Roleplaying Tip: Distinguish Players From Characters
Roleplaying is tough. And sometimes players don’t separate themselves from their characters. This causes problems. RPT Patron Richard Grilley asks: Johnn, How do you help a game table to distinguish players from characters? It is great when the brawny footballer can do a high pitch voice with a twist of Scottish accent for his female […]
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67 Questions To Make Your Players Roleplay More
Here’s a great technique to get your players roleplaying more. Have NPCs ask them questions. But not just any questions. Yes/No questions, for example, don’t get players talking or thinking much. Good NPC questions provide another boon: they give you ideas to steal for later use. While the players answer the NPC, you log their […]
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When That Player Hogs The Game
What do you do if a domineering player hogs screen time?RPT Patron Andy Fundinger asks a question along these lines:
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How To Bring A Diverse Party Of PCs Together?
D&D and other games create a tossed salad of characters. And the character creation process often neglects a party formation step.
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The Box You Put Them In Is A Trap
I had an interesting email chat with a Roleplaying Tips GM about a cheating player.
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Player Challenge #07: RPG Bingo
I played RPG Bingo at IntrigueCon.We were given bingo cards listing common convention and gaming clichés.
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Challenge High Level PCs With A Quick Reskin
How do we challenge powerful player characters?Roleplaying Tips GM Scott has a tip for us on reskinning monsters and their context to give tough PCs a good run for their gold pieces.
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Roleplaying Tip: Create Ties That Bind
DM David has five quick tips for encouraging players to roleplay (the comments are good too).
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