There are plenty of ways to kick the party out of their comfort zone and one of the simplest is to drop them in the deep end.
Category: Pathfinder
Embrace the Cliche
Sometimes, originality is overrated. When you’re creating a character or dreaming up a story for your next campaign put aside your worries and embrace the cliche – I almost guarantee that it’ll make your game better.
By Any Other Name
Names are an important part of creating a world, so it’s vital that a DM is able to come up with memorable and believable options with barely a moment’s hesitation.
Power of Life & Death – A DMing Dilemma
How should DMs deal with character deaths? Is is best to let the dice decide, even if it derails the story?
Poly(hedron)amory – The Love of Dice
Once you’ve got a few campaigns under your belt I guarantee that you’ll find yourself in an odd position when it comes to dice. On the one hand, you clearly have too many – all those poly sets are pretty identical, after all – but on the other you know that you always need more.
Con Artist – D&D at the UK Games Expo
For three days in early June the Birmingham NEC played host to the 2016 UK Games Expo. A vast hall was packed to the gills with people chattering about dice, hex-grids and action points, while the nearby Hilton Hotel teemed with tables dedicated to gaming of all sorts.
Made to be Broken – Dealing with the Rule of Cool
In my opinion, the so-called ‘Rule of Cool’ is one of the things that makes roleplaying games so wonderful. However, as with many other awesome things – like chocolate, beer or naps – it has the potential to cause real harm if used too much or too loosely.
Going Off-Grid?
There’s a certain type of role-player that treats groups that use grids with the same disdain art-house cinema fans show for those queueing up for the next Michael Bay blockbuster.
Controlled Rage – Barbarians in a Civilised World
THERE’S something comforting about playing a character that fits neatly into one of the standard fantasy archetypes – the happy-go-lucky Halfling Rogue, the mysterious Elven Ranger and so forth. Like many players, however, I’m a big fan of trying something a little unconventional. This doesn’t just apply to mixing up non-ideal combinations of races and classes,…
Praying in the Darkness – Good Clerics for Evil Gods
A few weeks ago I rolled up the very first Cleric of my D&D career. I wanted him to be from the Tempest Domain – because who doesn’t want to basically become Thor at level 17 – so set about searching for a suitably stormy God to worship. The moment I came across Umberlee, Goddess of…
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