Posts Tagged by bad gnomes bad gnomes whatcha gonna do?
| May 25, 2010 | Posted by Matthew J. Neagley |
In a lot of RPGs there’s an unspoken assumption that the PCs are the good guys, the villains are the bad guys, and everything is clear cut and black and white, but in real life, few if any people actively identify themselves as “Bad Guys”. They may not identify their actions as “Bad Guy” actions and even when they do, they usually rationalize their motives. When creating villains, give some consideration to why they do the “Bad Guy” things they do. It’s a small amount…
| October 14, 2009 | Posted by Matthew J. Neagley |
There’s a trend I’ve seen in rpgs towards using small enemies at low power stages of campaigns and then dropping them during high power stages of campaigns. This trend is stronger in certain genres and playstyles, but it’s pretty normal in most cases. That makes sense. Small enemies aren’t generally physically imposing and they’re usually portrayed as having high pitched voices or Napoleon Complexes, so it’s easy to not take them seriously. What that misses is that small foes have plenty of reasons to be…
