I guess I first read about mid-combat summaries in RolePlayingTips. They allow us to add some more atmosphere to a fight, make it more climatic and also ensure that everyone knows what is going on in the battle. They work best in long lasting, slaughter-type combats.
So, here is how it all works.
During the battle, […]

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“Let’s go in.”
“Let’s not go in.”
“I follow them.”
“I stab the dragon and tell it to get off me.”
“I drink the bottle marked POISON on the off-chance that it’s the extra-healing potion.”
“I kill it.”
“Let me handle this.”
“Whaddya mean, a pentagram only has FIVE sides?”
“What a useless scroll. It […]

Here is a list of elemental mistakes that a GM can make. The order is not very important, although point 1 is more important than point 10. Have fun reading.10. You have a favourite NPC.Check here for more details. Basically, the more your NPC plays, the less your players play. You want your players […]

A fellow blogger, ChattyDM yesterday started an interesting contest. A prize is a “near-Mint, complete, used-once, copy of AD&D’s 2e Planescape Setting”. It is worth about 50$ now. I guess I will do best quoting Chatty’s words:
I’m asking you to submit to me (and to the readership in general) a series of short easy-to-implement tricks […]

 
I will be honest with you, my dear readers. I haven’t played a RPG for like two months. This really sucks. I often talk with the people I play with about RPGs, I read about RPGs, I write about RPGs, but I don’t play them. It is so depressing…Of course I am a bit overreacting […]

Here is an absolute classic. A D&D session served in 8-bit graphics. Have fun watching. (I love blue to grey eyes transition in 1:48 )

Seeking inspiration for your campaign? Having troubles coming up with interesting adventures, locations and encounters? Encounter-a-Day may be the solution.
The site is quite well known among people who read RPG blogs. However,if you haven’t seen it yet, definitely have a look. As you may guess from the blog’s title, it concentrates on ideas for various […]

 
I just finished playing F.E.A.R: First Encounter Assault Recon and I must say it was a great experience, especially because I am a big fan of FPS games. I know this is quite an old game now, but my computer isn’t very new either. If you haven’t - go play the game…Anyway, there are some […]

fight club coming back!Basically, there are two types of battles in RPG: Duels and Slaughter. They are completely different, and should be GMed in a different way. But, before we begin let me state what I consider a duel and a slaughter.
A duel is a fight with some strict rules and not many people are […]

Please forgive me for the break in posting.
The reason is quite simple - strong wind + storm + rain = no wireless internet connection. So, as I had no internet I couldn’t post anything on the blog.
I guess I should always have few posts written and timestamped in advance, so when situations like that happen […]