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I’ve seen it a thousand times. Two PCs are facing a problem and some variation of the following exchange occurs: GM (looking at Player 1): What do you do? Player 1: I’m going to do X. Player 2 (glancing at Player 1′s character sheet): X? Are you kidding. You have Y, why wouldn’t you use that? Player 1: Fine, I’ll use Y then. This is a classic example of a player using OPC (other player’s character (sheet)). Sometimes, OPC is used to help teach a…

GMingAdvice04

My wife is planning a “girl game day” that will take place next month. Most of her friends that will be joining her have played board games, but haven’t really roleplayed before. Jennifer has played extensively– earlier this year she ran us through the first half of Keep on the Shadowfell. She ran her first adventure about a year ago. [It was a cool Dungeon Magazine adventure about a town with a kidnapped noble, with a big bad Wererat that battered us near the end.]…