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Roleplaying Tips for game masters for all role-playing systems

Roleplaying Tips for game masters for all role-playing systems
The Mother Of All Character Questionnaires Use this list of questions to construct or add to your own characrer questionnaire. The questions cover different genres and types of details, so feel free to exclude or modify to suit your group. Questions are divided into broad categories. And similar questions and bunched into groups within their category. For brevity, I cut out most follow-up explanation type questions, such as "Why", "how come", and so on. Introduction Questions Give a two or three word description of yourself. Physical Traits How old are you? History Where is your homeland? Family Who were your parents? Relationships Do you have any close friends? Personality/Beliefs

Character Sheets from Dyslexic Studeos Chaotic Shiny - RPG-Related Generators Zen and the Art of the Fireball&|&Troll in the Corn... So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss. If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose. If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself. - Sun Tzu A party lives and dies by teamwork. Too often, the failure of one creates the failure of many. The Essence of Tactics Retain your ability to act, and deny your enemy the ability to act. An enemy who is dead is denied all future actions. Two bloodied enemies have twice as many actions as one untouched and one dead enemy. A sleeping enemy is denied actions until he awakes. A slowed or immobilized enemy is denied actions only as long as nothing is within his reach. An action which misses is equivalent to an action not taken. While death is permanent, a great and mighty enemy cannot be killed quickly. The master neither rushes to battle, nor flees it. The weak enemy stings lightly, but falls quickly. Democracy Aid Choice

My Past Does Not Define Me Creative Writing Tools for Story Inspiration If you are looking for story inspiration, or if you are struggling to overcome writer's block, there is a plethora of online creative writing tools right here at your fingertips. Have some fun and get out of that rut with these great creativity inspiring resources. Story Prompts Story prompts can be a list of words, a sentence, a question, instructions, or a collection ideas that is designed prompt your imagination. " Story Starters for Creative Writing Exercises" provides a list of one-line story prompts and offers tips on how to use them.Writingfix.com has a number of inspiring techniques and tools under its "Writing Prompts" tab. Seventh Sanctum and Random Generators Random generators are online tools that are programmed to provide random character descriptions, plot ideas, names, magical powers, settings--and a whole lot of other things, too. SeventhSanctum.com is the original random generator page. Other Online Creative Inspiration Bored with story prompts? Dare to Be Bad.

Lets Code ... an MMO! Introduction My name is Michael Goodfellow. The first time I touched a computer was probably in 1971, and I immediately wanted to know how to program it. I worked in the software industry from 1975 to 2005, when I retired on disability. And yes, I still write code. Who knows why? I learned programming writing computer games (which were played on typewriter-style terminals connected to mainframes), but I never got to write one professionally. But now Minecraft has come out and become a hit -- and it's a one-person project. When I've worked on projects before, it's just been me, the computer and complete silence, since none of my friends are interested in this kind of impossible project. Finally, I know there are many other open source projects out there with rich frameworks. The fact is, writing code with a blank slate where you can go off in any direction is fun. So let's get coding! Part 1: It's a Small World Since Minecraft is so popular, let's start with a world made of cubes. The Demo

Characters with Character: Random Personality Generator If you're enjoying the content here, check out our new site, Thoughtcrime Games. Thanks for visiting! If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! I don’t know about you but when I sit down for a one-shot game with a pregen character, I can’t always come up with a unique and interesting personality on the fly. Sometimes the class, race and skill combo strikes a chord, but usually it’s just numbers. Using the Generator is a snap. Motivation: What is it that really gets your character’s motor running? Instinct: What is your character’s first reaction to a threat (physical or otherwise)? Approach: What archetype is your character best known for being? Now just because every character in D&D is combat-capable does not necessarily make them all warrior-type personalities. Raven, Revenant Tempest FighterMotivation 8 (Intense Experience); Instinct 10 (Invoke Tradition); Approach 12 (Ethereal Mystic) Most living beings fear death. Serious Skills Similar Posts:

Slack n Hash- Name Generators After much deliberation… goodbye. Sort of. For now. I've neglected this site for a good couple of years, and let's face it, the months leading up to that point weren't exactly stellar either. It started out as a desperate attempt to hang onto the whole d20 System malarkey, and later on it collapsed into utter irrelevance. I missed pretty much every deadline I set myself for the RPG I was working on, never got round to fixing that elven name generator, and ultimately I just lost interest in the whole venture. So, time to own up, lower the curtain on this enterprise and consider my next step. Phil Smith , May 2011

Character Survey Since it's inception, the character survey has served over one hundred thousand visitors in developing fictional characters for novels, screenplays, role-playing games, revolutionary war reenactments, medieval reenactments, and more. Like you, dear reader, these visitors were looking for a jumping-off point to develop a unique and memorable persona. To move the survey forward, to deepen it, to make it stronger, I'm working on a new and enhanced version of the survey. The best thing about the character survey is that it is a very simple, yet profound, tool for really getting inside the essence of a person. If you'd like a FREE copy of the enhanced character survey, answer the ONE question on this survey (here's the link), and I'll send it to you electronically when it's ready! No other obligations. Either way, thanks for stopping by!

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