Posts Tagged by mental
| April 15, 2013 | Posted by John Arcadian |
My last article was about the trope of mind controlled characters. Reading through the comments and seeing the many diverse options and attitudes towards mind controlled PCs, I can realize where there are narrative moments where it can work but that it is still a very tricky subject. So here are 5 tactics I wrote up (or grabbed from others’ ideas) that can help prevent mind controlled PCs from causing issues. 1. Limit Damage One of the biggest complaints that I’ve heard…
| April 2, 2013 | Posted by John Arcadian |
I’ve recently finished a long move out of my home state of Ohio. During the many long days of packing and unpacking, I watched a lot of netflix in the background, and being a geek I tended to watch lots of geeky tv series and movies. I realized a pretty common trope in a lot of fantasy, sci-fi, and supernatural shows is one of the main characters getting mind controlled – as in, really common. I was a little amazed by the amount it got…
| February 15, 2011 | Posted by John Arcadian |
Ok, the last article I wrote on the physical space of the game was meant to be the one I’m writing now. I just got into a completely different mindset while writing the intro, and suddenly the intro was a full fledged article. In this article I want to talk about the revelation I had about the physical space of the game while my buddy was running a very last minute thrown together game. To get where this came from you’ll need about 4 sentences…
| February 1, 2011 | Posted by John Arcadian |
A buddy of mine started down the road to GMing for the first time a few months ago. While the games he has been able to run have been very short and thrown together in the minimal spare time that our lives allow, they’ve been great fun and an even greater source of ideas. Watching him go through the trials and tribulations of a newbie GM, and watching his fresh perspective on gaming elements, unmarred by too much engrossment with one particular play style or…
