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Oct 23, 2008 by Walt Ciechanowski25

Hot Button: Distractions

What distractions do you tolerate at the gaming table? When I was young and still playing in my parent's basement (no, it was not last year! I was still a teenager, honest!), I had a GM that insisted he could run a game with the TV on in the background. Needless to say, every time we played like this, he'd get engrossed with what was on the screen and ...
Jun 2, 2008 by Troy E. Taylor10

D&D Burgoo: The 100-year-old elf (Don’t forget the kiddies!)

It’s inevitable. DM long enough, and kids will crop up in your adventure. They’ll either need to be rescued from a trap or a villain, one decides to tag along for protection or curiosity, or like Sherlock Holmes’ Baker Street Boys, you’ll come to rely upon a gang of them to run errands and gather information. So it’s a good idea to have some standard children rolled up. ...

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