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Sep 21, 2009 by DNAphil13

PC Transformations: Or How Gandalf Became A White Wizard

One phrase from a player that strikes fear in the heart of a GM is, “I don’t really like my character.”  A player who does not like his character is an infection in the group. If left to fester too long, his commitment to his character and the game starts to break down, causing disruptions in the game. Worse, his discontent can make others start wondering about their ...
Aug 4, 2008 by Scott Martin29

Stat generation

How do you and your group generate stats? A lot of games answer this question for you; Hero System and World of Darkness are two popular games that lack random stat generation. For the last twenty years most newly designed systems have lacked random stat generation, though the exceptions have been the biggest players in the field. D&D in all of its prior incarnations and the ...

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