Things You Can Do When the Party Hates Your NPC

May 21, 2013 from Exchange of Realities
Filed under: GM Advice, roleplaying, RPG Hub 
Yesterday, I talked about situations in which the party hates an NPC you need them not to hate, and how not to make it worse. Today, I’m going to look at the positive side—ways to actively try to get the NPC [...]
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Multiclassed to oblivion

May 20, 2013 from canageek
Filed under: 3e, advice, Advice/Tools, dungeons & dragons, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub 
Another post in my series on how to build characters that will actually help the party. This advice comes from a very common character type that I could not stand at all. The overly-heavily multiclassed character. Multic[...]
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Supplement Review: The Stealer of Children by Peter Spahn from Small Niche Games

Of late, I’ve had the opportunity to review several quality books from small publishers and seen how well a product can be produced even on a budget. That said, occasionally I come across a product with a great con[...]
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Things Not to Do When the Party Hates Your NPC

May 20, 2013 from Exchange of Realities
Filed under: GM Advice, roleplaying, RPG Hub 
They tell you in the real world that first impressions are everything. It’s even more the case with RPG characters, particularly the ones you want to keep around—and sometimes it’s just going to go wron[...]
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The Morrow Project Pre-Release: Character Generation

May 19, 2013 from Casting Shadows
Filed under: roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub 
For me, the character creation rules are often the window I use for getting a good understanding of how an RPG is intended to be interpreted and implemented. This section tends to be my first, best source of first impres[...]
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