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  • Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD APR 14: For GMs: Are fully-fleshed out player characters preferred, with backgrou
  • 3 Tips For Roleplaying Multiple NPCs In The Same Scene
  • 3 Tips For Better Player Engagement

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boardgamegeek.com /1 month ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD APR 14: For GMs: Are fully-fleshed out player characters preferred, with backgrou...

by plezercruz Every campaign I run, I keep a notebook with each NPC I introduce, and then make sure they all reappear from time to time. Whenever possible I replace NPCs in new a...

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roleplayingtips.com /2 weeks ago

3 Tips For Roleplaying Multiple NPCs In The Same Scene

Welcome back to our series diving into Game Master V’s tricky session! Last time, we tackled the problem of Passive Players. Today, we’re looking at a big cognitive load pit trap,...

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roleplayingtips.com /2 weeks ago

3 Tips For Better Player Engagement

How can you get players engaged more in roleplaying encounters? Game Master Vildara presents this tricky session situation: Last night was a bit of a first for me and I find myself...

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boardgamegeek.com /1 month ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD APR 14: For GMs: Are fully-fleshed out player characters preferred, with backgrou...

by pdzoch As a GM, I set the campaign stage for the players. Ideally, I would like that to be part of the inspiration for their characters, but it is not required. I want my pla...

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boardgamegeek.com /1 month ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD APR 13: What is usually involved in solo role playing? Is it journaling with syst...

by SeaofStars I used to play a lot of the Tunnels & Trolls solos back when I was getting started. But those were very light on the roleplaying side though still fun.I occasion...

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pocketgamer.com /2 weeks ago

Rellion: NPC Survival challenges you to preserve a world of non-player characters

Ah, the humble NPC. The thankless quest giver, the humble merchant or the in-game ally. Usually, they play second fiddle to the real heroes. But what if they were left to their own...

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boardgamegeek.com /1 month ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD APR 4: As a GM, how do you handle the interrogation of an NPC? How does an NPC re...

by Inkwan Againsto wrote:The thing is, interrogations revolve around the fundamentally open points of "veracity" and "completeness". I am just re-reading L.A. Confidential, with i...

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boardgamegeek.com /1 week ago

New comment on Blog Post Roleplaying with ChatGPT

by leleyx Related Item: Decisions, Decisions: Thoughts from an indecisive gamer I think RP is not only a social event, it's also a creative and a reflective process. My RP life...

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boardgamegeek.com /3 weeks ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: Evil PCs

by MagentaFantasies A little while ago, I created a character loosely inspired by Peri from Fire Emblem: Fates: a cute but bratty murder loli who with a strong bloodlust, especial...

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boardgamegeek.com /1 month ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD APR 4: As a GM, how do you handle the interrogation of an NPC? How does an NPC re...

by Dolphinandrew In my experience, a lot of GMs make even the most minor NPC so obstinate and indifferent to torture as to make it a completely pointless option. As with a lot of...

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boardgamegeek.com /1 month ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD APR 15: For Players: Are fully-fleshed out characters preferred, with background,...

by brumcg One of the things that I always say about myself is that I'm the least spontaneous person that I know. I'm a planner.So, I like to know my character before we start som...

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boardgamegeek.com /1 month ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD APR 15: For Players: Are fully-fleshed out characters preferred, with background,...

by pdzoch As a player, I try to visualize and artiuclate why and how my character got to where he/she is at the start of the campaign. I usually create an outline of the concept...

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boardgamegeek.com /1 month ago

Thread: General Role-Playing:: QOTD APR 15: For Players: Are fully-fleshed out characters preferred, with background, mo...

by pdzoch The second part of a two-part question suggested by [user=mistonwater][/user]As a player, do you create fully-fleshed out characters before you play, with background, mo...

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boardgamegeek.com /1 week ago

New comment on Blog Post Roleplaying with ChatGPT

by Ugavine Related Item: Decisions, Decisions: Thoughts from an indecisive gamer Role-playing is whatever you make it. It can be social, but playing solo is still role-playing,...

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boardgamegeek.com /1 month ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD APR 13: What is usually involved in solo role playing? Is it journaling with syst...

by JVgamer ctimmins wrote:It takes at least two.I am curious, why?While I concede that the range of possibility increases with a multiplicity of players — the more variables in a...

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boardgamegeek.com /1 month ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD APR 20: Is there anything unifying how your characters appear or present themselv...

by latindog I actively try to vary my characters but I have some preferences that seem to predominate - I like half-elves and casters in fantasy for example though I try to differ...

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boardgamegeek.com /1 month ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD APR 4: As a GM, how do you handle the interrogation of an NPC? How does an NPC re...

by TomTomThePipersSon I am always surprised at how infrequently my players interrogate prisoners. I always gear up for it, and then the potential prisoner either gets killed, or t...

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boardgamegeek.com /1 month ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD APR 14: For GMs: Are fully-fleshed out player characters preferred, with backgrou...

by aramis pdzoch wrote:The first part of a two-part question suggested by [user=mistonwater][/user]For GMs: Are fully-fleshed out player characters preferred, with backgrounds, mo...

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enworld.org /3 weeks ago

RPG Evolution: The Mook, the Bad, and the Ugly

What's wrong with a couple dozen bad guys?

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boardgamegeek.com /1 month ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD APR 13: What is usually involved in solo role playing? Is it journaling with syst...

by Moonlight_Fox JVgamer wrote:ctimmins wrote:It takes at least two.I am curious, why?While I concede that the range of possibility increases with a multiplicity of playersEven th...

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roleplayingtips.com /4 days ago

3 Tips For Keeping Gameplay Going

Welcome to the fourth and final part of my series breaking down Game Master V’s tricky session! We’ve explored how to handle passive players, the Multiball cognitive load of GMing...

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boardgamegeek.com /4 weeks ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD MAY 1: Has one of your characters every parley their fame as an adventure into me...

by Ugavine I've had characters who are famed as top in their field, or infamous for the same reason. In Star Wars Bossko B is famous for being an elite starship pilot - and very...

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boardgamegeek.com /1 month ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD APR 20: Is there anything unifying how your characters appear or present themselv...

by Benevolentgamemaster For the last tien years or so, all my characters came from the Blake family.I'm terrible with remembering names so this works for me, and it has built-in u...

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boardgamegeek.com /1 month ago

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD APR 27: How do you deal with a PC that is supposed to be afraid or mistrusting of...

by Benevolentgamemaster Our group doesn't like scripted antagonism, so it's a non-issue for us.

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