Posted by Runeslinger on April 11, 2012 · 5 Comments
When checking my blog feed after posting today, I discovered that a very similar idea had been proposed for discussion already. I caught wind of it from Dice Monkey’s post, which in turn sent me to Character Generation, and trawling through the comments of each. The similarities and curious differences in the lists presented are … Read more
Category All for One: Regime Diabolique, Call of Cthulhu, Desolation, Hollow Earth Expedition, Palladium Fantasy, Running Games, WoD ad nauseum · Tagged with All for One, Ars Magica, Call Cthulhu, Dungeons & Dragons, Palladium Fantasy, roleplaying, Ubiquity, Wraith the Oblivion
Posted by Runeslinger on February 8, 2011 · 5 Comments
Running Campaigns with multiple GMs. One of the most memorable campaigns I have ever been involved with was also one of the most complicated. The campaign, a Vampire: The Dark Ages Chronicle, was run by 4 GMs, started with 8 players, grew to 11 at its peak, and as events took their toll on unlives, … Read more
Category Aberrant, Adventure!, Casting the Shadows, Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Running Games, The Blog, Trinity (Aeon), WoD ad nauseum · Tagged with playing in games, Role-playing game, running games, The Blog, Thoughts, Vampire The Dark Ages, World of Darkness
Posted by Runeslinger on November 4, 2010 · 2 Comments
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven; Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, And recks not his own rede. -Hamlet Stirred, not shaken Temptation to the point of corruption is not something which I consider to be easy … Read more
Category All for One: Regime Diabolique, Call of Cthulhu, Casting the Shadows, Characters and Support Cast, Running Games, The Blog, The Gamers, Themes and Intentions, WoD ad nauseum · Tagged with Character Development, players, role-playing, roleplaying, running games, The Blog, themes, Thoughts
Posted by Runeslinger on August 12, 2010 · 1 Comment
If you were running a game with a mechanic to represent Willpower or Resolve, and I am thinking specifically of Storyteller in this case, where the use of the trait allows the character to void GM fiat for a period of time (resist Frenzy, etc) how would you deal with a situation like the following: … Read more
Posted by Runeslinger on June 12, 2010 · 2 Comments
WoD (any): The Embedded Journalist~ A good part of any World of Darkness game is in having the characters always a little worried about what else is out there in the darkness being more angsty, spooky, and manipulative than they themselves are. Over the years, I have found it helpful to incorporate a character I … Read more
