Asking questions is a great way to get to the bottom of things. It is one reason that three year-olds master "why?"-- keep asking and you'll slowly unravel deeper and deeper explanations for events. Or you'll drive your parents crazy-- really it's win/win for the tykes. Answering questions is a great technique for deepening characterization. PCs and major villains benefit the most from these techniques, but asking yourself a ...

When was the last time your players actually talked to an NPC? Was it a rewarding conversation, or was the NPC made out of cardboard? Or, on the flip side, have you been yearning to have a session where the players do something other than kill people, but the numbers are the only part of the character that they've bothered to flesh out? Fear not-- a lot of ...