In a previous post I wrote about why (in most cases) we shouldn’t kill characters. This time I would like to concentrate on how to keep players alive, as this is not always easy.

In the previous post I mentioned that you can fudge roles in order to keep the characters alive. Simply, the monster deals […]

Few days ago I saw results of a poll on one of RPG boards:
 
Best solution for irritating players
Kill’em – 18%
Send them with a suicide mission – 24%
Lower their stats – 16%
Do nothing – 12%
Send thieves on them – 22%
Give them a reward – 5%

 
 
I am not going to discuss the results right now. What […]

A rather short post. I wasn’t feeling capable to write more lately. Anyway, our topic is background music for RPG. In no specific order, here come 30 soundtracks for your games:
 

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the […]

Well, this is a basic GMing rule and one of the most common mistakes beginning GMs make. I had this problem when I started.
Imagine players face a particularly difficult situation. They are about to die and than… an epic level NPCs comes and rescues them.
Sounds familiar? If you are a good GM – it shouldn’t. […]

Welcome to the first part of a set of post on the topic of how (not) to kill player characters. This is a very broad topic so I believe many posts are necessary.
First of all, the title may be a bit misleading. I am aware that PCs should die from time to time. Caring about […]

I recently read a post, in which a GM presented the following problem:
“The worst thing is a player who does nothing but killing, for example:

Comes into the biggest city and attacks guards, who said something he/she didn’t like

Starts a fight in a tavern because somebody jostled him.

Attacks the leader of mercenaries, because he didn’t want […]