Players & Characters Archives

What If A PC Was A Living Spell?

RPT GM Josh J. shared this cool idea.

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:

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.

The Box You Put Them In Is A Trap

I had an interesting email chat with a Roleplaying Tips GM about a cheating player.

Player Challenge #07: RPG Bingo

I played RPG Bingo at IntrigueCon.We were given bingo cards listing common convention and gaming clichés.

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.

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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