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Showing posts with label party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label party. Show all posts
Sunday, September 18, 2022

How to Find the Right Group and Stick with It

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Tabletop games are one of my very favorite things, if not my favorite things. It's been that way ever since I discovered the game in hig...
Monday, May 24, 2021

Mystery Campaign Session Notes 12: Healing

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Last time on the mystery campaign , the party's plans to investigate George Turnbuckle were stymied by a chaos storm, which made Ais and...
Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Mystery Campaign Notes Session 11: More Chaos

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Last time on the mystery campaign , the party assembled a device which multiplies liquids with the aim of producing mass quantities of heali...
Tuesday, May 4, 2021

How to Roleplay New Skills and Abilities

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Levelling up in a TRPG is one of the most exciting moments for players; they get new abilities to use in and out of combat, which makes for ...
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 ...
Saturday, April 24, 2021

How to Help Players Customize Their Characters' Appearances

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You've probably seen it in just about every video game you've ever played: customizable appearances. Some games' entire reward s...

How to Involve Player Character-Related NPCs in Your Game

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Player characters are often isolated characters, people with no ties to anyone outside of their adventuring party. It's a classic tradit...
Monday, April 19, 2021

How to Create Campaign Continuity

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You've just completed a campaign. Your players have taken grand actions to resolve your story, and now the gameworld stands to change ba...
Sunday, April 18, 2021

Mirror Parties: A Way to Spice Up Your Campaign

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In TRPGs, the players embody a special kind of person. They are the type of person who is so powerful that they are capable of taking on spe...
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....