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Showing posts with label balance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label balance. Show all posts
Thursday, May 13, 2021

Healthy Imperfection: An Argument Against Min-Maxing

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You're running a game, and your players have carefully designed their characters. So carefully, in fact, that these characters are more ...
Friday, April 30, 2021

How to Design a Custom TRPG

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Much of the world of TRPGs--and much of this site, for that matter--is about Dungeons & Dragons. But there are many other games out ther...
Thursday, April 29, 2021

How to Manage a Boss Fight

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It's the end of your campaign, and all that's left is the final boss fight. Your players dig in for combat, and you're prepared ...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

How to Create and Balance an Economy

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Money is as inescapable in tabletop games as it is in real life. The players want and need supplies, necessities, and fun, and all of those ...
Thursday, April 15, 2021

How to Deal with Party Splits

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It's a classic conundrum: some of your party is motivated to do one thing, and the rest of your party is motivated to do something else....
Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Glyphs: My Custom Magic System

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Magic is one of the greatest draws to TRPGs like Dungeons & Dragons. Players long to have great effects on the world around them, and fe...
Friday, April 2, 2021

How to Keep Your Game Balanced

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A classic concern in TRPGs is in keeping everything balanced. The developers of whatever game you're playing strove to make it a balance...