So I was hanging out over at Guild Master Gaming, and I saw that Daniel had posted “A Tip to Help Create Player Characters and Non-Player Characters.” I liked the idea and whipped up a quick character trait sheet for my own games You can hand this to players and tell them to fill it out as they desire, or you can use it for [Read the article]
What makes for a great Villain? Three things immediately leap to mind…
“I’ve got your back. Always.” The Wingman (or woman) values their team over individual talents.
Sure, I can fix that. In fact, I’ve got a few ideas on how to make it better…
One possible theme for 4e Modern Fantasy… The analyst is constantly examining a situation. They know what’s out of place, what looks weak, and notice when things change…
Hello again Stuffer Shack. I’m back with my regular dosage of irregular philosophical waxing…
Knowledge drives these characters, and its their knowledge that makes them feel safe and strong.
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 the article]
Concept Quarian engineer. A bit about the quarians Quarians are a race of interstellar nomads, long since driven from their home planet by a race of Artificial Intelligence known as the geth, originally created by the quarians as a servant race. The quarians attempted to destroy the Geth when they became fearful of their creation’s growing intelligence, and the geth responded naturally to preserve their [Read the article]
One of the reasons I opted to use Mutants and Masterminds 3e for my Mass Effect conversion is that it offers a very flexible set of tools that allow for a number of approaches to GMing, and particularly to building NPCs. Approach 1: The Detailed (“Official”) method M&M handles NPCs pretty much the same way it handles PCs, with a couple of differences: 1) NPCs [Read the article]