but I'm curious if any of you GMs out there have had a similar experience. Have you ever seen your Neutral/Good crew of PCs turn into a band of Neutral/Evil...

I've seen it most often with replacement characters. A dude dies, decides to roll up his next guy as "also a fire mage." There's no formal Session 0 to help counterbalance that impulse, and so you wind up with two dudes slinging the same spells and glaring at one another across the table.

Have you guys ever been in this situation? You roll up a character with a fairly standard archetype -- big dumb guy with greatsword; snarky necromancer; etc. -- only to find that another player is horning in on the same conceptual space. Is this a "stop copying me" problem, or do you feel like...

I like that quite a bit. You align your plot hooks with the traditional "defend the wild" motivation, but you do it like James Bond. Nice!

I've got a longer write up about my difficulties with nature-themed characters over here, but this has been a struggle with me for some time. Nature tends to be portrayed as "gray-side," meaning that there's no easy good/evil or law/chaos dichotomy to fuel conflict. That in turns means that it's...

So like... How do you conceptualize hiding in an open room?

Your typical stealthy PC thinks that hiding every round in every terrain is viable. Meanwhile, your average GM is sitting there like, “No, you can’t hide behind the halfling.” In scenarios where there isn't clearly marked terrain, how do you decide if there's enough cover to hide behind? The...

But like... What if you were being tested by your goddess? You know, to find the beauty in all things and stuff?

What it says on that tin. Have you ever had a PC death so heroic that resurrection would have been an anticlimax? What were the circumstance? Why did you decided not to accept the rez, and was retiring the character the right call in retrospect? Comic for illustrative purposes.

I'd like to see a mathematical proof on this one, lol.

So like "Boil an Ant Hill..." https://cf.geekdo-images.com/medium/img/WAF1_eMHqh4y7zingKSRe7YCV1c=/fit-in/500x500/filters:no_upscale()/pic149710.jpg ...but for community service? That's kind of hilarious.

Same question as the guy above: Do you have any examples of a published chase encounter that I could check out for comparison?