I’ve been tinkering with the following for about two weeks now. I’ve seen lots of new Marvel Datafiles floating around the net since Marvel Heroic Roleplaying launched. Many appear in plain text, while others have created large, colorful image files for their characters. I’ve striven to create something in between. The below was created with Word, and we’ve included the .docx file so you can edit to make [Read more...]
Racial utility powers are a relatively new mechanic, introduced in Heroes of Shadow. They grant your PCs a dynamic way to make their race interesting throughout the tiers of play. The team at Wizards of the Coast have been releasing new racial powers for the classic races through the DDI. Some races seem to have a better chance of being selected over others, which is [Read more...]
Riding dragons is one of those ultimate staples of fantasy, but tabletop gamers with a little experience may view it as unrealistic. Dragons are intelligent, proud and very powerful. It would be very difficult to convince one to serve as your mount for a short time, and likely require a very dire situation. To gain one as a companion seems practically impossible, not to mention [Read more...]
There are hundreds, if not thousands of role-playing games out there – maybe even tens of thousands. They all look and act differently, but at their core they are all about gamers sitting around a table, taking on the roles of larger-than-life characters. Dice and character statistics are involved to mitigate actions fairly, while the act of role-playing is largely left ungoverned. When I say ungoverned, I’m [Read more...]
Where Charisma Keller goes into what makes Snake Plissken such an iconic character, giving ideas for your own Mr. Badass.
Please welcome Anthony Laffan (of the RPG blog Reality Refracted) to the Stuffer Shack Crew. With his first article for the Shack, he offers advice on how to play the role of your opposing gender. It’s interesting that some gamers never play an opposing gender role, while others do. Either way, the article is a good read.
You may have read some recent talk about using themes to fill some gaps in 4e. If you haven’t, head over to Loremaster.org to read Matt James’ take on Themes as a way to multi-class and make valuable race options. Then check out Robert Schwalb’s Response. [Edit: It seems Ryven Cedrylle started talking about this as early as 2/18/11. I missed those articles, but they're [Read more...]
This part of character creation (in my opinion), is the fun part. It’s where I get to personalize my character and really make him stand out. I know, we thought we did that with both of the last two articles (here and here), but that just shows how cool Strands of Fate really is. If you are just now joining us, please catch up on [Read more...]
In Strands of Fate, most player characters are created with ten aspects. Wait a sec… Let me back up… If you aren’t familiar with Fate, here’s the 38-word rundown: Aspects are simple phrases that sum up everything that is important about your character. These phrases come into play quite often as a simple, major component of the game mechanic, while simultaneously explaining your character’s concept [Read more...]
Even though all aspects have the same base definition, and mechanically act in the same way, your Defining Aspect really encompasses the meat of your character. Who is this? What do they do? What is their profession? Where does he come from? How is he different from others like him? What is it about this character that will make me immediately aware of who I’m really playing? Sum it [Read more...]
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