As part of how I GM, I like to change my voice for more interesting NPCs. Whilst minor NPCs will simply get their actions and questions shown, if I think someone has a possibility of showing up again, I'll take a moment to note down a few basic pointers. Race,
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Please note: The Usual Disclaimer applies as always. For those of you who are part of a more acting-heavy game, or who do voices for their NPCs, you need to make sure you're getting your voice ready before a session. Here's a quick guide to ensure you don't strain anything
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LemonLord7 and Ripper62 from Reddit compiled these a large set of clarifications to and lesser-known rules. I thought I'd organise the list, find the sources and tidy up the answers a little. Hopefully you'll find it a useful resource for next time there's an debate. SpellsMany spells can only target
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Main picture: Alice in wonderland by Gordon Tarpley Please note: The Usual Disclaimer applies as always. Campaign building in RPG, be it D&D, Numenera, The Sprawl, Pathfinder or anything else, the main thing is to make sure that the story you're crafting is engaging. That means bringing the
Read moreWith all my writing on here, but especially with regards to advice for RPG players and DMs, these are purely my thoughts from my experience of playing in and running games. There's no right or wrong way to play. As long as everyone is having fun and rolling dice, everything
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Main picture: Bronze Carved Dice by Ty Konzak Please note: The Usual Disclaimer applies as always. When creating a new character for a campaign (or for a book or anything else really), it's useful to have a fleshed-out backstory. That way, whenever you have to improv how your character responds,
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Hello. So you're here because you want to learn how to do different accents? Well, I've got some good news and some bad news: The Good NewsYou can learn to do accents. The Bad News...it's just a lot of work. A huge amount of work. Like, thousands of hours.
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A few people have put together lists of all the D&D backgrounds available, but mostly they're a bit disjointed, so I thought I'd spend a few minutes categorising them and then put up that sorted list here. We've organised it in a few different ways - firstly by
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