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Ideas for D&DNext

Thursday, 19 January, 2012

(I want to preface this post with a note. This is my (AlioTheFool) wishlist for D&D Next. This is by no means a list of demands, nor does it necessarily reflect the views or desires of anyone else here at RPGMusings.) I’m now looking forward to the next iteration of D&D. The idea that Wizards [...]

Getting The Party Started

Tuesday, 17 January, 2012

As a GM, there are few things I hate more upon starting a new game than the mess that inevitably arises from getting a load of PCs, who may not have anything at all to do with one another, into a vague semblance of a coherent group. Most of the time, it just feels like [...]

Introducing Me!

Wednesday, 4 January, 2012

Greetings all! So this is me, introducing…ME! I’m the latest contributor here to RPG Musings and I just wanted to take my first post to introduce myself. My name is Jeff Greiner…although to some folks I’m best known as JEFF GREINER!. I’ve been a gamer for a long time. I started with AD&D when I [...]

Death Is Only The Beginning

Tuesday, 3 January, 2012

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 [...]

“Why” and How It Can Improve Your Game

Monday, 19 December, 2011

Willful suspension of disbelief is a concept that comes up a lot when talking about fiction. For those of you unfamiliar with it, it’s the idea that you sometimes have to stop your mind from saying “That’s ridiculous”, “That could never happen”, or “That is totally not real” in order to enjoy something. It boils [...]

More To Stealth Than Silence or Shadows

Monday, 17 October, 2011

Whether you’re playing an epic high fantasy game, a gritty cyberpunk campaign, or a spooky horror game, chances are that characters are going to have to move around at some point or another with a great deal of stealth. They may have to sneak into a place, sneak around while in a place, sneak out, [...]

The Recycle Bin – Angel Beats and Speaking Well As The Dead

Wednesday, 14 September, 2011

So it’s been a while. I would like to say I’ve been deep in a secluded underground vault, surrounded by nothing but my beloved Pez dispensers, exposing myself to as much media as I could to transmutate into Recycle Bin posts for you all.  But there was this issue with my brother, a suit of [...]