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A GM prep time poll might be interesting---also, what do you do to prepare? poll might be fun.

If we're involved in a very 'story-oriented' session with a defined purpose and the players are exploring an empty farm---I just say 'there's nothing there...anywhere', but if we're improvising or just playing with no purpose in mind, I let them go into extruciating detail to open cabinets and...

As a GM, I spend more time thinking/planning/preparing than actually playing. I wonder how much time the players spend thinking about 'what might happen next?' or 'what would have happened if I had.....?'

Poll Results Here are the poll results: What's your favorite dinosaur? 20% Triceratops 14% Velociraptor 14% Allosaurus 12% T-Rex 11% Quetzalcoatlus 11% Barney 11% Other Write-ins: Seismosaurus Barney did surprisingly well. Makes me sorry that I forgot to include Little Foot!

The second section of equipment has been added to the interactive SRD. The following generators are included: adventuring gear, dry goods containers, liquid containers, toolkits, clothing, food/drink/lodging, mount or gear, vehicles, barding, ships, transportation, and buildings. As with the...

June 17, 2003-The folks at E-roleplaying.com, publishers of 30mm floorplans and other GM resources, are very pleased to announce the release of the Contemporary Adventures Guide PDF and the Contemporary Adventures Generator CD-ROM. A print version of this product is soon to be available. In...

Dimensions Game Softare is pleased to release, Divination, an online document giving basic information about many different types of divination. Whether you call them spells, special abilities, miracles, divine intervention, skills, or feats, divination in one form or another is present in most...

Several people have asked if there was any way to have offline access to the programs on my site. My main goal is to provide ONLINE RPG tools; however, I understand that sometimes it is not practical to be online while preparing for an adventure. Therefore, I have decided to make copies of my...

In a pinch, one can get lots of great story ideas just by taking a piece of history and changing the names to match known NPC names.

Sweet! I think web programs are going to play a huge role in the future of RPG's.

A note about the Statistics Generator The statistics generator that is part of this program can easily be used to create generic game statistics for any type of creature. In fact, a version of it will be incorporated into an updated version of the "Creature Creator" program.

You're welcome! I'd love to see the industry with more software support. Let me know if you have any questions. Since most publishers are busy creating and publishing, maybe more work will be available for those with programming knowledge. Also, I thought a more detailed explaination as to...

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Dimensions Game Software is pleased to announce that expansion of the interactive version of the SRD continues this week with the addition of the first section of equipment items. Generators for the following groups of items are included: trade goods, simple melee weapons, simple ranged weapons...

Another thought---how many people strive for a level realism in the campaign vs plain ol' fantasy fun? I suspect the modern and space rpger's are more likely to strive for realism---except they have more of an opportunity to play with world basics, like the laws of physics or that world of...

That is an excellent way to look at it---and very true to real life. I'd love to see the history books that get written in various countries discussing the most recent war.

In addition to timelines, something that I usually do is sketch the outline of a few continents and major island chains, then place the character's hometown somewhere on one of the continents. Almost like starting with a 'clean slate' I usually don't fill in many of the details like lakes or...

The folks at e-roleplaying.com are working on a book that includes NPC backgrounds.

History is pulling ahead as 'the most important', but other than timelines, my players have pretty much written all of the history---the players write character background and then the actions of those characters become known amongst the local townsfolk.

I wonder what tools are most commonly used by GM's to create the history. Detailed histories of the locations of the world, brief or extensive timelines, maps showing how politcal boundaries have changed, short stories for each of the main PC's or NPC's---how much of the info is distributed to...