There are a couple of different conversations happening in a couple of the RPG groups I frequent. The two questions asked are both hot button topics among GMs – Do you fudge dice rolls? and Do you change monster stats on the fly? Here is my response and my reasoning, along with a recent example. Generally speaking […]
Make Like A Gaming Pirate: Sports
Sports are not something you often see in your tabletop gaming. Society, possibly as far back as there has been a society, has had some sort of sport for entertainment. Wrestling, boar hunting, gladiatorial combat, baseball, horse racing, tag, and on and on. Yet despite the prominence of sports in cultures, especially our current society, […]
Make Like A Gaming Pirate Part 1: Introduction & The Legend of Zelda
Every day, we’re surrounded with a huge amount of media. TV, books, music, movies, comics, video games, and everything that the internet can throw at you in a barrage of stories, characters, plots, events, and situations. Subconsciously, I think many of us take these things that we encounter in our regular lives and incorporate them […]
Death Is Only The Beginning
Death is the threat that hangs over every character, PC and NPC alike, at the table. For the longest time, death was the ultimate punishment. The consequence that couldn’t be topped. The fate that every character faced and every player hoped to help them avoid. The fear of death is a natural one because in […]